Renew Visa

[HelloThere]

Hello. Just a quick question about tourist visas. My current work permit is about to expire when I finish my contract at my school. I wanted to stay in Thailand longer, so I was going to get a new tourist visa by flying to Malaysia. Can I just buy a round trip ticket to Malaysia and reenter the country on the tourist visa? And if so do I have to stay in Malaysia for a certain number of days or can I just fly there and turn around an hour later and fly back to Bangkok? Thank you so much for any advice!

[Phuket Man]

You can stay an hour and return if you wish but you will not get a Tourist Visa.

You will get a 30 day Visa Exempt when you enter Thailand.

[HelloThere]

14 minutes ago, Phuket Man said:

You can stay an hour and return if you wish but you will not get a Tourist Visa.

You will get a 30 day Visa Exempt when you enter Thailand.

Thank you for reply.

So then I will have to re enter again in 30 days? That is OK. My main concern was staying in the country legally. And at the airport I just have to go out and come back in through immigration?

[ubonjoe]

12 minutes ago, HelloThere said:

So then I will have to re enter again in 30 days?

You can apply for a 30 day extension of the 30 day visa exempt entry at an immigration office for a fee of 1900 baht no need to leave the country again.

 

[CyclingLight]

You can also get a proper tourist visa by going to a Thai embassy in Malaysia; a single entry tourist visa (SETV) would give you 60 days (extendable to 90). Depending on how much longer you want to stay in Thailand, that may be a better choice.