Thai Tourist Visas
For Thailand many people go to the Thai embassy in their country before visiting. They will give you a 2 month tourist visa(s). These are available as single, double or triple entry. Different countries give different numbers of entries, double is common. A double entry tourist visa = 2 x 2 months. Each of these can be extended within Thailand by a month. So really each entry = 3 months. So if the embassy gives you a triple entry visa you can get 9 months in Thailand (as long as they don't limit the use by date). After each visa entry has been used (every 3 months), you need to do a border run- basically step onto another country then back in to activate the next visa entry. Once you have used up the visas you will need to visit a Thai embassy in another country to apply for new ones.
To save all this hassle many people sign up to learn Thai. This means you can get an education visa. For these you just need to visit the immigration office in Thailand every 3 months. This option is more expensive.
For Thailand many people go to the Thai embassy in their country before visiting. They will give you a 2 month tourist visa(s). These are available as single, double or triple entry. Different countries give different numbers of entries, double is common. A double entry tourist visa = 2 x 2 months. Each of these can be extended within Thailand by a month. So really each entry = 3 months. So if the embassy gives you a triple entry visa you can get 9 months in Thailand (as long as they don't limit the use by date). After each visa entry has been used (every 3 months), you need to do a border run- basically step onto another country then back in to activate the next visa entry. Once you have used up the visas you will need to visit a Thai embassy in another country to apply for new ones.
To save all this hassle many people sign up to learn Thai. This means you can get an education visa. For these you just need to visit the immigration office in Thailand every 3 months. This option is more expensive.
