Do I need a visa for Thailand?
ReindeerF, March 2008
There are several ways to enter Thailand as a tourist. If you’re from any of the usual host of developed nations, you can simply show up and receive a stamp allowing you to remain in The Kingdom for 30 days. If you show up and happen to be from a nation that isn’t on the preferred list then you must go through the Visa on Arrival queue at the airport.
On the other hand, if you wish to make plans in advance you can also visit or write to a Royal Thai Embassy or Royal Thai Consulate in your country and receive a 60 day or 90 day visa there. However, there are some considerations to make should you desire to stay beyond 90 days.ReindeerF, May 19, 2007
The problem is that they’re cracking down pretty hard right now on the visa runners, which makes it nigh impossible to actually stay here perpetually without at least a Non-Immigrant B Visa or some other kind of long term non-tourist visa. The stamp is now restricted to 90 days for every six months. In theory, you can get a 90 day tourist visa and then three stamps and then repeat, but I’m not sure how long that loophole is going to exist. However if you just want to stay short term you can get a 90 day multiple entry tourist visa in your home country and then stamp it out for however long.
