Having browsed the forum looking for similar posts, I thought I would post a question among for information relevant to my situation; I arrived by plane on a 30 day arrival stamp (UK citizen) not knowing how long I wanted to stay and have since made 3 visa runs via the Ranong - Andaman Myanmar service.

My question is can I now, after receiving 4 stamps allowing 30 days each time, leave via a neighboring country and apply for a 60 day tourist visa from an embassy? Or can I continue to keep getting a 30 day stamp using the Ranong - Andaman club method?

Preferably I would rather apply for an actual 60 day tourist visa (say from Laos, for example) but I want to know my position and whether I may encounter any problems using either method.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as it's starting to worry me and I wish to stay until Songkran.

Many thanks.

Some border crossings are now limiting the number of back to back entries you can do,

You could get a 2 entry tourist visa in Vientiane Laos that would give you almost 6 months of stay.

You should be able to get as many as three visas back to back.

Some border crossings are now limiting the number of back to back entries you can do,

You could get a 2 entry tourist visa in Vientiane Laos that would give you almost 6 months of stay.

You should be able to get as many as three visas back to back.

Thank you Joe, so you don't see any problems with applying for a tourist visa in Vientiane even with the 4 stamps (30 days on arrival) already in my passport? That's great news!

Kudos to you, I was really starting to worry about my situation!

Sent from my R800i using Tapatalk 2

No problem to get a tourist visa with those entry stamps.