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Thailand Visa on arrival extension
Has someone experience with extending the visa on arrival for additional 30 days in Thailand? And how is it working with the customes for the motorbike?
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Has someone experience with extending the visa on arrival for additional 30 days in Thailand? And how is it working with the customes for the motorbike?
In 2013 I had to do a border run with the bike. Depends on where you are. If in Chiang Mai, ping me via PM
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Can be done at any Immigration office. Costs 1900 baht, passport photo, copy of passport etc. Many Immigration offices are very busy so expect to spend a few hours there. Will give you 30 more days.

A temporary vehicle import can also be extended but that must be done at a customs office. Its usually quick and smooth but depends if the person knows what he or she is doing and what the rules and laws are. This is not always the case. Chiang Mai and Ranong good. Nong Khai no good. Others I havent tried.
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Can be done at any Immigration office. Costs 1900 baht, passport photo, copy of passport etc. Many Immigration offices are very busy so expect to spend a few hours there. Will give you 30 more days.

A temporary vehicle import can also be extended but that must be done at a customs office. Its usually quick and smooth but depends if the person knows what he or she is doing and what the rules and laws are. This is not always the case. Chiang Mai and Ranong good. Nong Khai no good. Others I havent tried.
Only one bike extension allowed before you need a border run. It took me 20 minutes once in Bangkok, Chiang Mai about half and hour.
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Only one bike extension allowed before you need a border run. It took me 20 minutes once in Bangkok, Chiang Mai about half and hour.
Well I did two bike extendions in the same custom office - Chiang Mai - without doing any border run. According to info on other netsites such as Rideasia and GTT and even other sources you can do this up to 5 times giving you a total of 6 months for the bike.

But it might have something to do with the visa you have. If youre in the country only on a visa excemption they might be more strict about it.
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Has someone experience with extending the visa on arrival for additional 30 days in Thailand? And how is it working with the customes for the motorbike?
It doesnt exist any visa on arrival to Thailand. What you get when for example arriving by air is a 30 day visa excemption.
But this visa excemption can be extended as I mentioned above.
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Hey Snakeboy thanks for your posts, so what your saying as of now its not to many dramas to renew my visa and the temporary import for the Bmw F800, I'm sorted of tossing up whether to leave my bike here in Germany but after riding it to 82 countries it would be like leaving my girlfriend.
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Thanks, that sounds good.
Tomorrow I will try it in Ranong.
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Hey Snakeboy thanks for your posts, so what your saying as of now its not to many dramas to renew my visa and the temporary import for the Bmw F800, I'm sorted of tossing up whether to leave my bike here in Germany but after riding it to 82 countries it would be like leaving my girlfriend.
You cannot renew something that doesnt exist but renewing you [I]visa excemtion[I] should be fine. Do that first before you extend the bikes temporary import. If you dont have a valid visa or a another form of legal stay they wont renew your TVIP.
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Thanks, that sounds good.
Tomorrow I will try it in Ranong.
I renewed my temporary vehicle import papers in Ranong december 2014 and the staff there were superfriendly. Gave me coffee and biscuits and did the needed paperwork in a few minutes

Then I went to Koh Phayam....
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Just ride to Laos then you will get another 30 days when you come back: http://schoene-motorradreisen.de/?re...ailand_bangkok
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Its a bloody long way to Laos if youre in Ranong. And you can probably only do this once in a row if youre not getting a decent visa to Thailand - which is a tourist visa which is 60 days and which can be arranged in Vientiane or Savannakeht if youre going to Laos.
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Did it today, was no problem.
Tooks us all in all 2-3 hours.
Staff at customes was super friendly, we get water and bananas
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Did it today, was no problem.
Tooks us all in all 2-3 hours.
Staff at customes was super friendly, we get water and bananas
Thumbs up for Ranong Custom office again.....
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Can I leave my bike in Thailand for six months to a year? I've done it in loads of places.

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