Hello everyone,

 

Im 28yrs old and living almost for 20yrs in Germany. Me and my GF have ukrainian passports, and a "unlimited residence&working visa for Germany", since we lived here for years and went to school etc. (not sure how its called in english)

 

We were for exactly 15 days in Nai Harn, where we didnt need to get any visa. And now we would like to go for around 6 months to Thailand.

 

Now my question is, whats the best way to handle it? For how long could we stay in Thailand before actually leaving country to extend visa? Whats the easiest&cheapest coutry to do so? Is there some countries better than others for extending it..? Is it gonna be complicated & expensive? For how long maximum could I get visa for thailand (without the need to leave thai to extend), if I apply in germany for it? 

 

Please give me any advice, how we shoud do it and how much it gonna cost approximately.

 

Its hard to find any specific information, if you have ukrainian pass, thats why I thought to ask over here :) Thanks

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I assume you do not intend to work, and are under 50 years old. Correct me if this is not true.

 

In my opinion, you should plan to use tourist visas. You should be able to get a single entry tourist visa easily. This gives a stay of 60 days that can be extended by 30 days for 1,900 baht at an immigration office inside Thailand. At the end of the 90 days (60 + 30) you can travel to Vientiane Laos and get another single entry tourist visa. [From Bangkok, budget about 5,000-7,000 baht for the visa run to Vientiane, inclusive of travel, Lao visa on arrival, hotel for one night, meals, and the Thai visa itself.] An alternative to two single entry tourist visas would be to get a multiple entry tourist visa. You could look into that, but the requirements make it pretty inconvenient for most people.

 

A further option could be a Non Ed (education) visa, but this is really too much trouble unless you have a burning desire to study in Thailand anyway.

Thank you, yes im 28 and dont want to work, since i think itll be too hard to get a working visa (right?) if not, my gf would use working visa

 

so in Vietnam/Laos ill do 60days tourist visa again, and after 60days extend it same way, like i did after first 60 days?

3 hours ago, p1ko said:

Thank you, yes im 28 and dont want to work, since i think itll be too hard to get a working visa (right?) if not, my gf would use working visa

 

so in Vietnam/Laos ill do 60days tourist visa again, and after 60days extend it same way, like i did after first 60 days?

Right!

 

Assuming the rules do not change in he interim, getting a fresh visa in Vientiane is very easy. You cross the border from Thailand into Laos at the Friendship Bridge in Nong Khai. You need to plan to arrive in Nong Khai by 10:00 am at latest, because you apply for the visa in Vientiane before 11:30 am (receiving your passport back with visa the following day, early afternoon. This means one night in Vientiane. From most parts of Thailand, you have the option of flying to/from Udon Thani (about 40 minutes from the border) or long bus journeys. Flying directly into Vientiane is also possible, but the flight schedules are very unfavorable for the visa application and pickup.

Thank you very much!:)