Visa run phuket/satun

[kenji34]

Hello,

I read this website for some time now and find alot of useful and interesting information.

Anyway, i tried the search box but could not find an answer for my question.

Visa run from phuket to satun cross the border to malaysia and return straight back into thailand.

I have a multiple entry non-o based on marriage with a thai national.

Question did anyone do a visa run from phuket to satun and than go over the border?

What can i expect at the border thai and malay side?

[ubonjoe]

Not sure how many replies you will get. Most people go to Ranong to do a crossing since it is nearest one to Phuket.

[kenji34]

Yes i know about ranong crossing, but the visa run company that i booked don't use that crossing anymore.

I'm just wondering what to expect at satun crossing, because in ranong i hear at both side of the borders they want tea money whatever visa you have.

Wel that is what the visa run company i use tell me, that's why they not go there anymore.

[ubonjoe]

You should not need to pay tea money since you have a valid visa for re-entry to the country.

[kenji34]

You should not need to pay tea money since you have a valid visa for re-entry t the country.

I have never been to ranong crossing so i have no experience there, but that is what the visa run company told me about the reason why they not go to ranong crossing anymore, customers complaint about it.

So they advised me to go to satun.

Yes i know about my visa, normally i always used the cambodia border when i lived in surin.

[lemonjelly]

Getting to the border In Satun (Wang Prachan)...Good luck with that if you don't have your own transport.

[kenji34]

Getting to the border In Satun (Wang Prachan)...Good luck with that if you don't have your own transport.

I use a visa run company here from phuket with minibus.

[lemonjelly]

Getting to the border In Satun (Wang Prachan)...Good luck with that if you don't have your own transport.

I use a visa run company here from phuket with minibus.

Oh, sorry, I didn't realise there's a visa run minivan to Wang Prachan. You shouldn't be fine, bit of a long haul though.

[kenji34]

Getting to the border In Satun (Wang Prachan)...Good luck with that if you don't have your own transport.

I use a visa run company here from phuket with minibus.

Oh, sorry, I didn't realise there's a visa run minivan to Wang Prachan. You shouldn't be fine, bit of a long haul though.

pff yeah 7 hours :/

[johnatong]

Getting to the border In Satun (Wang Prachan)...Good luck with that if you don't have your own transport.

I use a visa run company here from phuket with minibus.

Oh, sorry, I didn't realise there's a visa run minivan to Wang Prachan. You shouldn't be fine, bit of a long haul though.

pff yeah 7 hours :/

And most likely undertaken overnight ----rather you than me !

Have you checked for cheap flights to somewhere like Malaysia ?

[Phuket1234]

Visa Run from Phuket by myself

1. Bus Phuket 5:30am to Ranong 13:00 about 250B

2. Sontew Ranong Bus station 13:10 to Pier 13:30 25B

3. Local boat 13:40 to Myanmmer Cortong 14:00 50B but some boat try to charge 100B(tee money? 50B?)

4. Pay 10US$ at Myanmer checkpoint

5.Local boat 14:30 to Ranong Pier 14:50 50B

6. Sontew Pier 15:20 to Bus station 15:40 25B

7.Bus Ranong 16:00 to Phuket 22:00 about 250B

or

1. Bus Phuket 21:15 to Dannok (Sadao) border 4:00 am 420B

2 Walking 5:00am check point open⇔Malaysia　6:00am

3. Mini Van Dannok 6:15am to Had yai bus station 7:15 57B

4. Bus Had yai bus station 8:00am to Phuket 15:00 387B

BTW Visa Run tour to Ranong start from 1500B Visa Run tour to Satun start from 1900B

Even if you pay tee money at Ranong, cost is cheaper than Satun tour and save time

Nothing to worry about Visa run tour Now!

[kenji34]

Getting to the border In Satun (Wang Prachan)...Good luck with that if you don't have your own transport.

I use a visa run company here from phuket with minibus.

Oh, sorry, I didn't realise there's a visa run minivan to Wang Prachan. You shouldn't be fine, bit of a long haul though.

pff yeah 7 hours :/

And most likely undertaken overnight ----rather you than me !

Have you checked for cheap flights to somewhere like Malaysia ?

mini bus pickup 05:20 am back in phuket hopefully..around 20:00 pm

p.s. already booked tour.

[kenji34]

Visa Run from Phuket by myself

1. Bus Phuket 5:30am to Ranong 13:00 about 250B

2. Sontew Ranong Bus station 13:10 to Pier 13:30 25B

3. Local boat 13:40 to Myanmmer Cortong 14:00 50B but some boat try to charge 100B(tee money? 50B?)

4. Pay 10US$ at Myanmer checkpoint

5.Local boat 14:30 to Ranong Pier 14:50 50B

6. Sontew Pier 15:20 to Bus station 15:40 25B

7.Bus Ranong 16:00 to Phuket 22:00 about 250B

or

1. Bus Phuket 21:15 to Dannok (Sadao) border 4:00 am 420B

2 Walking 5:00am check point open⇔Malaysia　6:00am

3. Mini Van Dannok 6:15am to Had yai bus station 7:15 57B

4. Bus Had yai bus station 8:00am to Phuket 15:00 387B

BTW Visa Run tour to Ranong start from 1500B Visa Run tour to Satun start from 1900B

Even if you pay tee money at Ranong, cost is cheaper than Satun tour and save time

Nothing to worry about Visa run tour Now!

Thank you for the info on how to get to ranong and sadao border crossings next visa run this can be useful info (also for others) thumbs up.

[BritTim]

If you have already booked the border hop through a visa run company, all I can do is offer my condolences. Do not let the experience tempt you into overstay in future. Just be smarter next time. Booked in advance Phuket->KL->Phuket flights the same day cost about the same as the nightmare you are about to experience.

[keeniau96]

At Satun you take the ferry to Langkawi, nice one hour ride. Check the ferry website for the schedule, goes about every two hours. Thai immigration at the ferry dock, Malaysian at their ferry terminal (large place). I have not done that in several years but very simple and no tea money anywhere. Bus from Phuket bus terminal to Satun, then take a motorcycle taxi to ferry.

[lemonjelly]

At Satun you take the ferry to Langkawi, nice one hour ride. Check the ferry website for the schedule, goes about every two hours. Thai immigration at the ferry dock, Malaysian at their ferry terminal (large place). I have not done that in several years but very simple and no tea money anywhere. Bus from Phuket bus terminal to Satun, then take a motorcycle taxi to ferry.

Ferry Satun (Tammalang Pier, approx 10km outside Satun) 3 times daily, 09:30, 12:30, 14:30,

300 baht single, 600 baht return

1 ½ hrs travel time each way.