Immigration Crackdown on Visa Runs ONLY ONE ENTRY VIA A LAND BORDER CROSSING Border runs have been cut short due to the very recent change in rules regarding overland entry by Thai immigration. Foreigners entering Thailand via border posts at Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Malaysia without securing a prior visa will now be granted only 15 days of stay in the country as opposed to the previous Visa on Arrival, which was valid for 30 days. According to a spokesman for the Thai Immigration Bureau, the new regulation was created to encourage foreigners to secure the proper visas in advance from a Royal Thai Embassy prior to their arrival. The new rule will also limit the amount of back-to-back visa runs being made by foreigners to extend their stay. Foreign tourists and expats in Thailand will reportedly no longer be able to continuously exit and then re-enter the kingdom via a land border crossing. Instead, foreign visitors will be restricted to a single entry into Thailand via a land border crossing. In other words, so-called “visa runs” or “border runs” e.g. to the nearby .... read more at ow.ly/xnp9i About Visa in #Thailand #Visa
Posted on: Thu, 29 May 2014 08:31:58 +0000
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