Aside From The Obvious Border Run What Are My Options In Bkk

[persianpower]

Aside from the obvious border run what are my options in BKK

I'm on a 30day standard tourist visa. This expires in a couple weeks. I would like to renew it.

Aside from the obvious border run (which costs 2000B and a day), what are my options at the BKK immigration office? Can i do anything there? If so, how much does it cost and how many extra days do you get?

Is it true 60-day or 90-day visas are only obtained at neighbouring capitals (and not borders)? Meaning, do I have to goto Vientienne (for example) to get a longer Thai tourist visa that I would get at the Cambodian border?

Last question, in order to get longer visas (do you need letters of invitation) or is it possible to get a standard 90-day tourist visa (for the official purpose of extended travel)

thx

[lopburi3]

No visa is available at any border. What you have now, and can obtain at the border, is a visa free entry of 30 days. You can, with a reason, extend that at a cost of 1,900 baht for about 10 days (varies from 7-15).

You can obtain a tourist visa which allows a stay of 60 days from a Royal Thai Consulate in a foreign country, such as at the Embassy in Vientiane, for the purpose of tourism and such a visa can be extended for 30 days with the same procedure as above.