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Remember if coming to Thailand for
longer stays then 1 month go to your nearest Thai Consulate in your home
country. Arrival in Thailand you can obtain 30 days eg. USA. It varies
between countries. [ Countries ]. Pic of
Mae Sai border. Myanmar/Thailand.
- Thailand Pass registration is no longer required for all travelers since July 1, 2022.
- Travelers entering Thailand will only be required to show Proof of Vaccination or COVID-19 test results for the unvaccinated.
- Travel Insurance is highly recommended to have comprehensive travel insurance when you travel to Thailand.
Travellers who are unvaccinated are required to undergo a mandatory pre-departure COVID test within 72 hours before departure from the country of origin or departure. The COVID test may be an RT-PCR test or a professional ATK (RAT) antigen test.
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out the new [ visa costs ] Foreigners crossing the Thai borders: If you use agents to stamp your
Visa inside Thailand this is illegal.
Visa rules
Maximum stay of 90 days for foreigners on tourist visas then you must obtain a new Visa from a Royal
Thai Embassy abroad
TRAVELLING OUT OF THAILAND: the Royal Thai Embassies and the Royal Thai Consulates will raise the visa fees as follows:
1. NON-IMMIGRANT VISA
o US $60.00 for single entry
o US $150.00 for multiple entries
o US $150.00 (APEC Multiple Entries)
o US $300.00 (Three-year Non-Immigrant "B" for Business and Work)
2. TOURIST VISA
o US $30.00 per entry
3. TRANSIT VISA
o US $25.00 per entry
Visa exemptions, commonly referred to as “visas on arrival”,
allow tourists from certain countries who arrive at the
border without a visa to have permits-to-stay, for
a period of 30 days, issued by Immigration officials.
People who enter Thailand on a ‘visa exemption’ are
permitted can stay only 90 days in a six-month period,
From April 1, we now count only the days the foreigner has
stayed in Thailand – and foreigners are now allowed to stay
past the 180-day period,”
The number of consecutive visa exemptions allowed is no
longer limited to three. Those who choose to enter
on multiple visa exemptions that it is up to the discretion
of the Immigration officer how many days to grant the new
arrival, provided it is 30 days or fewer. The 90-day rule
does not affect people who have been issued a visa from a
Royal Thai Embassy or Consulate overseas.
Parents bringing children to Thailand to attend school, can
apply for non-immigrant ED visas for their children at any
Royal Thai Embassy outside Thailand. Parents can apply for a
non-immigrant O visas for themselves so they can enter the
country and care for their children here, and then they can
apply for permits to stay at the Immigration office after
entering the country. Many international schools in Thailand
help parents prepare applications for permits to stay &
children under 14 years old are not fined for an overstay.
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Please
note you must leave Thailand if your Visa expires. if you
use agents then you will be prosecuted. The law states one
must leave themselves and everything is on computer now. Please note you can
obtain a non immigrant B visa in Penang but you must have
WP3 ( tor tor3 ) form from the Labour Office and all documentation even
to get a single non immigrant B visa. Do not go if you just
have a letter and company papers as you will be refused. Please use a lawyer as
the paperwork must be right or you will be declined. OVERSTAY
IS NOW 500 BAHT PER DAY.
The retirement age has reduced to 50 years of age for
retirees You must apply at a Thai Embassy
overseas or in Thailand on a non immigrant visa. For retirees wanting us to help them please ask
us as we are presently processing long term retirement visas
from ChiangMai and Bangkok Offices.
Kuala Lumpur
Royal Thai Embassy, 206 Jalan Ampang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
Tel : (03) 248-8005, 8222, 8350, 8420 Fax : (03) 248-6527
email :
thaikl@pop1.jaring.my
commercial@ppp.nasionet.net
Penang
Royal Thai Consulate-General, No.1, Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman,
10350 Penang, Malaysia.
Tel : (094) 226-8029,9484 Fax : (094) 226-3121 email :
thaipg@tm.net.my
Myanmar.
Royal Thai Embassy, 45, 91 Pyay Rd.,Yangon,The Union of
Myanmar. Tel : (951) 525-670, 533-082,
221-713-6Fax : (951) 222-784 Tourist visas cost
approximately US$30, stay of up to 4 weeks.
CAMBODIA
Royal Thai Embassy, Office Of Commercial Affairs, 169
M.V.MAO Tse Toung, (Rue 245) Sangkat Toul Svay Prey 1, Khan
Chamcarmon Mon Phnom Phen, Cambodia Tel : 855-23 364607 Fax:
855-23 310150
thaicompnh@bigponb.com.kh
WE HAVE OFFICES IN
CHIANGMAI & BANGKOK email us for Bangkok or Tel
01-9527812 anytime. Fax 053-223-949
New Thai consulate
in Langkawi, Malaysia Thailand opened a new
consulate in the Malaysian resort island of Langkawi serving
Thai nationals working or visiting the island as well as
tourists. Thai honourable consulate in Langkawi.
MAE SAI: Immigration is very friendly & the border town is a lot
nicer now. Go to the border to exit. If going by bus remember
the last bus leaves Mae Sai at 3.30pm for ChiangMai. The
Nachonchair Air bus also leaves for Pattaya. From Mae Sai
immigration catch a Songtaew 5 baht to the border or from
the bus station 10 baht. Walk
straight across & hand your passport to Myanmar with 250
baht or $US5 before the Burma archway on the right. They
give you a voucher then when you return your passport is
stamped and you cross back to Thailand. No charge on the
Thai side and you fill out your TM card & have your
entry stamped. ONLY buy 2 bottles & 2 cartons of
cigarettes per person & do not listen to them if they
say more. They fine you 1000 baht per extra bottle & up
to 2000 baht per a pack of playing cards. Theres nothing really
to buy in Tachelik apart from DVD's 4 for 100 baht and
everything is now cheaper on the Thai side--May 2006. As
at 2006 there are many Tour companies now conducting visa
runs to both Mae Sai and Chang Khong. One of the best places
to stay in Chiangrai is Chian House and they too have Visa
runs or in Chiangmai go to the Poolside Bar, Prince Hotel and
they have runs in a minibus every Sunday and Wednesday
morning returning by 5pm the same day .BORDER
OPEN
Mae Sot
news: no pictures allowed on the bridge.
Border runs to Mae Sot are OK and a good alternative to visit this now nice town. Mae Sot is $10
or 500 baht BORDER
OPEN
Ranong
Border to Victoria Point Tenasserim Myanmar: From Saphan
phla Pier boat ride across Pak Chan estuary to Victoria
Point. You will stop at two places before Burma, Thai office
will check you have an exit visa and stop at Burma's
immigration pay the 5 dollars and for them to verify you
have a exit visa from Thailand. Give the longtail boat
driver your passport with a $5 bill and stay on the boat &
the ride can cost 40-100 baht depending on the mood. BORDER
OPEN
Chiang
Saen: you can cross the border to the casino and it
costs 500 baht via boat to Laos. Situated 60kms from
ChiangRai. 2006 there are many boats from China plying this
route and you can buy goods here. They will give you a tourist visa on the other
side cost is 250 baht. Open 7 days as far as we know &
you do not need a visa before hand. Just arrive. BORDER
OPEN
Nong Khai: don't buy your visa to visit Laos from Tuk Tuks etc as you
will be ripped off. Cross the border and pay & $US30. You
can obtain a tourist visa at Vientiane
or get a runner to do for you. BORDER
OPEN
Kota Bahru
is the Thai consulate closest to Phuket, and one of a few in
the region that has consistently issued six-month
double-entry non-immigrant B visas, required by people who
wish to work in Thailand.BORDER
OPEN
Penang:
Penang is issuing non immigrant O visas which may change on 2nd July 2007 --- but call them first or email them for the right paperwork Tel : (094) 226-8029,9484 Fax : (094) 226-3121 email :
thaipg@tm.net.my- [ Train
timetable to Penang ] BORDER
OPEN
Singapore:
visa are in limbo now as not sure but please call them first. (65) 2357694,
7360637 to get info. Forget trying to obtain B non immigrant
visas as they normally only give out a tourist visa.
Vientiane:
Tourist visas 1-3 & single/double entry They are more
interested in processing tourist visas now. If a B visa have
your company papers & don't expect more than one entry but marriage visas are OK.
Tel: 214-5813, 2145856
Poipet: Cost
is 1000 baht at the Cambodian side and they will not take
US$ for a visa 30 days into Cambodia. BORDER
OPEN.
Chang
Khong: Watch out if you are on a tourist visa here as some of the border Immigration may ask you for your return ticket out of Thailand when you apply for your visa. If no ticket then you will not be issued with a visa then you will need money to get out.Its a scam so make sure you have your airline ticket out of Thailand with you. BORDER
OPEN
Laos Visa: Get your tourist visa at any Lao embassy overseas or through
a tour agency. Visas on arrival at Vientiane's Wattay
International airport and Lao side of the Thai-Laos
friendship border bridge by Nong Khai Thailand and. Visitors
need a valid passport, one photo, a fee of US$ 30. Laos,
Royal Thai Embassy Route Phonekheng, Vientiane, P.O. Box 128
Tel: 214 5813, 214 5856 Fax: +66 1 411 0017 Border crossing
open from 9am till 4.30pm. Chongmek in Ubon Rathchathani
Province to Vang Tao, Pakse, LaosBorder crossing is open 6am
till 7pm.From Ubon Ratchathani ytake bus to Chongmek. Ferry
across the Mekhong river. Visas $US30 are available on
arrival into Laos, & like Mai Sai if you just wish to visit
the market in Laos you can leave your passport at
immigration and pay 70baht.You can take your car across this
border crossing as long as it is registered in your name.
Chong Bok Pass in Nam Yuen, Ubon Rathchathani Province is
another border. Bueng Kan to Paksan: Border crossing open
from 8.30am till 4.30pm, Laos visa available on arrival.
China's
Yunnan and Myanmar's Shan state: Kyegaung border check
point by the Shwe Li or Yuli river flows Muse (Shan state)
and Ruli (Yunnan) towns & foreign tourists can a travel
agent to apply for a permit for them to travel across this
border. You need passport copies, travel itinerary, photos
etc always carry photos and passport copies. You need a
Myanmar guide inside Shan state.
Cambodia Visa: on arrival at Phnom Penh International
Airport , Siem Reap Airport and international border check
points. Need passport, copies and 1 photographs (4x6) and
fill out the forms. Minthly Tourist visa costs US$20, a
business visa costs US$ 25 and may be extended in-country.
Tourist visa can be extended only one month at a time, while
a Business visa can be extended indefinitely. Cambodia:
Aranyaprathet/Poipet Border crossing point open from 7am
till 8pm, visa on arrival to Cambodia 1,000baht.Its a crap
town but full of fakes and touts. Sishopan is the town past
Poipet. Dirt road still to Siam Reap. Pong Nam Rorn ( or
Pong Nam Ron ), Ban Laem to Daung Lem Border Crossing:
Battambang. Cambodian visa on arrival issued at this point.
Koh Kong crossing point into Kampot Cambodia. Cambodian visa
on arrival available and the border crossing is open from
7am till 5 pm.
Khao San
Rd: have a mobil Visa van in the street for short
extensions & info?
Cambodia NEWS FOR
VISAS:
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cambodia and
International Cooperation is launching e-Visa that enables a
traveler to apply for a travel visa online. The applicant
does not need to visit a Cambodian Embassy to submit an
application or even need to sent an application to the
Embassy and wait for a response. All they need is to access
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website, http://www.mfaic.gov.kh,
get their passport and credit card information ready and
e-Visa will deliver the Visa to their mailbox for them to
print. You can always review our website for more
information. http://evisa.mfaic.gov.kh.
You need to travel to Chang Khong, Mae Sot or Nong Khai in
Laos. ---
PLEASE RING THE MAE SAI IMMIGRATION: (053) 731-008 OR
CHIANGMAI (053) 277-510 & MAE SOT (055)563-002-4
TO CONFIRM
New lists
of visa exemptions
List
of Thailand’s Immigration Checkpoints which provides
facilities for issuance of visa on arrival are as follow :
1. Don Muang International Airport , Bangkok 2. Chiangmai
International Airport , Chiangmai 3. Phuket
International Airport , Phuket4. Hatyai International
Airport , Songkla 5. U Tapao Airport , Rayong
6. Mae Sai Immigration Checkpoint , Chiengrai 7. Chieng
Saen Immigration Checkpoint , Chiengrai 8. Chieng Khong
Immigration Checkpoint , Chiengrai 9. Betong
Immigration Checkpoint , Yala 10. Sadoa Immigration
Checkpoint , Songkla 11. Samui Airport , Surat Thani
12. Sukhothai International Airport, Tak Immigration
Checkpoint 13. Bangkok Harbour Immigration Checkpoint,
Bangkok 14. Sri Racha Immigration Checkpoint , Chonburi
15. Mabtaput Immigration Checkpoint , Rayong 16. Nong
Khai Immigration Checkpoint, Nong Khai 17. Samui
Immigration Checkpoint , Surat Thani 18. Phuket
Immigration Checkpoint , Phuket 19. Satun Immigration
Checkpoint , Satun 20. Krabi Immigration Checkpoint ,
Krabi 21. Songkhla Harbour Immigraion Checkpoint ,
Songkhla 22. Chiangrai Airport Immigration Checkpoint,
Chiangrai 23. Surat Thani Airport Immigration
Checkpoint , Surat Thani
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PENSION CHANGES:
NEW pension visas
has changed to 50 years old. (Must apply out of Thailand
for a non immigrant O visa first but once you have then you can reapply in Thailand). You
need 800,000 Baht in the bank OR an equivalent amount of income of not
less than 65,000 baht every
month with proof of pension income before applying for a one year
visa.
RETIREMENT
VISAS: One Year
You must enter Thailand on a non immigrant visa to apply.Quick and easy using our Law Office. Cost is 10,000 baht but
we do have an Express 2 day service. You need to show
800,000 baht in the Bank or pension fund with Thai Bank
letter stating you have 65,000 baht coming in each month
then email us or Tel: 01-9527812 to apply. You must have an
existing non immigrant visa to apply NOT tourist visa.
RETIREMENT
MARRIAGE VISAS: One Year If
married to a Thai you need 400,000 baht in the
bank.
If you need bank account letter from your bank Bangkok Bank
it now takes 5 days not one day to obtain.
RETIREMENT
UNDER 50 VISAS:
ARE NO
LONGER VALID FOR CONDO OWNERS.
RESIDENCY
VISAS: Our
office can help you.
Our fee is 20,000 baht not including government fees but
make sure: 1/. you have 3 years consecutive multiple non
immigrant visas to be eligible with no broken record eg.
extensions or overstays? 2/. if a pensioner then proof of
your funds monthly coming in 3/. What you have done to
assist Thai society while you have been in Thailand. 4/.Your
educational qualifications 5/. Document from your country
from Police to say you have no previous criminal records
& certified by your Embassy here.6/. Photo of your house
or property if you have? 7/. All the above to be translated
into Thai.
ELITE
PRIVILEGE VISAS: Is
no different from a retirement visa and the only benefit is
you pay 1m baht for the privilege of having a 5 year
visa??? Chiangmai Immigration were telling those who
bought the Elite card that they can give them a visa for
less every year in 15 minutes?? Buying a house has no
special right than if you buy a house using a company! so be
careful.
FOREIGNERS
WITH THAI CHILDREN
can apply for a 1 year visa. have proof of 400,000 baht in
the bank and also the birth certificate of the Thai child.
OVERSTAY
500
baht per day.
RE ENTRY PERMITS: If leaving then coming back and you need a re entry permit make sure you have pics and copies of your passport when you enter the new airport as no copy machines.
Residence
Permit applications:
The following report may be
of interest to: All expatriates considering applying for a
residence permit. Criteria to obtain residence
permit. The Thai Immigration
Department quotas for all expatriates
applying for residence permits are 100 persons per
nationality. All foreigners may qualify to apply for a
residence permit if he/she
1. Holds a passport of
his/her current nationality, which was granted a
NON-IMMIGRANT
VISA and the individual has been permitted to stay in the
Kingdom of Thailand for of at least 3 consecutive years
up to the application
submission date.
2. Has personal
qualifications that meet one or more of the following
categories: 1) Investment category 2) Working/ Business
category 3) Humanity Reasons category: He/she must have
relationship with a Thai citizen or an alien who already
possesses a residence permit as the followings: -
A legal husband or wife -
A legal father or mother -
A child who is under 20 years of age up to the submission
date of application and must be
single
4) Expert category
5) Other categories
Submission period for the
applications The applicants can submit the applications once
a year. Normally, the opening date for the applications is
in December, we recommend to prepare the required documents
1-2 months earlier. Once the date is announced, the
applications can be submitted until the last working day of
the year. The results will be announced in May 2003 and the
residence permits will be issued in December 2003.
Residence permit you need
non-immigrant visa for 3 years before applying and our fee
is 20,000 Bht and government fee is 2,000 Bht in the
beginning and 50,000 Bht Government fee when you get it. It
will will take about 1 - 2 years to get, but will last as
long as you want to stay in Thailand. Approval of a
residency book is 191,400 baht.
VISA
RUNS You
already have a tourist visa...it's valid for one or two
months from the date of issue. This visa can be extended by
one month in Thailand. In Chiang
Mai, go to the immigration office. The extension fee is 1900
Baht. After this month expires you can re-apply for yet
another extension (same fee). You get an "under
consideration for X amount of days" stamp endorsement, another
one when you return (after crossing into Mynamar or Laos)
after X amount of days (no fee) and finally a "must leave country
in X amount of days" endorsement. This gives you approximately 30
days more. To enter Laos
you can get a visa at the border towns of Chiang Khong or
Nong Khai. You can also obtain
a visa in Chiang Mai. Laos town of Huai
Sai across the Mae Khong River from where you travel onwards
onto Luang Prabang in Laos. In Chiangmai go to the Prince
Hotel --Pollside bar and a minibus leaves every Sunday and
Wed for Mae Sai.
COMPANY
CHECKS:
Chiangmai
commercial registration is
presently looking closely at companies. If you have a company
make sure you have the workers and not just nominees as you
will have to explain where and what they are each doing in
your company. Remember even playing a guitar in a bar
for fun is working? and you will be jailed, bailed around
65,000 baht then deported after the fine. We recommend you do
not use a company just to buy a house only, as under the Thai
law you must conduct a
business as well as thats basically what a company is for.
POLICE
COMPLAINTS:
now have a new email address if you have a problem with Thai
Police on metr-police@police.go.th
& P.O. Box 191, Rong Muang, Pathum Wan, 10330, Thailand.
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from the first Thailand Online [ Visanews ]. We help you obtain a Thai Visa
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