Thread: Current status of doing a border walk

what is the current status of doing a border walk at a Cambodian border crossing ?

is it best to get a cambodian visa online ?

do you need to pay the cambodian side 100 baht ?

how many days will you get for thailand permission to stay on return ?

has anyone done it at Chong Chom / O'Smach ?

anything else I have forgotten ?

Originally Posted by baldrick

is it best to get a cambodian visa online ?

Will save a few hundred baht and some time dealing with them there.

They'll likely insist on Thai baht, by finding fault with your USD (too old, small rip, etc.) And it will be a set THB amount, a good bit higher than the current exchange rate. Plus queuing time, etc. Mush easier to get an E-Visa. Also saves a full page in yer passy.

Originally Posted by baldrick

do you need to pay the cambodian side 100 baht ?

No, but they may insist on it, using the infamous 24 hour rule. Technically there is a Cambodian immigration law stating that an alien cannot leave within 24 hours of arriving, but my Khmer reading level isn't up to scratch.

Originally Posted by baldrick

how many days will you get for Thailand permission to stay on return ?

Depends on your visa.

Originally Posted by baldrick

anything else I have forgotten ?

To book flights as the Cambo land borders are utter shitholes full of scammers and criminals. Not to mention those not working there.

As i have never been to cambo and am thinking of going. Are you saying its better to get an e visa and FIFO than go across land border. I am thinking of going with lady cow for a look at pnom penh.

Originally Posted by Hugh Cow

I am thinking of going with lady cow for a look at pnom penh.

Thats more the kind of place you'd wanna visit with your mates Take her to Siem Reap to see Angkor Wat.

can anyone advise how may days I can extend a 30day arrival permission to stay stamp at an immigration office for 1900 baht ?

I am pretty close to the Chong Chom office and am trying to decide what I want to do - if I can pay 1900 baht and get another month , I would rather do that than the hassle of the border walk

I was hoping to hear from Toddzzz for the official rules or someone who had experience recently - especially at Chong Chom - though worst comes to the worst I can drive down and see them next week and ask

it is tourism - I arrived on the 1st and got a stamp at the airport for 30 days ,so need to do something on the 30th - I am just trying to decide what.

I was thinking that I would leave for Songkran ( fly out ) and come back after - maybe a month or so , but was looking for 30 days extension in case I stayed through Songkran

You can get a 30 day extension based on tourism then. It will kick in from the end of your PoS stamp, not the date that you get it. So it will be 30+30 days regardless of when you get it. Enjoy Surin Songkran. Should be sanook.

Originally Posted by Luigi

Enjoy Surin Songkran. Should be sanook.

I do not enjoy it - a day in a village drinking beer and splashing some water around is ok , but as soon as you get away from that it does turn much darker with increasing drunken holiganism and stupidity

I have done all varieties of it over the years and am over it

Posters should be aware that immigration offices should be closed for Songkran, so the week before could be hectic. If able to do whatever before that, it's advisable.

Visa on arrival - 30 day extension at immigration for 1900 Baht. Far easier than going to Osmach.

Originally Posted by Phuketrichard

no reason to get an evisa unless u want save a page in ur passport and spend $6 more.

Do they use that day's conversion rates, if you haven't got USD? Covert it online in front of you there and then?

Or do they say 1,x00 baht? (Depending on your nationality.)

Originally Posted by marcusb

Visa on arrival - 30 day extension at immigration for 1900 Baht.

anyone done one recently ?

what photocopies , photos , flight tickets , bank account statements , pokemon cards were required ?

Originally Posted by Luigi

Do they use that day's conversion rates, if you haven't got USD? Covert it online in front of you there and then?

Or do they say 1,x00 baht? (Depending on your nationality.)

voa $30
$$$$ ONLY

at land borders it can be 1,000-1,200 baht for Cambodian VOA
PLUS if u wish to just walk back to Thailand they will often charge you another 300 baht.

for most, there is no VOA for Thailand unless ur an Indian passport or such

other wise for THAILND its a a
FREE 30 days Visa EXEMPT stamp

Originally Posted by baldrick

anyone done one recently ?

what photocopies , photos , flight tickets , bank account statements , pokemon cards were required ?

At my local immigration, passport, maybe a photo. Copy of first page, current visa page, arrival card. 1900B They may ask to see your TM30 as well. The form is available at immi and pretty basic.

Originally Posted by Phuketrichard

voa $30
$$$$ ONLY

at land borders it can be 1,000-1,200 baht for Cambodian VOA
PLUS if u wish to just walk back to Thailand they will often charge you another 300 baht.

Yeah, so you have to go get USD unless you have it handy. Then they often refuse them on some whimsical basis, creased, too old, a small rip etc. So you'd have to pay the set price in Thai Baht, that's a lot higher than the real rate.


Or.... you could simply get an E-Visa online, and walk right through without any BS. Save a passy page, no queuing for a visa and dealing with the fookers. For $6 more (which will probably be the difference in what they charge you for the Thai Baht price anyway.

Sounds like a no brainer.

^ Definitely. Got my evisa online approved within 2 hours too.

Originally Posted by baldrick

anyone done one recently ?

Make sure you use the right website - the Govt website if doing the evisa online, i went on one, filled everything in then noticed the $99 they wanted to deduct.

All you need is a computer in front of you, then to upload a photo of yourself which I did with my phone and then take a pic of your passport photo page and upload that.

Piece of piss

^ I am tending toward trying the 30 day extension at chong chom immigration office - 1900 baht with no border hassle

does anyone have experience with the chong chom immigration office ?

I will be going down close to it next week to visit some one , so I will rock up with the relevant photo copies and see what the deal is

Where is Chong Chom?

At Chonburi you go in the Morning hand your shit over and pick up in the afternoon, if I remember right.

Originally Posted by marcusb

At my local immigration, passport, maybe a photo. Copy of first page, current visa page, arrival card. 1900B They may ask to see your TM30 as well. The form is available at immi and pretty basic.

I did it two years ago in CM at Promenada Mall, and the requirements were the same.

I had to get larger size photos taken than passport size, for which there was a handy shop outside.

Only had to wait about 30 minutes to pick it up.

Local immi only takes five minutes to do an extension. its not a big deal...

Originally Posted by cyrille

and the requirements were the same.

did you need the TM30 ?

Originally Posted by cyrille

larger size photos taken than passport size

35x45 mm 0r 50x70mm ? can you remember

Yes
and
No