Advice on visa run to Savanakhet

[shl500]

Could anyone who has been recently to Savanakhet recommend a place to stay for a couple of nights close to any bars or a bit of nightlife?

Edited January 10, 2015 by shl500

[ubonjoe]

There is no reason to spend 2 nights or even one night now. They are doing visas on the same day you apply. Apply by 11 am and get your passport back at 3:30 pm.

[DILLIGAD]

There is no reason to spend 2 nights or even one night now. They are doing visas on the same day you apply. Apply by 11 am and get your passport back at 3:30 pm.

Maybe the reason is they want to?

[ubonjoe]

I was just giving info about the same day visa which he may not of been aware of. I guess you would preferred there is no need to stay overnight.

[shl500]

There is no reason to spend 2 nights or even one night now. They are doing visas on the same day you apply. Apply by 11 am and get your passport back at 3:30 pm.

That's great news!

I thought it was the "sign in before 12 noon and collect after 2pm the next day"

The only reason why I was thinking of 2 nights because I could not get there before 3pm so hence 2 nights required.

All I need is an extra 30 days so will this be OK get on the same day you think?

Thanks in advance.

[lostinisaan]

There is no reason to spend 2 nights or even one night now. They are doing visas on the same day you apply. Apply by 11 am and get your passport back at 3:30 pm.

That's great news!

I thought it was the "sign in before 12 noon and collect after 2pm the next day"

The only reason why I was thinking of 2 nights because I could not get there before 3pm so hence 2 nights required.

All I need is an extra 30 days so will this be OK get on the same day you think?

Thanks in advance.

You won't get it on the same day when you arrive at 3 pm. You can apply for it until 11.30, sometimes until noon and pick your visa up in the afternoon.

Have you already applied for a 30 day visa at your local immigration?

[stevo2]

No need even to go to a consulate for 30days.

[shl500]

There is no reason to spend 2 nights or even one night now. They are doing visas on the same day you apply. Apply by 11 am and get your passport back at 3:30 pm.

That's great news!

I thought it was the "sign in before 12 noon and collect after 2pm the next day"

The only reason why I was thinking of 2 nights because I could not get there before 3pm so hence 2 nights required.

All I need is an extra 30 days so will this be OK get on the same day you think?

Thanks in advance.

You won't get it on the same day when you arrive at 3 pm. You can apply for it until 11.30, sometimes until noon and pick your visa up in the afternoon.

Have you already applied for a 30 day visa at your local immigration?

I enter Thailand on a Non"O" visa 90 days single entry and I was advised previously on this site that they only do the 30 day extension on a tourist visa at the local immigration and I would after leave the country to obtain an additional visa.?

Hence a trip to Savanakhet.

[khwaibah]

There is no reason to spend 2 nights or even one night now. They are doing visas on the same day you apply. Apply by 11 am and get your passport back at 3:30 pm.

That's great news!

I thought it was the "sign in before 12 noon and collect after 2pm the next day"

The only reason why I was thinking of 2 nights because I could not get there before 3pm so hence 2 nights required.

All I need is an extra 30 days so will this be OK get on the same day you think?

Thanks in advance.

You won't get it on the same day when you arrive at 3 pm. You can apply for it until 11.30, sometimes until noon and pick your visa up in the afternoon.

Have you already applied for a 30 day visa at your local immigration?

I enter Thailand on a Non"O" visa 90 days single entry and I was advised previously on this site that they only do the 30 day extension on a tourist visa at the local immigration and I would after leave the country to obtain an additional visa.?

Hence a trip to Savanakhet.

If your from a G-7 country you get a 30 day visa exempt at land crossings exit and return no need to go to Thai Consulate.

[Norlund]

There is no reason to spend 2 nights or even one night now. They are doing visas on the same day you apply. Apply by 11 am and get your passport back at 3:30 pm.

That's great news!

I thought it was the "sign in before 12 noon and collect after 2pm the next day"

The only reason why I was thinking of 2 nights because I could not get there before 3pm so hence 2 nights required.

All I need is an extra 30 days so will this be OK get on the same day you think?

Thanks in advance.

You won't get it on the same day when you arrive at 3 pm. You can apply for it until 11.30, sometimes until noon and pick your visa up in the afternoon.

Have you already applied for a 30 day visa at your local immigration?

I enter Thailand on a Non"O" visa 90 days single entry and I was advised previously on this site that they only do the 30 day extension on a tourist visa at the local immigration and I would after leave the country to obtain an additional visa.?

Hence a trip to Savanakhet.

Some years ago the Immigration Office in Nong Khai extended my Non Immigrant Visa with both 74 and 78 days. And twice they gave an extension of 1 week. They can extend a Non Immigrant Visa up to 90 days. (if they havn't changed the law the last years). But it seems like they don't have this practice anymore.

At the Thai Consulate in Savannakhet they do not extend a Non Immigrant Visa. You have to apply for a new Non Immigrant Visa or a Tourist Visa.

Savannakhet is not more than a large dusty village. Nightlife in western sense there is none. But there is a nice hotel with a casino.

http://www.thaisavannakhet.com/savannakhet/th/index.php

Edited January 11, 2015 by Norlund

[Rhys]

Best to just process the visa and get out of dodge.

[lostinisaan]

There is no reason to spend 2 nights or even one night now. They are doing visas on the same day you apply. Apply by 11 am and get your passport back at 3:30 pm.

That's great news!

I thought it was the "sign in before 12 noon and collect after 2pm the next day"

The only reason why I was thinking of 2 nights because I could not get there before 3pm so hence 2 nights required.

All I need is an extra 30 days so will this be OK get on the same day you think?

Thanks in advance.

You won't get it on the same day when you arrive at 3 pm. You can apply for it until 11.30, sometimes until noon and pick your visa up in the afternoon.

Have you already applied for a 30 day visa at your local immigration?

I enter Thailand on a Non"O" visa 90 days single entry and I was advised previously on this site that they only do the 30 day extension on a tourist visa at the local immigration and I would after leave the country to obtain an additional visa.?

Hence a trip to Savanakhet.

If you're from any of the G 7 countries, you do not have to go to a Thai consulate in Sawannakhet. You only have to leave the country for one minute and come back.

1. DEFINITION of 'Group Of Seven - G-7' A forum of the world's seven most industrialized economies. The G-7 was formed in 1975 and initially comprised six nations - France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.S. and U.K. - with Canada invited to join the group in 1976.

Edited January 11, 2015 by lostinisaan

[thaiboy11]

hey guys i need to make visa run tuesday i take the bus from khon kaen 1h30 arrived 6h am , do you know something to do at savanaket after you give aplication ? at consulate and city they take the bath ?

and you think i can pick up the same day bus 5pm from mukdahan to kk?

thanks

[stat088]

Stay one night in the Casino and try your luck.

[nev]

hey guys i need to make visa run tuesday i take the bus from khon kaen 1h30 arrived 6h am , do you know something to do at savanaket after you give aplication ? at consulate and city they take the bath ?

and you think i can pick up the same day bus 5pm from mukdahan to kk?

thanks

not much to do in savanaket but you only have a few hours to kill, the city itself is very small so just walk around eat some nice food or find a shop thats sells baguet's and get a beer lao and sit down and relax.

When you get your passport back get yourself back to Mukdahan bus station and book the next bus to khonkaen they run often so you will be back and to too khonkaen in a day.