Student visa expired need extra time

[SlyouThai]

Hello guys , my student visa gonna expire soon , however i would like to stay more time , 2 months . I'm lost with all the last rules about visa run and stuff.

Lets say i fly to kuala and come back , is it gonna be ok ? And if ok i will get 30 days ,( im not sure if i will be considered classic visa runner and then be blocked ). If that works can i then apply for 30 more with the new 30 days extension.

Second option , i go to Kuala lumpur or others places and i ask for a tourist visa. Do you think it will be ok since i just finished my student visa ?

If you have any other ideas for my case feel free to tell me

Thanks very much in advance for any advices.

Cheers

[ubonjoe]

You will not be considered a visa runner. You can get a 30 day visa exempt entry but you may need to show ticket out within 30 days to board your flight. Then get a 30 day extension for the visa exempt entry.

A single entry tourist visa would be the best option. But I would not suggest KL as the place to get it. Laos or Penang would be good.

[SlyouThai]

Thanks very much for your answer! just one little question. You said i will not be considered visa runner . Is that because i come from ED visa ? lets say i do a fly to kuala , get 30 days and then 30 days more extension . Then i fly back to Kuala , in this case im a visa runner right ? Just for my information i dont plan to anything like that.

Cheers

[ubonjoe]

You have been on ED extension of stay not making visa runs for visa exempt entries.

Immigration defines a out/in visa runner as a person that stays for the full 30 days and then leaves with the sole purpose of getting another entry and immediately returns.

I not am not sure how immigration is going to handle people that get the 30 day extension and the does a run for another 30 day entry.

[SoFarAndNear]

Thanks very much for your answer! just one little question. You said i will not be considered visa runner . Is that because i come from ED visa ? lets say i do a fly to kuala , get 30 days and then 30 days more extension . Then i fly back to Kuala , in this case im a visa runner right ? Just for my information i dont plan to anything like that.

Cheers

If you have bad luck they will just give you 7 days instead of the 30 days at the airport.

I had a similar situation. I had an ED visa and wanted a 60 days extension because I have a thai child. But IO refused to give me the extension even when I showed him evidence that I have an appointment at the courtyard two weeks later for my child legalization process. Then I went to Nong Khai (Laos), exit the country, enter Laos and came straight back 30 minutes later and the Immigration officer at the thai border just wanted to give me 7 days instead of the 30 days, which I should normally get and he told me that I should have stayed a few days in Laos. The officer was absolutely unfriendly and I felt very unwelcome. Luckily a thai friend was with me all the time and talked to the officer and explained him that I have a child and right now I am in legalization process. My friend told me if I want to get 30 days the officer wants 500 thai baht. I shouldn't have paid it but I just want to get my 30 days so I did and 30 days visa on arrival. My thai friend by the way was absolutely shocked.

[paz]

If you have bad luck they will just give you 7 days instead of the 30 days at the airport.

I had a similar situation. I had an ED visa and wanted a 60 days extension because I have a thai child. But IO refused to give me the extension even when I showed him evidence that I have an appointment at the courtyard two weeks later for my child legalization process. Then I went to Nong Khai (Laos), exit the country, enter Laos and came straight back 30 minutes later and the Immigration officer at the thai border just wanted to give me 7 days instead of the 30 days, which I should normally get and he told me that I should have stayed a few days in Laos. The officer was absolutely unfriendly and I felt very unwelcome. Luckily a thai friend was with me all the time and talked to the officer and explained him that I have a child and right now I am in legalization process. My friend told me if I want to get 30 days the officer wants 500 thai baht. I shouldn't have paid it but I just want to get my 30 days so I did and 30 days visa on arrival. My thai friend by the way was absolutely shocked.

That happened at a land border with a corrupt office. There are no reports of anyone been shaken or money or 7 days instead of 30 at the airport. One can be refused entry, but not given an arbitrary time in country.

[SlyouThai]

thanks everybody for the infos. Cheers