Thai visa for Vietnam Expats

Many countries get a 30 day visa upon arrival, Vietnamese citizens are one of them. You can go to Thailand numerous times a year, as long as its for tourism, not business. Its up to the Thai government to define this clearly.

I don't believe this.

On the Thailand MFA website there is unfortunately nothing about it.

There are very contradictory information on the internet.
By air:
Maximum 3 times in one year (Thai embassy in my home country, inquired by email).
Maximum 3 times in half a year (Thai Embassy in Hamburg).
From maximum 6 times a year to as much as you want (various sources on the Internet).

By land:
It says quite everywhere that you are only allowed to enter twice a year.

I want to commute between Saigon and Bangkok (about once a month).
I will certainly not be allowed to do that with visa exemptions.
Especially as you can read everywhere that Thailand implements the visa regulations more and more strictly in order to prevent long-term tourists.
At the latest after the 3rd entry shortly after each other the immigration officials question the touristic intentions.

If nothing else works I have to apply for a non-immigration visa O or O-A, but this is very cumbersome (especially the O-A).
I also don't know if I can have a retirement visa in Thailand and a TRC in Vietnam.

Maybe there is someone here who has had some experience in the near past.

By the way, a visa exemption is not a VoA.

AkaMaverick wrote:

I don't believe this.

On the Thailand MFA website there is unfortunately nothing about it.

There are very contradictory information on the internet.
By air:
Maximum 3 times in one year (Thai embassy in my home country, inquired by email).
Maximum 3 times in half a year (Thai Embassy in Hamburg).
From maximum 6 times a year to as much as you want (various sources on the Internet).

By land:
It says quite everywhere that you are only allowed to enter twice a year.

I want to commute between Saigon and Bangkok (about once a month).
I will certainly not be allowed to do that with visa exemptions.
Especially as you can read everywhere that Thailand implements the visa regulations more and more strictly in order to prevent long-term tourists.
At the latest after the 3rd entry shortly after each other the immigration officials question the touristic intentions.

If nothing else works I have to apply for a non-immigration visa O or O-A, but this is very cumbersome (especially the O-A).
I also don't know if I can have a retirement visa in Thailand and a TRC in Vietnam.

Maybe there is someone here who has had some experience in the near past.

By the way, a visa exemption is not a VoA.

Your post is very unclear.
Are you wanting to live in Thailand and have your wife reside there but leave every 30 days and return?

colinoscapee wrote:

AkaMaverick wrote:

I don't believe this.

On the Thailand MFA website there is unfortunately nothing about it.

There are very contradictory information on the internet.
By air:
Maximum 3 times in one year (Thai embassy in my home country, inquired by email).
Maximum 3 times in half a year (Thai Embassy in Hamburg).
From maximum 6 times a year to as much as you want (various sources on the Internet).

By land:
It says quite everywhere that you are only allowed to enter twice a year.

I want to commute between Saigon and Bangkok (about once a month).
I will certainly not be allowed to do that with visa exemptions.
Especially as you can read everywhere that Thailand implements the visa regulations more and more strictly in order to prevent long-term tourists.
At the latest after the 3rd entry shortly after each other the immigration officials question the touristic intentions.

If nothing else works I have to apply for a non-immigration visa O or O-A, but this is very cumbersome (especially the O-A).
I also don't know if I can have a retirement visa in Thailand and a TRC in Vietnam.

Maybe there is someone here who has had some experience in the near past.

By the way, a visa exemption is not a VoA.

Your post is very unclear.
Are you wanting to live in Thailand and have your wife reside there but leave every 30 days and return?

Actually, it's not relevant to the information I'm looking for.

Planned are 3 weeks Vietnam / one week Thailand per month.
This can change later and we (my wife, our enfant and me) want to stay longer in Thailand.

For Thailand, when you have used all of your available VOAs, you must apply for a 60-day tourist visa. Not sure if multi-entry is available or what the yearly limit is.

There is a Thai consulate in Sai Gon, with contact info from internet search as below (you should confirm):

Thai Consulate General In Ho Chi Minh City
64-68 Hai Ba Trung, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Phone: (+84) 8 932-7637-8,  E-mail: thaconho@hcm.vn.vn, Fax: (+84) 8 932-6002

Thai Consulate General Ho Chi Minh City Website: [link under review]

Also, you may find some useful info here:
https://forum.thaivisa.com/forum/1-thai … k-permits/

Regarding your wife, Vietnam and Thailand are both member states of the AEC (ASEAN Economic Community) so her situation is different from yours.

That information appears to be incorrect. This is the info listed on their website:

Royal Thai Consulate-General in Ho Chi Minh City

77 Tran Quoc Thao Street,
District 3,Ho Chi Minh City
Tel. (8428) 3932-763-8 ext. 0
Fax (028) 3932-6002

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/RTCG.HCMC

E-mail: thaihom@mfa.go.th

johnross23 wrote:

That information appears to be incorrect. This is the info listed on their website:

Royal Thai Consulate-General in Ho Chi Minh City

77 Tran Quoc Thao Street,
District 3,Ho Chi Minh City
Tel. (8428) 3932-763-8 ext. 0
Fax (028) 3932-6002

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/RTCG.HCMC

E-mail: thaihom@mfa.go.th

Thank you.

I was already on the website of the Thai Consulate.
But it says that only residents of a few countries can apply for a Thai tourist visa at the Thai consulate in Saigon.

Citizens from the following countries can apply for visa at the Royal Thai Consulate-General in Ho Chi Minh City if they have residence in Vietnam or meet certain conditions.

If not, applicants must apply for visa in their home countries.

Having residence in Vietnam: People’s Republic of China / Bangladesh/ India/ Nepal/ Pakistan/ Sri Lanka/ Algeria/ Egypt/ Iran/ Lebanon/ Libya/ Palestine/ Syria/ Yemen/ Central African Republic/ Cameroon/ Republic of Congo/ Democratic Republic of Congo/ Equatorial Guinea/ Guinea/ Ghana/ Liberia/ Nigeria/ Sao Tome and Principe/ Sierra Leone/ Somalia/ Sudan

I will probably have to visit the consulate with my wife to clarify this.

AkaMaverick wrote:

johnross23 wrote:

That information appears to be incorrect. This is the info listed on their website:

Royal Thai Consulate-General in Ho Chi Minh City

77 Tran Quoc Thao Street,
District 3,Ho Chi Minh City
Tel. (8428) 3932-763-8 ext. 0
Fax (028) 3932-6002

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/RTCG.HCMC

E-mail: thaihom@mfa.go.th

Thank you.

I was already on the website of the Thai Consulate.
But it says that only residents of a few countries can apply for a Thai tourist visa at the Thai consulate in Saigon.

Citizens from the following countries can apply for visa at the Royal Thai Consulate-General in Ho Chi Minh City if they have residence in Vietnam or meet certain conditions.

If not, applicants must apply for visa in their home countries.

Having residence in Vietnam: People’s Republic of China / Bangladesh/ India/ Nepal/ Pakistan/ Sri Lanka/ Algeria/ Egypt/ Iran/ Lebanon/ Libya/ Palestine/ Syria/ Yemen/ Central African Republic/ Cameroon/ Republic of Congo/ Democratic Republic of Congo/ Equatorial Guinea/ Guinea/ Ghana/ Liberia/ Nigeria/ Sao Tome and Principe/ Sierra Leone/ Somalia/ Sudan

I will probably have to visit the consulate with my wife to clarify this.

As John said ,your wife is a citizen of an ASEAN country, therefore she can get a 30 day visa. My wife goes to Thailand 3 times a year and doesnt have to apply for a visa beforehand.

colinoscapee wrote:

AkaMaverick wrote:

johnross23 wrote:

That information appears to be incorrect. This is the info listed on their website:

Royal Thai Consulate-General in Ho Chi Minh City

77 Tran Quoc Thao Street,
District 3,Ho Chi Minh City
Tel. (8428) 3932-763-8 ext. 0
Fax (028) 3932-6002

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/RTCG.HCMC

E-mail: thaihom@mfa.go.th

Thank you.

I was already on the website of the Thai Consulate.
But it says that only residents of a few countries can apply for a Thai tourist visa at the Thai consulate in Saigon.

Citizens from the following countries can apply for visa at the Royal Thai Consulate-General in Ho Chi Minh City if they have residence in Vietnam or meet certain conditions.

If not, applicants must apply for visa in their home countries.

Having residence in Vietnam: People’s Republic of China / Bangladesh/ India/ Nepal/ Pakistan/ Sri Lanka/ Algeria/ Egypt/ Iran/ Lebanon/ Libya/ Palestine/ Syria/ Yemen/ Central African Republic/ Cameroon/ Republic of Congo/ Democratic Republic of Congo/ Equatorial Guinea/ Guinea/ Ghana/ Liberia/ Nigeria/ Sao Tome and Principe/ Sierra Leone/ Somalia/ Sudan

I will probably have to visit the consulate with my wife to clarify this.

As John said ,your wife is a citizen of an ASEAN country, therefore she can get a 30 day visa. My wife goes to Thailand 3 times a year and doesnt have to apply for a visa beforehand.

As for my wife, meanwhile I also think she doesn't need a visa.

Now I'm only must clarify my visa.
I have probably expressed myself a little unclearly.
I mean I go with my wife to the consulate to clarify the visa for me. In Vietnam I basically do everything administrative together with my wife. That makes everything much easier in Vietnam.

AkaMaverick wrote:

colinoscapee wrote:

AkaMaverick wrote:

Thank you.

I was already on the website of the Thai Consulate.
But it says that only residents of a few countries can apply for a Thai tourist visa at the Thai consulate in Saigon.

Citizens from the following countries can apply for visa at the Royal Thai Consulate-General in Ho Chi Minh City if they have residence in Vietnam or meet certain conditions.

If not, applicants must apply for visa in their home countries.

Having residence in Vietnam: People’s Republic of China / Bangladesh/ India/ Nepal/ Pakistan/ Sri Lanka/ Algeria/ Egypt/ Iran/ Lebanon/ Libya/ Palestine/ Syria/ Yemen/ Central African Republic/ Cameroon/ Republic of Congo/ Democratic Republic of Congo/ Equatorial Guinea/ Guinea/ Ghana/ Liberia/ Nigeria/ Sao Tome and Principe/ Sierra Leone/ Somalia/ Sudan

I will probably have to visit the consulate with my wife to clarify this.

As John said ,your wife is a citizen of an ASEAN country, therefore she can get a 30 day visa. My wife goes to Thailand 3 times a year and doesnt have to apply for a visa beforehand.

As for my wife, meanwhile I also think she doesn't need a visa.

Now I'm only must clarify my visa.
I have probably expressed myself a little unclearly.
I mean I go with my wife to the consulate to clarify the visa for me. In Vietnam I basically do everything administrative together with my wife. That makes everything much easier in Vietnam.

I think you are over-thinking things.

http://switzerland.siam-legal.com/

colinoscapee wrote:

I think you are over-thinking things.

http://switzerland.siam-legal.com/

I know about the different Thailand visas.
But this is about visa exemption for me and my Vietnamese family and which Thai visa I can apply for from Vietnam (I'm certainly not flying to Switzerland to apply for a Thai visa).
For information about available Thailand visas I would certainly not ask in the Vietnam Forum.

I have seen on the internet that e.g. a Thai multiple entry tourist visa and a retirement visa O-A can only be applied for from the home country. However, the Thai Consulate in Saigon writes that the O-A visa can also be applied for in Thailand.

There are very different information on the Internet.

Therefore it will be best if I go directly to the Thai Consulate in District 3 and clarify everything.

I just wanted to know if expats in Vietnam have had experiences with multiple trips to Thailand from Vietnam.

I give up, youre all over the place. That link states you get a 30 day visa as a Swiss citizen.Best you go to the Thai embassy and sort things out. Good luck.