Hi Guys,

Hoping for some clarification! I'm on a double entry tourist visa. I extended my first entry an additional 30 days bringing my total to 90 days. I'm now at the point where I need to activate the second half of my visa. Is this something I can do here in Chiang Mai itself at the promenade visa offices or will I need to catch a bus to Mae Sai, and jump across a border to activate the second half and come back?

Thanks for your expertise guys!

You have to leave and re-enter the country to use the 2nd entry of your visa.

Be sure you do the entry on or before the enter before date on your visa.

You MUST leave!

Enter another country and then return to activate the second entry the visa allows.

Thanks guys, I suspected as much but the 90 days report thing threw off my thinking! I assume that is for more long term visa options.

Will go get my bus ticket today for early next week!

EDIT : Just to check, even though I'm coming straight back, I'll have to pay a 500 baht fee to enter Myanmar?

Edited October 14, 201510 yr by cmstay13

You will have to pay 500 baht for a border pass to Myanmar.

You have to leave and re-enter the country to use the 2nd entry of your visa.

Be sure you do the entry on or before the enter before date on your visa.

Just to emphasize Ubonjoe's comment ... Most double entry visas are valid for 3 months from the date they're issued ( it might be valid for 6 months depending on where you got it ). If you've been in Thailand 90 days, the visa could be close to expiration. If there was a delay from the time the visa was issued and your first entry, it could already have expired.

Look at the actual visa that you got from an embassy or consulate (not the entry stamp you got from immigrations when you arrived in Thailand). You must make your second entry before the "use by" date on the visa. Otherwise you'll only be given 15 or 30 day visa exempt entry depending on your nationality when you return if the visa is no longer valid.

The must leave by date on the entry stamp or the extension given you by immigrations in Thailand does not extend the life of the visa.

Edited October 14, 201510 yr by Suradit69

About the 90-day reporting.

Here is my first hand personal experience: Visa expiry 01 September 2015.

90th continuos day in Thailand was on 30 August 2015. I departed Thailand at crossing near Nong Khai on 31 August 2015 heading to Vientiane.

No problems exiting Thailand. Immi. Officer did not ask anything about a 90-day report. Before exiting I did visit an immigration office in Bangkok, only to be told that I did not need to do a 90-day report even if I was exiting Thailand on the 91st day.

See related post here: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/850962-what-actions-reset-the-90-day-report-clock/

I have seen other posts where the 90-day reporting was not a problem if they were a day over the 90 days.

About the 90-day reporting.

Here is my first hand personal experience: Visa expiry 01 September 2015.

90th continuos day in Thailand was on 30 August 2015. I departed Thailand at crossing near Nong Khai on 31 August 2015 heading to Vientiane.

No problems exiting Thailand. Immi. Officer did not ask anything about a 90-day report. Before exiting I did visit an immigration office in Bangkok, only to be told that I did not need to do a 90-day report even if I was exiting Thailand on the 91st day.

See related post here: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/850962-what-actions-reset-the-90-day-report-clock/

I have seen other posts where the 90-day reporting was not a problem if they were a day over the 90 days.

"Visa expiry 01 September 2015"

"only to be told that I did not need to do a 90-day report even if I was exiting Thailand on the 91st day. "

If you're here on a visa entry, with a few exceptions such as the non-imm O-A, you do not do 90 day reports. And the visa expiration date is largely irrelevant. Your permission to stay or extension of stay expiration determines when you must leave or renew the extension.

Most people doing 90 day reports are here on extensions of stay. Anyone here on a tourist visa entry, even with a 30 day extension, would be obliged to leave the country after staying here <= 90 days.

The 90 day reporting is not a problem if you are leaving the country permanently or returning on another visa entry. It becomes a problem if you are here on some long-term basis and need to make subsequent reports. At that time your local office MAY notice that no report was made during a previous stay in excess of 90 days.

the other thread you referenced had to do with someone renewing his extension of stay and assuming that amounted to a 90 day report as well, which is a different issue from the one raised in this thread.

Edited October 15, 201510 yr by Suradit69