Tourist Visas - Savannakhet 30 or 60 days?

[SlyAnimal]

I've got a friend who is currently in Thailand Visa Exempt, and they want to go and get a tourist visa from Suvannakhet to extend their stay.

However, another friend has told me that they have now changed the system, and now instead of being 60 it's 30?

Is this correct? And if so how long is the extension then? (e.g. can he then extend it by 60 so that it's the full 90? or is an extension only an additional 30 days?)

Also how long can visa exempt be extended by?

And are they still writing "out/in" if someone does a visa run (And then potentially not allowing them to enter again afterwards?).

Thanks for any assistance given

[darrendsd]

All SETV are 60 days (which can be extended by another 30 days) no matter where you get them from

If your friend has not already done so they can extend their Visa Exempt at any Thai Immigration office, this certainly applies to G7 countries, not sure about other country's, someone else will be able to confirm

[ubonjoe]

All SETV are 60 days (which can be extended by another 30 days) no matter where you get them from

If your friend has not already done so they can extend their Visa Exempt at any Thai Immigration office, this certainly applies to G7 countries, not sure about other country's, someone else will be able to confirm

The 30 day extension of a visa exempt is available to all nationalities unless their visa exempt entry is from a bilateral agreement.

[SlyAnimal]

All SETV are 60 days (which can be extended by another 30 days) no matter where you get them from

If your friend has not already done so they can extend their Visa Exempt at any Thai Immigration office, this certainly applies to G7 countries, not sure about other country's, someone else will be able to confirm

Cool that's what I thought, that they were all 60 days (And I hadn't seen anything in the news to say that they weren't). Although apparently there is some discretion available from border officials? Are there any reports of only 30 day stamps being given, despite people having a SETV?

Also from what he was saying, double entry tourist visas are a thing of the past now? You can either get a single or multiple entry? (And that apparently you can only get multiple entry visas in your home country?).

[darrendsd]

Although apparently there is some discretion available from border officials? Are there any reports of only 30 day stamps being given, despite people having a SETV?

Not correct

Also from what he was saying, double entry tourist visas are a thing of the past now? You can either get a single or multiple entry? (And that apparently you can only get multiple entry visas in your home country?).

Correct with some exceptions regarding the METV

[ubonjoe]

All SETV are 60 days (which can be extended by another 30 days) no matter where you get them from

If your friend has not already done so they can extend their Visa Exempt at any Thai Immigration office, this certainly applies to G7 countries, not sure about other country's, someone else will be able to confirm

Cool that's what I thought, that they were all 60 days (And I hadn't seen anything in the news to say that they weren't). Although apparently there is some discretion available from border officials? Are there any reports of only 30 day stamps being given, despite people having a SETV?

Also from what he was saying, double entry tourist visas are a thing of the past now? You can either get a single or multiple entry? (And that apparently you can only get multiple entry visas in your home country?).

There are a few nationalities that only get 30 days from a tourist visa. He is certainly not from one of them since he gets visa exempt entries.

Unless it was a stamping error I have not heard of anybody only getting 30 days.

Since November of last year when the multiple entry tourist visa became available only single entry visa are being issued.

[SlyAnimal]

Awesome thanks

[IMA_FARANG]

All SETV are 60 days (which can be extended by another 30 days) no matter where you get them from

If your friend has not already done so they can extend their Visa Exempt at any Thai Immigration office, this certainly applies to G7 countries, not sure about other country's, someone else will be able to confirm

Cool that's what I thought, that they were all 60 days (And I hadn't seen anything in the news to say that they weren't). Although apparently there is some discretion available from border officials? Are there any reports of only 30 day stamps being given, despite people having a SETV?

Also from what he was saying, double entry tourist visas are a thing of the past now? You can either get a single or multiple entry? (And that apparently you can only get multiple entry visas in your home country?).

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No, but on your entry form there is a space for your visa number.

If you a 60 day SETV and fail to put that visa number in that space....you may end up with a 30 day visa exempt entry.

Especially if you have a number of other used 60 day SETV in your passport and the immigration officer has to look through your passport to find the one unused visa.

He or she is usually busy, with others waiting in the immigration queue.

So if you are holding up the queue, he or she may just not look bother to look for that unused visa....and stamp you with a 30 day entry.

that is why you should put your visa number on the arrival card.

And ideally, you should put your arrival card with the visa number on it next to the page in your passport with the visa on the page he or she sees as he or she opens the passport.

Sometimes it doesn't work, but a little consideration and respect doesn't hurt anyhow.

[elviajero]

"And are they still writing "out/in" if someone does a visa run (And then potentially not allowing them to enter again afterwards?)."

• Out/in visa exempt entry is not allowed at some Thai/Myanmar borders, and there is a limit of 90 days per year at the Thai Cambodian border.
• Anyone can be denied entry at any border if they do to many (unspecified) out/in visa exempt entries and the IO believes they are a "visa runner".
• Visa exempt entry is no longer a viable way to stay in the country long term.