Any updates on what this border is like nowadays in Jan 2016.

For those with a multi-entry Non-Immigrant Visa doing a border run to get a 90 day Stamp.

For most of last year it was 900 baht and no problem.

I presume it's still the same, but as this border is known to change every now and again....

Any recent reports?

Thanks

No problem if you have a valid visa to re-enter the country. No visa no crossing.

I use this crossing often. Minus right when the coup happened it has always been an easy place to do a crossing. There was a three month period where they switched out the guy in charge the new one who was less than friendly. This did not last long because it was bad for business and now it is back to normal. The 900baht in a convenience fee. It use to be 700 baht but these guys got to eat! You do not even cross the border as much as you get your stamp in no mans land.

It was 500b before that.

I also refused to wait for any transport and took my motorbike over and back without any hassle.

That was when it first opened.

It didn't take long for things to become stricter.

Saw a hapless Dane(border runner) getting pulled out of the line last week..You must have a valid visa, the Dutch man handles the forms. 910B (Inc photocopy) trouble free & friendly.

Mayawaddy (Mae Sot, Tak) was still 500 Baht in December so the price hike at Phu Nam Ron is probably just for pocket money...

Edited January 19, 201610 yr by Kasset Tak

It increased to 900b about 2 years ago.

They force people to cross with a 'Tour Agency' that must handle everything.

At the very start one could go over if they had their own transport - there is about 5km between the two immigration offices, off-road for half of it.

Can/Do people still drive 'around' the border post to go into Burma?

Did a 90 day border hop this afternoon and everything relaxed as usual. Thai Immigration officials nice and friendly. Crossing very quiet at 3pm, there were only three of us and went across in a provided pickup.

The road across the border has finally been cut through the mountain avoiding the bone jarring ride up to the Burmese checkpoint on the Thai side. The track back down to Burmese Immigration was as rough as ever.

Cost was 910 bht.

Edited January 19, 201610 yr by apetley

Mayawaddy (Mae Sot, Tak) was still 500 Baht in December so the price hike at Phu Nam Ron is probably just for pocket money...

When you cross at Masai, to Tachilek it's 500 Bht, the Burmese get this and the Thais get nothing it seems.

So looks like tea money for both sides on these other crossings now.

Mayawaddy (Mae Sot, Tak) was still 500 Baht in December so the price hike at Phu Nam Ron is probably just for pocket money...

When you cross at Masai, to Tachilek it's 500 Bht, the Burmese get this and the Thais get nothing it seems.

So looks like tea money for both sides on these other crossings now.

No tea money.The extra 400 baht is for transport across no mans land and back again (read post #7).

Mayawaddy (Mae Sot, Tak) was still 500 Baht in December so the price hike at Phu Nam Ron is probably just for pocket money...

When you cross at Masai, to Tachilek it's 500 Bht, the Burmese get this and the Thais get nothing it seems.

So looks like tea money for both sides on these other crossings now.

No tea money.The extra 400 baht is for transport across no mans land and back again (read post #7).

Which one is not allowed to do by any other means.

One must also surrender one's passport to the Thai 'agency' for them to get the Burmese stamp. the Thais don't allow you to do it any other way. So one is forced to go through this agency, otherwise one is stranded between the borders.

This wasn't the way when it opened, one could go to the Burmese immigration office by any means they wished, and get the stamp themselves in the Burmese office. The Thais don't allow you to leave with your passport.

So no, a reasonable mind can see that the 400 baht isn't only for 'transportation between the borders' and that it is a situation set up for profit by the xxxxxxxx (it's not hard to guess. )

done it a few times now, join back.... happy it's still business as usual.

Did it today, Thursday 4th of Feb 2016

• Arrived at 7:35am
• Crossed by 7:45am
• Waited a shop for Payment, opened at 7:55am (cost was 910 Baht)
• Waited at shop for Transfer, left 8:15am
• Travelled over, waited, travelled back, at Thai Immigration by 8.35am
• Cross back to Thailand at 8.45am

70 minutes tops, very minimal lines.

Sorry but I do not understand why you have to pay 910 baht is if you already have a visa ?

 

 

Burma visa and transport, clearly mentioned in posts

11 hours ago, bberrythailand said:

Sorry but I do not understand why you have to pay 910 baht is if you already have a visa ?

If you have visa for Myanmar you could deduct 500 baht baht from the price since that is for the border pass and transport across no mans land back. Not sure what it would cost for a one way trip to the Myanmar side.

7 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

If you have visa for Myanmar you could deduct 500 baht baht from the price since that is for the border pass and transport across no mans land back. Not sure what it would cost for a one way trip to the Myanmar side.

Motorcycle taxi said he would take me across for 100 bht if I had a Burmese Visa last time I did my 90 day hop end of Sept.

He said he's not allowed to take farang across if they only have a Thai visa.

So if we do not have a visa for Myanmar but if we have a visa for Thailand we can cross ?

 

And where can we go in Myanmar to visit ?

 

Thank you.