Thailand Single Entry Visa Question
 

Hello,

My wife and I are going on our honeymoon to Thailand and Cambodia in two weeks. We will send 3 days in Bangkok then fly to Siem Reap for 3 days and then go back to Thailand for a week (Chiang Mai and Phuket).

I'm a US Citizen and my wife is Colombian Citizen (US Resident). She went to the Thai Consulate and was given a 30 day Single Entry Tourist Visa. I'm confused and unsure if her visa will work for our trip.

Since we will be going from Thailand to Cambodia and then back, does she need a second visa? Was she supposed to get a multi-entry visa instead?

I've read about a visa waiver extension. Will she be eligible for that?

Also as a US Citizen, I don't need to do anything visa-wise beforehand, correct?

US passport holders get a visa exemption. Colombian passport holders do not get a visa exemption. Nor can she get a visa on arrival. One entry means one entry.

http://www.thaiembassyuk.org.uk/?q=node/188

http://www.embassyofcambodia.org/evisa.html

Go to the Thai Consulate in Miami/Coral Gables to get a multi-entry visa or skip Cambodia.

You have 2 choices.

1) Get another single entry visa.

2) Apply for a re-entry permit once in Thailand.
As long as the original 30 day period will cover both of your visits, your wife can simply get a re-entry permit on the original visa. The cost is 1000THB. The process is simple in outer provinces, but time consuming in BKK.

You should be fine, just using the Tourist Visa Exemption twice, although I always recommend getting a visa.

Your Wife should be able to get a re-entry (single re-entry) permit at Thai Immigration, at the airport, prior to flying from BKK to Siem Riep. Leave some extra time to get this at the airport.

This will "preserve" her original 30 day (single-entry Tourist visa) entry stamp.

You'll need a couple of photos, a completed TM.8 form, and 1,000 baht (for a single re-entry).

http://www.immigration.go.th/nov2004...?page=download

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/...entry-permits/

http://bangkok.immigration.go.th/en/...?page=re-entry

duplicate post, crappy internet in THA.

I'm Colombian and in January I will be doing pretty much exactly the same thing you plan to do. When I got my visa I got a double entry tourist visa (in the top right corner of the form it asks you to write how many entries you need), which costs twice as much. If I were in your shoes I would not risk it and definitely would go to the consulate and get another one, is a one-business day process in NYC, so I guess is similar in Miami. It's gonna use an extra page of her passport but you won't have to stress about the re-entry permit.

While you could, possibly, get another entry added to the existing visa, or purchase a new, double-entry visa, getting a re-entry permit should be relatively simple, straight-forward and stress-free. I confess I've never done this at the airport, I did it (multiple re-entry permit) a few weeks ago at Div. 1 Immigration at Chaeng Watthana, and it was simple, and took 30 minutes. FWIW, a re-entry permit takes up one-half of a page in my passport.

I will be travelling on a 90 day work visa but need to leave Thailand twice in that time.

Is it possible to get a multiple re-entry permit at BKK, and if not, can I simply get two single re-entry permits, one each time I fly out?

I understand I can go to the 'Immigration 1' office in the city, but this is not logistically as easy as it sounds for me, so would prefer to do it all at the airport if it is possible.

N.B. I have tried to get a multiple entry visa from London but for my purpose of work they only offer single entry at the embassy, which then has to either be converted to multiple in Thailand, or used alongside a re-entry permit.

You can get a multiple re-entry permit but it costs 3800 baht, whereas just getting two re-entries as you need them would only cost 2000 baht in total.

Each re-entry permit will be 200 more at the airport. Some think it's worth it. Some don't. I expect the receipt shows only the 1000.

Is it possible to get a multiple re-entry permit at BKK, and if not, can I simply get two single re-entry permits, one each time I fly out?

Yes. While the fee for a single entry re-entry permit is 1,000 baht, I think the fee at the airport is 1,200. I am fairly certain you could also get a multiple entry re-entry permit as well, with the fee of at least 3,800 THB.

I think this "office" is now open 7/24 (even though they had signs indicating closure from 12 midnight to 05:00).

New location:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/...side-security/


I went to Div. 1 Immigration at Chaeng Watthana yesterday and it was a zoo. Avoid Mondays and Fridays. On-line 90 day reporting remains off-line - as does the nightly hotel guest reporting system - since Dec. 2016, and I missed the postal deadline. I got a queue number ~ 09:30 and left ~ 11:30.

Thanks everyone - I'm going to skip going to Division 1 in that case and just get a reentry permit at BKK on my way out. Ideally a multiple one so I don't have to go through it all several times. The main thing I wanted to know is that it's possible to get a single reentry permit again so worst case scenario if they don't offer a multiple one I will just get a single each time.

If I have a 3 month category B work visa issued on June 1st 2017 and then enter on say July 25th for the first time, how long validity will I get on my entry stamp? Is it until the visa expires (so September 1st approx) or 90 days from entry (so October 25 approx)?

I'm pretty sure that you could use that visa to enter Thailand between June 1 and ~ August 30. You would be stamped in for 90 days after that first date of entry, so in your example: getting stamped in on July 25 would yield a date of ~ October 23. Any re-entry permit(s) would preserve this October 23 date.

You may be able to extend this by 7 days inside the country for a fee.

You can convert this visa to other types (work, marriage, retirement) inside the country.

Give yourself some extra time at the airport to apply for the re-entry permit, at least for the first time.

Thank you - my flight is not until 11am so I will ensure I arrive with plenty of time to spare.