Visa Run from Bangkok, Thailand to Savannakhet, Laos 2018
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- When making a visa run from Thailand, I recommend going to Savannakhet, Laos. The town is small and quiet. The visa process is streamlined and/or expedited due to the low number of applicants. The option of going to Savannakhet is simply faster than going to other areas of Laos.
The process takes 27 hours to complete. You must turn in all required documents to the Thai consulate by 11:00 am. You will pick up your passport the next day at 2:00 pm.
You may apply for a tourist visa, non-b visa, non-o visa, or any other non-immigrant visa at this location in Savannakhet, Laos.
These visa runs are a necessary factor regarding the cost of living in Thailand in 2018. You must budget for these expenses when coming to the kingdom of Thailand.
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Thanks Jeremy! Off this afternoon to do my Visa run. Catch you later in the week. Cheers.
Best of Luck Duncan. Stay safe!
Thanks for sharing your experience on visa trip.
Very welcome Panida!
Next time take the train BKK to Nongkhai, take 9-10 hours. LIke USD 25/trip. Sleep/AC coach is double.
Excellent suggestion! Thank you sir.
Shame you did not include some of the boarder crossing in your vid.
I agree. It was my first crossing. I was alone and nervous. My apologies.
@@JeremyClodfelter I'll be in that area in May, so just looking at some intell
You could also go by train from Bankok to Vientiane. Its a sleeper, more comfi. Then discover VanVien and Luang Prabang. U can still see the monk parades like 50 years ago in Thailand. Its more fun in Laos.
That sounds like a good idea Peter. Thank you!
This video is so clear, I feel like I'm standing right next to you Jeremy.
Great video... That is really a beautiful country. I enjoyed the Bus ride... Lol. Not !!! Thanks for sharing this road trip Jeremy.
Patiently waiting for the next adventure... Stay strong Jeremy.
Hey Edgardo! Thanks for tuning in. I have some more content coming soon.
I'll be waiting and watching J.
I traveled thru Savannakhet in 2010. It was a nice place. Then I took a local bus to Pakse. That was a brutal trip. I found The Laos spoke better English than Thais. I found it was cheaper in Laos than Thailand.
Interesting. Thanks for the comment.
This is very informative. Thank you for sharing your experience. But did you pay some amount when you enter the Savannakhet border?
I did. I had to get a visa to enter Laos. I do not remember the exact price, but it was around 1,000B.
Next week, I'm going to obtain my non b in Savannaket too, so I should bring extra. Thank you big time!
Yes! Definitely bring extra!
Its always been 1500 on my runs
Only a $270 round trip flight from Bangkok to Savannakhet as opposed to a good 27 hours of bus riding for around $10/hour.
Myself, I would have flown.
The cheapest flight I could find on Kayak was $460. That was too expensive.
Try cheapoair or google flights
such a huge hassle the visa runs, PLUS expensive to boot.....
Very true.
@Dustin Eward i agree... what a hassle... it is what it is right now.
Visa run is time consuming, compared to the Philippines.
I agree. It far more time consuming, and more expensive in Thailand.
If you were 40 years older you could have gotten a free trip to Laos...of course it probably would not have been as enjoyable.
LOL! I suspect, you are correct!
Dang bro....you went all the way to Sav for a 60 day tourist visa???? you could have flown to KL for $70 round trip and stayed in a nice modern city. Most people only go to Laos for the 1 year non O visas (marriage and retirement) because no income verification and generally less hassle. Unless I am missing something
I went there to get a non-b
my bad @@JeremyClodfelter
No worries!
So I was planning on going to Vientiane for my visa run but I guess just recently they made it that you have to make appointment. Well I’ve already bought my ticket to go and I cannot make appointment because it’s full for the whole month ! Do I have to make appointment to this place in Laos or do they accept walk ins here? Thank you
I'm not certain Kei. I would check the website.
It worked out great savvankhet was a joy people are so nice and smile , nice guesthouse . Nice video ✌🏼don’t need appointment here like Vientiane just have to show up early first day if you don’t want to wait in line , second day goes pretty fast I was last in line but only waited about and hour and a half .
Hey man - is it possible to do these visa runs over and over without much hassle? The only reason I ask is, I also love Thailand having travelled solo there twice and have some interests there. I am doing a tefl so I can teach abroad but I have no degree, hence why I was considering Cambodia. Do you have a degree? Spence.
I have a Bachelor's degree and a TEFL. Immigration is tough in TH. I don't recommend trying visa runs unless they are required for a visa. Yes, you have to have a four-year degree to teach in TH.
I'm very curious... why Savannakhet and not Vientiane? Also, why not just find the cheapest air ticket to any Asian capital with a Thai embassy and get the visa yourself?
Savannaket because of the quick turn around. I did not have the cash to fly.
From nearly anywhere in central Thailand a visa run to Sav, Laos is the most covenient bang for your buck. Thai consulates in Laos are well known for no to minimal hassle tourist visas. 2 month tourist for about 5-6k baht + 1 month extension for 1900 at your local immigration is the best deal in S.E. Asia....at least in my opinion.
The Consulate in Savannakhet has less people. ive been to Laos 6 times for Visa.. Vientiane has 1000+ people in a line every day at 8am. Savannakhet only 40 Maximum.
If you try another visa run, look at creative options - there are often cheap flights to Malaysia... or you could fly to Hat Yai at the southern border catch a train from there, or fly one way to Penang or KL and catch the train back (or visa versa depending which is cheaper). The 15 hour bus to Lao just sounds brutal.
Is this what one has to do every 90 days with a non immigrant b visa and work permit?
No. I did it once
I'm a UK passport holder I've done 2 months extended another month at Thai immigration but that's now thats coming to a end. I'm in Thailand and would like to stay another month or two. I'm a bit confused if I want to stay another month for example.. Is it a matter of just crossing the border and getting stamped coming back.. Please any advice please getting desperate. Clocks ticking lol don't wanna go home yet.
You need to make a visa run to a Thai embassy or consulate outside the country. My recommendation is Laos. Be sure to take enough cash with you for the Laos visa, plus extra in case their are any problems.
@@JeremyClodfelter Thankyou for getting back to me.
I'm staying in surin I hear it would be easier to go to Cambodia.. but I'm not sure if I can apply for a two month visa here or not?
Has I understand it please correct me if I'm mistaken if I go to Cambodia I can enter back on the tourist visa exemption for 30days (UK passport) then can I apply for another 30 days at immigration if need be whilst still in Thailand?? Or do I definitely need to go to the Thai Embassy across the border. Hope I'm making sense this can be so confusing.
It's my understanding that you can only get a 30 day tourist visa RENEWED in Cambodia for only 30 additional days. If you are on an exemption extension, you wont even be able to get a visa. My suggestion is to go to Laos. Its the solution with the fewest question marks.
@@JeremyClodfelter thank-you for your help I'll let you know what happens..
Yes, keep me posted. Best of luck!
I have never see you so fatigued. It was oozing from your pores. As for Laos in one reply you said you didn't fell comfortable there. It looked dicey to me too on your video. Just an impression for me. Glad you made it back safely. Good luck.
Thanks so much Paul, and sorry for the late response.
May i know how much possible to get non b visa in Laos.? If possible means how many days take to get non b???
Can get it in 24 hrs if your paperwork is all correct.
@@JeremyClodfelter Thankyou.. So much for your kind reply....
You are very welcome
I'm confused. This is a VISA run to stay in Thailand or Laos? If Laos, you're moving? If not Laos, how would you get a VISA for Thailand in Laos? It's a different country right?
To obtain a Thai visa, you have to get it at a Thai embassy outside of the country.
Thanks for that info.
Welcome
After this trip are you good for 6 months now?
And a bath you hit payday even if it’s cold water 💦 I wouldn’t care never been Laos 🇱🇦 thought it was vietnam 🇻🇳 but what do I know French speaking so I’d roughly get by
Hey John! It was a unique experience. I want to go back and spend some time there.
3:23 how clean/or polluted do you suppose this river is?
I am not sure Harry, but I wouldn't swim in it. lol
I’ll take a wild ass guess that you wouldn’t eat the fish out of there either then😬😬lol
Nope! lol
Jeremy, how come you had to go to Laos to get a Thai visa?
That's the way the Thai Government has it set up. I don't really understand it, but that's the rules. You can get 30 day extensions in Thailand, but you need to go out to renew or get a visa.
Thanks for the reply. That’s an interesting information. Thanks again.
You are more than welcome!
Just enjoyed this vid having my breakfast here in Issan
Ive done the same run 3 times in the past
Your spot on with everything Jez
Esp the price of everything in Laos
But always good to get the visa with no problems
Hope u get a good sleep
Sweetdreems
BIG C
Thanks Big Cee!
Hi Jeremy. Have you met any fellow Expats in Thailand?
I have. So far, so good.