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If you need to leave the country because your length of stay is nearly expired, you must do a visa run.
You can either cross any Thai border by plane, foot, train or car.
If you need a new visa, you must travel into another country and visit a Thai Embassy or consulate and apply for a new Tourist visa or Non-Immigrant visa.
Pattaya Visa Run
For those whose 30-day tourist visa for Thailand will soon expire, there are several options. If you need only a short extension, just go to the Immigration Office on Soi 8, and you can get a 10-day extension for a fee of 1,900 Baht. You will also need copies of certain pages of your passport, and a passport sized photo. However, you can only do this once, and then you will have to leave the kingdom.
For those who want to stay longer, a visa run to the Cambodia border is another option. There are two popular border crossings near Pattaya where you can leave Thailand, and return with a new 30-day visa. These border-crossing points are at Trat - Koh Kong, and Aranyaprathet - Poipet.
By Minivan
If you are going on a one-day trip to the border just to get your visa and come back, you can take one of our confortable minivans for your visa run. You will save yourself time, money and hassle in the long run.
Our minivan typically leave around 06.00 or 07.00 in the morning, and return to Pattaya around 17.00. We will pick you up and drop you off in your accommodation.
Our price includes the visa fee for Cambodia (1,000 Baht), and assistance in crossing the border. You will need your passport, and two passport sized photo.
Price per person: 2.100 Baht
If you are going on a one-day trip to the border just to get your visa and come back, you would be well advised to take one of the commercial visa runs. You will save yourself time, money and hassle in the long run. Besides, there is a common scam at the border among Cambodians who prey on naive visitors and convince them to pay non-existent crossing fees.
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