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

Edited September 23, 201411 yr by SlyouThai

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.

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

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.

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.

Edited September 23, 201411 yr by SoFarAndNear

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.

thanks everybody for the infos. Cheers