Thread: Visa runs?

I lived in Thailand for 3 1/2 years but left in 2017. Can we still do visa runs? I know they tightened restrictions after the king passed.

At the moment, No.

Originally Posted by Jaywills

I lived in Thailand for 3 1/2 years but left in 2017. Can we still do visa runs? I know they tightened restrictions after the king passed.

Welcome, hope you enjoy the forum, and the newbies room.

Covid has changed most everything as you must know.

Hi all, and thanks. I see they are supposed to open Phuket on July 1 for vaccinated foreigners. It looks like a 90 day visa with at least one extension. Does anyone know any more?

Originally Posted by Jaywills

Hi all, and thanks. I see they are supposed to open Phuket on July 1 for vaccinated foreigners. It looks like a 90 day visa with at least one extension. Does anyone know any more?

It might help if you say what kind of visa you want to get or what you intend to do in Thailand (and for how long).

Originally Posted by Neverna

It might help if you say what kind of visa you want to get or what you intend to do in Thailand (and for how long).

I would like to stay there, but I don't meet the current retirement visa, or other visa requirements for long term stay. If the ED visa is still available, that might work for a few years, but then I would have to leave. Hence my question about visa runs.

Originally Posted by Jaywills

I would like to stay there, but I don't meet the current retirement visa, or other visa requirements for long term stay. If the ED visa is still available, that might work for a few years, but then I would have to leave. Hence my question about visa runs.

Well, no matter what visa or non-visa you choose, you can not leave Thailand and then re-enter again without doing quarantine in bangkok or taking part in the phuket sandbox (which requires that you pay for 14 days in a SHA+ hotel the whole time and can not leave phuket until you've passed three covid tests)

Originally Posted by Jaywills

If the ED visa is still available, that might work for a few years, but then I would have to leave. Hence my question about visa runs.

No one knows what the rules will be in a few years time.

Originally Posted by Slick

Well, no matter what visa or non-visa you choose, you can not leave Thailand and then re-enter again without doing quarantine in bangkok or taking part in the phuket sandbox (which requires that you pay for 14 days in a SHA+ hotel the whole time and can not leave phuket until you've passed three covid tests)

putting the Thai quaratine requirement aside... are there any neighboring countries that allow entry for a border bounce ?

Originally Posted by Fondles

putting the Thai quaratine requirement aside... are there any neighboring countries that allow entry for a border bounce ?

Not neighboring, but probably South Korea.

All travelers to Korea must provide proof of a negative COVID-19 PCR test result issued within 72 hours of their departure. There is also a mandatory 14-day quarantine upon entry for most travelers. Only those who have been vaccinated in Korea and whose vaccinations are registered in the Korean health care system may be eligible for active monitoring in lieu of quarantine at the discretion of Korean authorities at the point of entry. Beginning July 1, 2021, limited categories of vaccinated travelers may apply for a quarantine exemption certificate at an overseas Korean Embassy or Consulate

Sorry for the colour, cut and pasted from Korean/us embassy

Also I think if you came in as a tourist you would get 60 days, 30 extra days 1900B. There could also be covid amnesty when your time is up but difficult to count on that.

Originally Posted by marcusb

All travelers to Korea must provide proof of a negative COVID-19 PCR test result issued within 72 hours of their departure. There is also a mandatory 14-day quarantine upon entry for most travelers. Only those who have been vaccinated in Korea and whose vaccinations are registered in the Korean health care system may be eligible for active monitoring in lieu of quarantine at the discretion of Korean authorities at the point of entry. Beginning July 1, 2021, limited categories of vaccinated travelers may apply for a quarantine exemption certificate at an overseas Korean Embassy or Consulate

Sorry for the colour, cut and pasted from Korean/us embassy

Also I think if you came in as a tourist you would get 60 days, 30 extra days 1900B. There could also be covid amnesty when your time is up but difficult to count on that.

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