thequietman Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Friend arriving on 30 day exempt visa from Oz. He's Irish. He may want to stay longer than that. Options please? Can he extend that at the airport? Baby on the way but not for another month and a half. Wants to get married also in the near future. Thanks guys. He arrives on Saturday this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripstanley Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 (edited) Does he have a ticket to depart Thailand? If he does not then the airline may not let him board. Edit This would have to be before the 30 days expires Edited March 4, 2014 by ripstanley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thequietman Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share Posted March 4, 2014 Does he have a ticket to depart Thailand? If he does not then the airline may not let him board. I know. That wasn't the question. Thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepool Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Best plan would to get a tourist visa before leaving home. If however your friend wishes to extend a 30 day visa exempt entry the most he will be given is 7 days during which he will have to leave Thailand. Application is made at a local immigration office (not the airport) and the cost is 1900 Bht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thequietman Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share Posted March 4, 2014 Best plan would to get a tourist visa before leaving home. If however your friend wishes to extend a 30 day visa exempt entry the most he will be given is 7 days during which he will have to leave Thailand. Application is made at a local immigration office (not the airport) and the cost is 1900 Bht Ok thanks. So he will need to fly out, yes? where is the best place to go for a double tourist visa please? He intends to apply for his non O marriage at some point. Also he will have a kid soon, so what is the best visa to get for supporting his kid if he decides not to get married just yet? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thequietman Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share Posted March 4, 2014 Best plan would to get a tourist visa before leaving home. If however your friend wishes to extend a 30 day visa exempt entry the most he will be given is 7 days during which he will have to leave Thailand. Application is made at a local immigration office (not the airport) and the cost is 1900 Bht No time, leaves on Saturday this week. Last minute decision and all that. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryLH Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 He doesn't have to fly out. For a double, Laos seems to be popular. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepool Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 "Also he will have a kid soon, so what is the best visa to get for supporting his kid if he decides not to get married just yet?" If not married or in possession of court generated "legalisation" papers there is no "visa" I know of that would permit your friend an extended stay on the basis of having a baby. I may of course be wrong if so someone will quickly correct this post ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogNo1 Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 I think that Ozzie's can get 30-day admissions by doing border runs. There is a huge amount of information about border runs on TV so please search in the appropriate forum on "border runs." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepool Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> I think that Ozzie's can get 30-day admissions by doing border runs. There is a huge amount of information about border runs on TV so please search in the appropriate forum on "border runs." Last time I looked Australia was not a G7 country so it is only 15 days for Australians ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayned Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 If he is going to get married, when will he do it? If he does it within the 30 day window of his visa exempt entry, he can apply for a 60 day extension for visiting his wife, 1900 baht at the local office. It has to be a "legal" marriage, (affirmation to marry from his embassy legalized by MFA and offical documentation from the Amphur, Kor Ror 3) not a village shindig! OZ citizens only get 15 days visa exempt by land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chainarong Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> He doesn't have to fly out. For a double, Laos seems to be popular. Yeah go to Lao. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chainarong Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> I think that Ozzie's can get 30-day admissions by doing border runs. There is a huge amount of information about border runs on TV so please search in the appropriate forum on "border runs." Last time I looked Australia was not a G7 country so it is only 15 days for Australians ! No, only if you fly, other boarder crossings are 15 days, thank Thaskin for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chainarong Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> I think that Ozzie's can get 30-day admissions by doing border runs. There is a huge amount of information about border runs on TV so please search in the appropriate forum on "border runs." Last time I looked Australia was not a G7 country so it is only 15 days for Australians ! For OZ , 30 day only if you fly , other boarder crossings are 15 days , thank Thaskin for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve187 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 (edited) In the Op '' He's Irish'' so stll 14 days by land UK, US, Japanese, German, French, Canadian and Italian passports get 30 days Edited March 5, 2014 by steve187 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> I think that Ozzie's can get 30-day admissions by doing border runs. There is a huge amount of information about border runs on TV so please search in the appropriate forum on "border runs." Last time I looked Australia was not a G7 country so it is only 15 days for Australians ! For OZ , 30 day only if you fly , other boarder crossings are 15 days , thank Thaskin for that. Police order 778/2251 that changed border crossing visa exempt entries to 15 days and eliminated the 90 days in 180 days rule was signed on November 25, 2008. You can't blame that on him. policy778-2551_en.pdf 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stickylies Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 fyi: there are some REALLY cheap air asia tickets available atm for that period. if he comes exempt (30 day on arrival) and buys one of these cheapo tickets he will get anothet 30 days exempt (airport). cheaper than buying double TR visas (when u add the trip to let's say Laos). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thequietman Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 fyi: there are some REALLY cheap air asia tickets available atm for that period. if he comes exempt (30 day on arrival) and buys one of these cheapo tickets he will get anothet 30 days exempt (airport). cheaper than buying double TR visas (when u add the trip to let's say Laos). OK but he still has to take the cheapo flight out of the country and then return for the additional 30 days, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario2008 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getthaid Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 (edited) Hi. A lot of posters won't agree with me. I travel in Thailand 4-5 months of the year, for the past 12 years. Three times a year with trips varying from 1-3 months. I have often stayed 2 months and more on a 30 day on arrival. There are risks involved. I have never witnessed it. And never even been asked why I have so many overstays. If you have overstayed and for some reason or other the police want to see your passport (eg been on a jetski in Phuket (which means it will have been in an accident) then - yes you have problems including arrest and deportation. When I have the time (ie I need not to need my passport for 3 weeks to get visa done - I get a non Im o visa. That covered me for up to 90 days at a time. An overstay is not always just a formality. But it has been for me. You pay 500baht a day. I am currently overstayed by 4 days ( leaving tomorrow) in sept I overstayed 14 I have done it twice a year for last 4years. Not even an eyebrow raised. You will get the same terms as we get (Irish) 30 days on entry and extend by 15 at tourist police. Then overstay. It's what I do. Dress well. And act polite. It probably helps that I'm flying biz class. But don't know that it does. Let the mocking of my post begin. Might I suggest you start with the fact that I'm a relatively new member and that this is my first post. Cheers Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Thailand Edited March 5, 2014 by getthaid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Never an eyebrow raised as long as get to departure place, & correct no black stamp, just take monies & give you a recept with a smile. BUT, if should get stopped in an immigration check on the street, can be in a spot of bother, I have seen both an American & a Frenchman both less than 10 days overstay get dragged off from Sukhumvit Soi 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jbax Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Man, what a hassle some of you guys go through! (I gripe about getting older but there's an advantage in Thailand of being 50+ and retired...) ----regarding the off topic comment re: boarding refusal hold 1-way tickets. I fly to Thailand all the time fro the US on EVA Air and was told I needed to show an exit out of Thailand on my initial move here (I just bought a refundable $80 flight to Kuala Lumpur). Now I'm armed with the so-called "retirement" visa and show my Thai driver's licenses quickly proving I live here (I noticed how foreign airlines employees can't always identify visa stamps--- a DL gets the point across faster at the gate). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddog1 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 My first reply too. When I went through immigration to return home from the airport in Bangkok a year ago. There was an office just beyond immigration on the right, that had a note about overstays. I asked them what it was all about. They told me that they assessed charges and collected them so people could proceed home. I don't know remember the rules but 500B a day sounds right. It looked like a straightforward deal. But you never know from time to time when you visit. A few years back. I was got a certificate of residence to buy a bike. And the next time I checked (for a new bike), I found that the office in Phuket had moved and the rules seemed to be different. So don't trust that things will be smooth with overstay rules. I'm getting a tourist visa because It occurred to me that I was staying over 30 days this time and I am not planning a side trip. Good luck with the situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louse1953 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 (edited) Hi. A lot of posters won't agree with me. I travel in Thailand 4-5 months of the year, for the past 12 years. Three times a year with trips varying from 1-3 months. I have often stayed 2 months and more on a 30 day on arrival. There are risks involved. I have never witnessed it. And never even been asked why I have so many overstays. If you have overstayed and for some reason or other the police want to see your passport (eg been on a jetski in Phuket (which means it will have been in an accident) then - yes you have problems including arrest and deportation. When I have the time (ie I need not to need my passport for 3 weeks to get visa done - I get a non Im o visa. That covered me for up to 90 days at a time. An overstay is not always just a formality. But it has been for me. You pay 500baht a day. I am currently overstayed by 4 days ( leaving tomorrow) in sept I overstayed 14 I have done it twice a year for last 4years. Not even an eyebrow raised. You will get the same terms as we get (Irish) 30 days on entry and extend by 15 at tourist police. Then overstay. It's what I do. Dress well. And act polite. It probably helps that I'm flying biz class. But don't know that it does. Let the mocking of my post begin. Might I suggest you start with the fact that I'm a relatively new member and that this is my first post. Cheers Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Thailand Tool,your time will come. Edited March 5, 2014 by louse1953 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I have removed some off topic inflammatory posts and one containing text other than English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer666 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 30 day on arrival........ can I extend that at the airport? Short answer.....NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophon Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 <snipped> You will get the same terms as we get (Irish) 30 days on entry and extend by 15 at tourist police. <snipped> Completely wrong information. Tourist police can't give any extension, but you probably mean Immigration police. Additionally, a 30 day visa exempt entry can't be extended for 15 days, as others have mentioned the maximum possible extension is 7 days (unless you have a Thai wife or child). Sophon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nithisa78 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Hi. A lot of posters won't agree with me. I travel in Thailand 4-5 months of the year, for the past 12 years. Three times a year with trips varying from 1-3 months. I have often stayed 2 months and more on a 30 day on arrival. There are risks involved. I have never witnessed it. And never even been asked why I have so many overstays. If you have overstayed and for some reason or other the police want to see your passport (eg been on a jetski in Phuket (which means it will have been in an accident) then - yes you have problems including arrest and deportation. When I have the time (ie I need not to need my passport for 3 weeks to get visa done - I get a non Im o visa. That covered me for up to 90 days at a time. An overstay is not always just a formality. But it has been for me. You pay 500baht a day. I am currently overstayed by 4 days ( leaving tomorrow) in sept I overstayed 14 I have done it twice a year for last 4years. Not even an eyebrow raised. You will get the same terms as we get (Irish) 30 days on entry and extend by 15 at tourist police. Then overstay. It's what I do. Dress well. And act polite. It probably helps that I'm flying biz class. But don't know that it does. Let the mocking of my post begin. Might I suggest you start with the fact that I'm a relatively new member and that this is my first post. Cheers Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Thailand Welcome and congratulations on your posts. The information will help many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getthaid Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Hi. A lot of posters won't agree with me. I travel in Thailand 4-5 months of the year, for the past 12 years. Three times a year with trips varying from 1-3 months. I have often stayed 2 months and more on a 30 day on arrival. There are risks involved. I have never witnessed it. And never even been asked why I have so many overstays. If you have overstayed and for some reason or other the police want to see your passport (eg been on a jetski in Phuket (which means it will have been in an accident) then - yes you have problems including arrest and deportation. When I have the time (ie I need not to need my passport for 3 weeks to get visa done - I get a non Im o visa. That covered me for up to 90 days at a time. An overstay is not always just a formality. But it has been for me. You pay 500baht a day. I am currently overstayed by 4 days ( leaving tomorrow) in sept I overstayed 14 I have done it twice a year for last 4years. Not even an eyebrow raised. You will get the same terms as we get (Irish) 30 days on entry and extend by 15 at tourist police. Then overstay. It's what I do. Dress well. And act polite. It probably helps that I'm flying biz class. But don't know that it does. Let the mocking of my post begin. Might I suggest you start with the fact that I'm a relatively new member and that this is my first post. Cheers Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Thailand Welcome and congratulations on your posts. The information will help many. Thank you. I appreciate it! Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaurene Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 If it is the same in Aussie as NZ he can get a longer visa from the Thai consulate in Aussie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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