Border runs and two passports

[Andyfez]

Living in the north-east, and currently on normal 30 day tourist visas. I crossed the border to Mukdahan recently, and asked how many times could I cross before I am refused? The Thai officer said '5'.

Now assuming he understood my question and gave me the right answer (does anyone know if this is correct?), it occurred to me that for business reasons the British government had given me a second passport......

Does anyone know if these would be linked, and whether I would be able to use one to go out of the country, the other to come back, etc. etc. without being refused for multiple entries over a period of time?

[losworld]

why don't you just do double entry tourist visas they will give to you in Mukdahan... then when one passport refused go to the next?

[Mario2008]

There is no official limit, but some borders do limit the number of entries.

The problem with lanborders is that they often check for the entry/exit stamp from the country you are coming from, so you cannot swap passports at a land border.

You might want to break your order runs with the occasional tourist visa, in Laos you can get a double entry tourist visa.

[ubonjoe]

Five is a high number compared to others that are 3 or 4.

You would be able to do the passport swap at a borer crossing.

There is a consulate in Savannakhet where you could get a 2 entry tourist visa.

[Andyfez]

Thanks. I hadn't thought of th entry stamp from the previous country. I was just trying to avoid overnighting in Sav when a quick turnaround means I could drop the missus at Big C, get the passport stamped and come back in an hour......

[Mario2008]

If you are married to a Thai national you can get a multiple non-O in savanakhet.

[onthemoon]

There is a 30-day tourist visa now?

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[Maestro]

No. He is obviously talking about a visa-exempt entry with a permission to stay for 30 days for the purpose of tourism.

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[wayned]

If you are legally married to a Thai, each 30 day visa exempt entry can be extended in Thailand for 60 days, reson "visit Thai wife". TM7 form, pictures, Marriage certificate, passport copies and wife at local immigration, 1900 baht!

[uhhh ohhh]

If you are legally married to a Thai, each 30 day visa exempt entry can be extended in Thailand for 60 days, reson "visit Thai wife". TM7 form, pictures, Marriage certificate, passport copies and wife at local immigration, 1900 baht!

I assume after that you can go out of Thailand and then come back again for 90 days?

Thanks for the info!

[ubonjoe]

If you are legally married to a Thai, each 30 day visa exempt entry can be extended in Thailand for 60 days, reson "visit Thai wife". TM7 form, pictures, Marriage certificate, passport copies and wife at local immigration, 1900 baht!

I assume after that you can go out of Thailand and then come back again for 90 days?

Thanks for the info!

I assume you mean getting a new 30 day entry and then extending it for 60 days. It is only possible at a border crossing if qualify for 30 day entries other wise it would only be 75 days because you would only get 15 days on entry. Also some immigration office might not do another extension some offices will say you can only can get one a year..

[wayned]

Specifically what offices say only one per year? I thought that the rule was one per entry and I know someone from the UK that has done it for years, even during the 15 day land entry period and has never had a problem.

[ubonjoe]

I recall some reports of offices making up their own rules for 60 day extensions. I was warning that you cannot count on doing it indefinably.or at every office.

[wayned]

So the bottom line is that no that you should always check with the office that you are using to see what their current policies are and not rely on general information posted by expects on evrything about anything!

[alyx]

It might not be the case for British citizens but when I was granted a second passport (Schengen) in Bangkok, the officer specified that it WAS NOT VALID for Thailand ( she really insisted on that )

[Maestro]

Officer of what office told you that? Not valid for what in Thailand, eg get a visa, be allowed entry upon arrival in Thailand, get an extension of stay, etc?

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[onthemoon]

It might not be the case for British citizens but when I was granted a second passport (Schengen) in Bangkok, the officer specified that it WAS NOT VALID for Thailand ( she really insisted on that )

I know of other countries that have signed the Schengen treaty that would not stamp in the passport "not valid for Thailand". In fact, the passports all clearly show "Valid for: All countries".

However, you can be in Thailand only on one passport at a time. So, your "first" passport is the one you entered Thailand on, and you'll have to use that one to identify yourself when asked by the authorities. I think this is what the officer meant.

[DILLIGAD]

May I slightly hijack this thread and ask for advice re a second (UK) passport please.

I have renewed my existing UK passport (with a non 'B' visa and re-entry stamp) for use on a short family holiday to Seim Riep. This passport still has 3 or 4 spare pages in it/valid of 2 more years and I intended using that at Chon Chom border for exiting and then re-entering Thailand.

Will I have a problem as I have now received a replacement UK passport. My intention was to transfer Visa AFTER this trip as 'old' passport will then be full?

[ubonjoe]

May I slightly hijack this thread and ask for advice re a second (UK) passport please.

I have renewed my existing UK passport (with a non 'B' visa and re-entry stamp) for use on a short family holiday to Seim Riep. This passport still has 3 or 4 spare pages in it/valid of 2 more years and I intended using that at Chon Chom border for exiting and then re-entering Thailand.

Will I have a problem as I have now received a replacement UK passport. My intention was to transfer Visa AFTER this trip as 'old' passport will then be full?

For all intents and purposes you old passport is no longer valid so you will need to use both passports when you leave. If you follow the instructions sent to you with your new passport you should of already cut the corners of it off.

Immigration does not transfer visas they will however transfer an extension of stay stamp and do an annotation of your last visa entry.

[Tayida]

You should be have problem when the immigration will know that the name is linked with 2 passports.Nohing to be scared,just burocracy controls.