Land border at Nong Khai closed

[khwaibah]

Chiang Mai Mail

23 mins ·

The land border at Nong Khai - Laos is closed - only Thai nationals are allowed to enter Thailand and no nationality is permitted to leave at that border, unconfirmed reports for the Savannkhet entry point into Cambodia as well. Any reports on Mae Sai?

[lovelaos]

Thakhek/Nakhon Phanom is also closed to non Thais

[lildragon]

I am supposed to be going to the Thai consulate in Vientiane on Monday. I have the over night train booked to Nong Khai for tomorrow night. Any chance that the border will be open again on Monday?

[zib]

My wife called Mae Sai border immigration and they said business open as usual. They were surprised when mentioning the Nong Khai border was closed and didn't know anything about it.

[paz]

I am supposed to be going to the Thai consulate in Vientiane on Monday. I have the over night train booked to Nong Khai for tomorrow night. Any chance that the border will be open again on Monday?

I may be wrong, but with curfew in place, you may find that night transport doesn't happen at all.

Edited May 23, 2014 by paz

[lildragon]

I will head over to Hua Lumpong to check. I suspect that I'll have more chance of seeing a flying pig on the way there than get a refund

[Paul888]

may be wrong, but with curfew in place, you may find that night transport doesn't happen at all.

That's a good point, they mentioned that travel to airports wasn't a problem if you had tickets etc but an overnight land train? Definitely needs clarification.

[lildragon]

I'm doing some errands then heading to Hua Lumpong. I'll report back here when I'm home.

Christ this is a bloody NIGHTMARE!

[foxontherun]

I am supposed to be going to the Thai consulate in Vientiane on Monday. I have the over night train booked to Nong Khai for tomorrow night. Any chance that the border will be open again on Monday?

I'm in the same boat, except that I'm supposed to fly to Udon Thani on Monday and cross the border at Nong Khai Tuesday morning. I guess that's out. Non-refundable flight, too. Oh, well.

Does anyone know whether it's business as usual at the Thai consulate in Vientiane? If I can get there via a flight into Laos, will they issue me my Non-Imm ED visa on schedule? Any chance I won't be allowed to re-enter Thailand by air, even with a valid visa?

[ubonjoe]

I cannot predict anything about the border crossings being closed or open.

There will be no changes at the embassy in Vientiane.

Since you will have a visa you will have no problems entering the country.

[lildragon]

Hua Lumpong said "Mai rue, Mai nai jai" when I asked if the night trains are still running. Ho Hum...

[Tomtomtom69]

Does this also mean that anyone attempting to leave Thailand by Thai registered car, even though temporary would be denied exit? Obviously Thai passengers would be denied exit, but foreigners normally would only be denied re-entry under these circumstances. I wonder how they'll treat a resident foreigner driving his/her car, or a friend's car (with permission) out of Thailand to Laos for a few days or up to a month, which would normally be permitted.

Just saw a picture of a blue Toyota Fortuner, Thai registered that was taken this morning, located past the line of army soldiers at the checkpoint before immigration on Facebook. Made a comment to my friend that that car has probably been allowed to cross unless a few metres down the road it gets denied permission.

Anyway doesn't seem like the best time to do any overland travel involving Thailand and neighboring countries right now, whether you are Thai, a foreigner, are driving a Thai car or are using public transport.

[thaicookingchef]

Hello,

Can you confirm that the land border between Thailand and Laos at Nong-khai is opened as usual ?

No special delay or special check by military ?

Do I need to plan to arrive earlier at the border if I have an apointment on the other side ?

Thanks.

[ubonjoe]

No reports of any problems at the bridge in Nong Kai.