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Originally Posted by Bjorn
Hi,
I'd like to stay in Thailand a bit longer but only got the 'allowance to stay' on arrival in Bangkok (30 days, not extendable). Also got all the bike paperwork in Bangkok, so all good.
If I want to stay another month: Can I just exit Thailand in the South (Malaysian border) and then re-enter same day? Do I need to go into Malaysia, or is it good enough to just leave into noman's land between the two country & then turn over.
I know foreign people (for example divers) here regularly do visa-runs without any problem. Just wondering about the bike...
Cheers
Bjorn
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Just make sure its all straight with Thai customs when you leave. I was told that if when I was gone over a certain date I would fined 100baht per dayon the bike (not a big deal). In fact when I reentered over 2 months later through the Vientiane border in Laos(different border that I left) the customs officer never charged me any money at all.
I met a biker from England in Cambodia who was over 6 months on the outbound penalty to bring the bike back but I am not sure how that one turned out when they got back into Thailand. Anyway, just an fyi to be clear with customs before you leave Thailand as we all know there is no exact science to border madness. The new 15day visa really stinks. I once got stuck with a 3500baht visa overstay in Thailand....now that will be a more common occurence for people. Call a place paradise then kiss it good bye.
Oh and also consider Vientiane for your border run. Its an easy cruise from Bangkok. Good luck!
Last edited by globalvisions; 7 Jan 2009 at 09:13.
Reason: forgot something
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