Renew visit visa

[Riffs 0]

I am in Pattaya on vacation here for a little over 6 weeks. I will need to get a new visa sometime in the first 2 weeks of June.

 

Is there anyone else who will need to renew theirs during that time frame so I can tag along with? I have a nice big window and am very flexible on the day.

 

thanks in advance

[jacko 8,766]

If you pop along to Weatherspoons (Soi Buakao) ,or The Sportsman (Soi 13, beach rd) you can book yourself on a visa run for about 2400 baht. There will be 5 other guys on the mini-bus and normally a couple of them are old hands... very old..and old guys we like to be helpful.

Edited May 21, 2008 by jacko

[Eneukman 1]

I am in Pattaya on vacation here for a little over 6 weeks. I will need to get a new visa sometime in the first 2 weeks of June.

 

Is there anyone else who will need to renew theirs during that time frame so I can tag along with? I have a nice big window and am very flexible on the day.

 

thanks in advance

 

I am confused by your question. What kind of visa do you have at present?

 

Alan

[Riffs 0]

I have a tourist visa, 30 days. I will be in Pattaya for a little over 6 weeks.

[joekicker 53]

Riffs, I think you mean that you do not have a visa. You never went to a Thai embassy or mailed off your passport, right?

 

And now you wish to go out of the country and come back and get another 30 days, am I right?

 

You can do that, providing you don't have previous such entries in your passport over the past year. They accumulate, and you can only have 6 months out of a year, or less in certain cases of arithmetical challenge.

 

I think it is a unanimous recommendation on this board that next time, presuming there is one, get an actual tourist visa before you come to Thailand. It's ever so much better in ever so many ways.

[tom21 19]

Riffs, I think you mean that you do not have a visa. You never went to a Thai embassy or mailed off your passport, right?

 

And now you wish to go out of the country and come back and get another 30 days, am I right?

 

You can do that, providing you don't have previous such entries in your passport over the past year. They accumulate, and you can only have 6 months out of a year, or less in certain cases of arithmetical challenge.

 

I think it is a unanimous recommendation on this board that next time, presuming there is one, get an actual tourist visa before you come to Thailand. It's ever so much better in ever so many ways.

 

 

What a shit reply.

[joekicker 53]

What a shit reply.

 

Thanks for showing how a real man would handle it, Tom. I'll be sure to bear your advice in mind.

Edited May 27, 2008 by joekicker

[tom21 19]

Thanks for showing how a real man would handle it, Tom. I'll be sure to bear your advice in mind.

 

 

The OP only asked about a visa run not what kind of visa he should have had before he came and that an entry permit is not a visa. Of course you could have advised him that he can get a 15 day extension at the immigration office so he does not have to do a visa run. .

[Gonzo 419]

The OP only asked about a visa run not what kind of visa he should have had before he came and that an entry permit is not a visa. Of course you could have advised him that he can get a 15 day extension at the immigration office so he does not have to do a visa run. .

Jk was only trying to give the correct advice. By the sounds of it the OP, he is unsure about what he is talking about. A 30 day stamp on arrival is not a visa. There is no need to jump down Jk's throat as he usually knows his stuff and gives valuable advice to a lot of board members.

[jacko 8,766]

The OP also said he would be here a little over 6 weeks, so a 15 day extension may not quite be enough. (Do they still issue 15 days?)

 

He was really only looking for company on a visa run in the OP.

 

What Joe posted seemed useful..... it may only be semantics but the confusion of calling a 30 day stamp a 'visa', when it is far from it, isn't a good starting point.

Edited May 29, 2008 by jacko

[Riffs 0]

Here is what I ended up doing. I did a lot of checking and Vic from Queen Vic helped me out a lot. He sent one of his people (a local) with me down to the immigration office for me to get an extension. Seems that day, or week, or how they felt, only 7 day extension were being given and I could not get another beyond that. So I paid the fee, got the extension and did the Visa run.

 

Vic did check his records, and the last person he sent there about 2 months ago got a 14 day extension. Seems the law or however they do it at the immigration office may change quite often.

 

At least next time I know how to work within their system. I tried to do the right thing and it ended up costing me an extra 2000baht. Won't happen again. I was thinking of letting my 30day expire and just pay the fine at the airport, or do visa run and pay 500baht fine per day for expired visa.

[jacko 8,766]

I agree with the concept of 'work within the system'... and interested to hear that only 7 day extensions were being offered (I had heard of this elsewhere).

 

As an aside, if you must overstay and pay the fine, it is somewhat easier at the airport than at the Cambodian border. The other people on the bus, who likely have more sense than being on overstay, will be delayed somewhat by you. Also, if an official does happen to want to check your passport prior, while you are on 'overstay', well, it seems to annoy them.

 

Get a visa.

Edited June 26, 2008 by jacko

[Eneukman 1]

What a shit reply.

 

 

The OP only asked about a visa run not what kind of visa he should have had before he came and that an entry permit is not a visa. Of course you could have advised him that he can get a 15 day extension at the immigration office so he does not have to do a visa run. .

 

joekicker was spot on with what he said.

 

The 30 days you are allowed when you arrive at the airport is NOT a visa - the permission to stay is issued under the Visa Waiver Scheme.

 

Also, as far as I am aware, you cannot get a 15 day extension - 7 days is the maximum unless you have an actual visa.

 

Alan

[Emil 0]

joekicker was spot on with what he said.

 

The 30 days you are allowed when you arrive at the airport is NOT a visa - the permission to stay is issued under the Visa Waiver Scheme.

 

Also, as far as I am aware, you cannot get a 15 day extension - 7 days is the maximum unless you have an actual visa.

 

Alan

 

I believe the 15 day extensions went bye-bye about the same time that Thai Immigragion came up with their new polices regarding days in LOS back in Sep 2006. Those new polices made me get the retirement visa, I had last gotten the 15 day extension back in July 2006.

 

I wonder if tom21's post caused some doubt to the OP and it wound up costing him some baht. I was in Pattaya at the time and spend very little time on the boards, otherwise I would have confirmed JK's post.