I’m writing this sitting on a local bus to Cambodia from Bangkok on a ‘visa run’. Basically, a visa run is a trip you have to take in order to remain in a country where you’re visa is soon to expire. So you have to leave the country you want to stay in (madness, I know), get to a neighbouring country and then turn back around and re-enter the first country.
For example, when I need a break from traveling and when I need to sort out my online ventures, I’m semi-based in Thailand. I’m currently on a tourist visa, and that expires in 4 days but I want to stay in Thailand for 3 more months at least. Soooo, I have to leave the country and re-enter the country on a new tourist visa. That, my dear friends, is a visa run and it’s a massive pain in ass.
So I’m off to Cambodia, for all of about 20 minutes. 5 hours in the bus from Bangkok, 20 mins in Cambodia, 5 hours back to Bangkok. What a wonderful way to spend the day :S.
As you know, blogging changed my life. I left Ireland broke, with no plan, with just a one-way ticket to Thailand and no money. Since then, I started a blog, then a digital media company, I’ve made more than $1,500,000 USD, bought 4 properties and visited (almost) every country in the world. And I did it all from my laptop as I travel the world and live my dream.
What are the required documents needed for the visa run because presently i am about to embark on one. I am at Ubon Ratchatani about moving down to Laos. please reply me
HI,
I must admit I never knew about visa run until I read your post. It’s kind of new term for me.
I was looking for a visa run service and found https://globalvisarun.com/
do you have any review about it?
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Please help.
I have a really simple question on’ visa runs’ that I cannot seem to get a legitimate answer.
I need to leave Vietnam every 90 days on my 5 year Visa Exemption Certificate. I live only a few hours from the Cambodian border
Can I just go through Vietnamese immigration, and the come back in, or do I have to enter Cambodia, and stay there for a particular time?
Can you please explain it a bit more? When you get to Cambodia, how do you go about getting a brand new visa? Where in Cambodia and what do you say/write on the forms? Doesn’t it take a few days? Thank you!
hello mate. just wana say thanks for all ya help we read ur blogs alot and they have helped alot
we are in cambodia at the mo but leave for thailand soon i know we get the standard 30 days but if we want to extend it is it still possible to do a visa run at the malaysa boarder
thanks again buddy
Hey Johnny. Thank you for these posts. Really helpful. I’m gonna go to Thailand for 4 months. I live in Mauritius. Will be doing an internship in BKK. BUT the maximum visa i get is 90 days as a non-immigrant or i have to take a tourist visa with multiple entries and will have to do this visa-run thing you just explained. Do you know if it’s possibly to ask for an extension for another 60 days while i will be there ? Or anything else you would suggest ?
if u can get the multiple entries then you still have to leave the country anyway mate :S
I never new this was possible! thank you! x
possible, but very annoying! :S
its worse if you live on ko tao!
i don’t even wanna imagine Rob mate 😛
I am all too familiar with the “visa run.” Many of my friends decided to do that instead of getting a more perm visa here. The unfortunate part is it’s SO much easier than trying to do it the “right way.” I’m trying the “correct way” and have had way too much trouble.
That’s great you can come and go repeatedly with out much hassle!
I am all too familiar with the “visa run.” Many of my friends decided to do that instead of getting a more perm visa here. The unfortunate part is it’s SO much easier than trying to do it the “right way.” I’m trying the “correct way” and have had way to much trouble.
That’s great you can come and go repeatedly with out much hassle!
i here ya Angie, a headache and a half! where r u based?