How to extend by 3 weeks?

[malaikat]

Hi everybody,

I am a UK citizen who has been here for about 21 months on business, retirement and, now, a tourist visa. I am returning to the UK 3 weeks after my 3 month tourist visa runs out (later than anticipated). I have an airticket back to the UK. How is it best to stay the last 3 weeks? Have I any chance of 3 weeks at Chaengwattana? Should I go there get 1 week and rely on a 2 week re-entry at Aranyaprathet? Or should I take the arduous trek to Savannakhet and get a second tourist visa flashing my return air ticket? Advice would be welcome.Thank you in advance.

[elviajero]

• If you have already extended your 60 day tourist visa by 30 days then you will have to leave the country unless you're married or are a parent. The most you could get at CW would be an extra 7 days.

If you have a UK passport you could do a border hop (out/in) and get a 30 day visa exempt entry. Available at most but not all land borders.

[johnatong]

You can extend the tourist visa entry once by 30 days at an immigration office. If you have already done that all you will get from immigration is 7 days during which you must leave the country.

A 30 day visa exempt entry, which can be extended by another 30 days, can be obtained either by flying to a nearby country and returning of by leaving the country via a land border and returning.

[malaikat]

My understanding was that land borders only give a 2 week visa on arrival. What is the case at the Aranyaprathet/Poipet border? (UK passport holder).

[johnatong]

My understanding was that land borders only give a 2 week visa on arrival. What is the case at the Aranyaprathet/Poipet border? (UK passport holder).

You understand wrong !

IF you have a UK passport you will receive a 30 day visa exempt entry.

[elviajero]

My understanding was that land borders only give a 2 week visa on arrival. What is the case at the Aranyaprathet/Poipet border? (UK passport holder).

• As you are from the UK you get 30 days visa exempt entry at land borders.
• You can do an out/in visa exempt entry at Poipet. Note: They have a limit of a total of 90 days per year.

[ubonjoe]

My understanding was that land borders only give a 2 week visa on arrival. What is the case at the Aranyaprathet/Poipet border? (UK passport holder).

You will get 30 days due to the G7 country rule that started in November of 2013.