Thanks in advance.

Yes, that is if you enter at the airport you get 30 days, by land crossing it will be 15.

Or if your Russian you get 30 days by border running over land

Edited May 13, 201313 yr by IrishIvan

So, after flying in, I can just make a visa run to Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia or where ever and have another 30 days to stay? I'm from the U.S.

So, after flying in, I can just make a visa run to Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia or where ever and have another 30 days to stay? I'm from the U.S.

Land - 15 days, Air = 30days........... your choice on how you want to enter.

So, if I use a visa run service and drive to the border, cross and come back in the same day, the new entry visa is only good for 15 days?

And then I can do it again in another 15 days and so on indefinitely?

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So, if I use a visa run service and drive to the border, cross and come back in the same day, the new entry visa is only good for 15 days?

And then I can do it again in another 15 days and so on indefinitely?

Correct but that said there is a report from Chiang Mai forum i think,just the other day that someone got told to obtain a visa after having four consecutive 15 day exemptions on the bounce.

Actually Chiang Rai see here.

Although different borders and crossings often operate different procedures,so it may not apply to all,just a heads up.

Apply for a tourist visa at your local Thai consulate, you will get 60 days and can extend for another 30 days in Thailand.

Apply for a tourist visa at your local Thai consulate, you will get 60 days and can extend for another 30 days in Thailand.

Or, if you're over 50 and retired, a 90-day non-immigrant O visa which you can then extend for another year as long as you meet certain financial criteria.

It's best to avoid crossing overland from Myanmar into Thailand continuously on 15 day exempt stamps as the Thai authorities there (at Mae Sot, Mae Sai etc.) warn you of these rules and sometimes try to enforce them. For some reason, the Thai authorities at crossings between Laos, Cambodia and Malaysia and Thailand don't try to enforce these rules, or at least I have never heard them trying to do so.

Why the inconsistency at different border checkpoints I don't know, but I'd say spending a few days outside of Thailand after a few visa runs, getting a tourist visa from time to time and doing more visa runs by air rather than land will increase your chances of not coming under the radar and being allowed to stay quite a long time in Thailand if for whatever reason you aren't eligible for a longer stay visa.