Anyone who has ever been to Thailand or plans to do so must get together with the Visa conditions deal with. This can mean that you either move on to the next Immigration in Thailand You have to drive to a border with a neighboring country or even abroad to apply for a new visa. What options you have, what you need to consider and how you do the best, we show you here.
The so-called "Visa on arrival“Is valid for thirty days from arrival in the country. If you want to stay longer than thirty days, whether on Koh Phangan or another beautiful spot in Thailand, you can also apply for a visa in Germany. You can get this at any Thai embassy or consulate. You can also apply for the visa online.
You have the choice between one single, double, XNUMXPS and recently also one multiple entry visa, each with sixty days of residence in Thailand. This is particularly advantageous if you also want to travel to other countries around Thailand. An entry in German immigration offices costs 30 euros. If you plan to come to Thailand for a couple of months, in practice it looks like this:
Let's say you applied for a double entry visa. So you have a total of 120 days of residence rights (two times 60 days). After the 60 days, you have the choice of either driving to the border with a neighboring country and getting four stamps in your passport within a few minutes. For example stamps out of Thailand, stamps in to Malaysia, stamps out of Malaysia and again a stamp in to Thailand. So you have made use of your second entry. This is the so-called BorderrunSo, to the border and back in one day. The price for such a border run is about 1.400 THB with round trip. Departure is the first ferry at five in the morning and return on Koh Phangan at nine in the evening.
The other option is to go to Thailand for immigration (from Koh Phangan, for example, this would be on Koh Samui). Here you pay 1.900 THB and get an extension for thirty days. The ferry to Koh Samui costs 200 THB, the taxi (often scooter taxi) on Samui itself to immigration once again 100 THB. The immigration is located in the south of the island near the port Nathon, After these thirty days, the Borderrun follows and you then take your second entry. This so-called "Visa Extension" is possible once per entry, i.e. twice for a double entry visa. You will get a total of 180 days.
For the southern part of Thailand Malaysia and Myanmar are eligible for the Borderrun.
Apply for a new Thailand Visa in Asia
If you have already exhausted the possibilities of the extensions and border runs, you don't have to think about going home for a long time. You can apply for a new visa at a local Thai immigration office abroad at any time. In Malaysia, however, there is only a single entry visa, you should know that beforehand so as not to be disappointed. In all other countries there is the possibility to apply for multiple entries. However, Malaysia is the closest country from Koh Phangan and can be reached by mini-van, bus, train or plane. The main destination for most is Penang City.
The Visarun to Penang
Penang is located very far north in Malaysia and can be reached directly by train or mini van and indirectly by plane. There are many on site Hostels with Visa serviceThat means you are paying money and people are taking care of your visa. The whole without that you have to do a finger krum. The most famous person is the Indian Jim, the hostel room (Jim's Place in Chulia Street) as well as all visa services for tourist and business visas.
If you intend to stay in Thailand for a long time, you probably have to travel to other countries to get several entries there. Of course, you can theoretically repeat the Visarun to Penang as often as you like, but this will be very important for a long time. In practice, the consulates in the surrounding countries will no longer issue tourist visas after a certain period of time.
The journey with the mini van starts from Koh Phangan at five in the morning to Donsak, the port city on the mainland. Then the journey continues in the full mini-van until around 10 a.m. The trip, however, is also the cheapest at around THB 1.400.
By plane you can either from Koh Samui or Surat Thani fly out to Kuala Lumpur and then on to Butterworth. This is the closest city to Penang. An alternative can be the Thai embassy in Kuala Lumpur. The flights from Koh Samui are very expensive at 4.000 to 5.000 THB, from Surat Thani it costs about half.
Conditions are constantly changing ...
In general, if you need a new visa, or just do the extension in the country, you should inform yourself in advance, what exactly you need it. Passport photos, documents, validity of the passport and so on. The information can be found on the Immigration website or on Koh Phangan at travel agents offering the Visarun.
The best contact person on Koh Phangan means Mr. Kim, In his small travel agency right in Thong Sala He helps you with all problems and questions. With him you can get advice on how to get the cheapest, stress-free and the easiest way to get your visa. Another advantage is that Mr. Kim speaks and understands English very well. After a short consultation with him, you can easily get right with him all the necessary travel tickets.
Finally, you can only wish you a safe and safe journey to the new visa!
