The seemingly random way Thai visa wavers are granted different durations
The seemingly random way Thai visa wavers are granted different durations
This has just caught my attention but it seems currently russians get a 90 day visa waver on entry. Yanks and Europeans are still stuck on 30 days.
There is talk of the powers that be extending the 90 days to other nations but it may or may not happen.
At the start of the year as a brit we were getting 45 days for a while but this was a sweetener to get more tourists in after COVID.
Anyone know any more details on any of this?
There is talk of the powers that be extending the 90 days to other nations but it may or may not happen.
At the start of the year as a brit we were getting 45 days for a while but this was a sweetener to get more tourists in after COVID.
Anyone know any more details on any of this?
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Re: The seemingly random way Thai visa wavers are granted different durations
Why does it seem random to you?grumpygit wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2023 12:55 pm This has just caught my attention but it seems currently russians get a 90 day visa waver on entry. Yanks and Europeans are still stuck on 30 days.
There is talk of the powers that be extending the 90 days to other nations but it may or may not happen.
At the start of the year as a brit we were getting 45 days for a while but this was a sweetener to get more tourists in after COVID.
Anyone know any more details on any of this?
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Re: The seemingly random way Thai visa wavers are granted different durations
If you're looking for "common sense" (or "logic") in Thai government decisions, you're generally looking in the wrong place.
That being said, I think it's a good idea to encourage tourists to stay longer without the tourist visa and/or extension hassle. Between civilized countries, 90 day visa exempts are pretty much the norm.
That being said, I think it's a good idea to encourage tourists to stay longer without the tourist visa and/or extension hassle. Between civilized countries, 90 day visa exempts are pretty much the norm.
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Re: The seemingly random way Thai visa wavers are granted different durations
Boost tourism till april 2024, over 880,000 in the 1st 8 months this year
If the UK sent a million tourists in the first 8 months of 2023, ( 1.5 million russians in 2019) they would get 90 days as well>>>
If the UK sent a million tourists in the first 8 months of 2023, ( 1.5 million russians in 2019) they would get 90 days as well>>>
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Re: The seemingly random way Thai visa wavers are granted different durations
I think the Russians get a longer visa because they've had a good relationship with Thailand for a while. Russian Tsar Nicholas II and King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) were bezzies back in the day
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Re: The seemingly random way Thai visa wavers are granted different durations
Plus, the Russians in Thailand already prob aren't in a hurry home. . .
The Thai immigration are also allowing Ukrainian nationals the 90 days, I note. Similarly, any conscription age Ukrainians aren't in a hurry home by now, either
Re: The seemingly random way Thai visa wavers are granted different durations
Good pointJerry Atrick wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2023 3:47 pmPlus, the Russians in Thailand already prob aren't in a hurry home. . .
The Thai immigration are also allowing Ukrainian nationals the 90 days, I note. Similarly, any conscription age Ukrainians aren't in a hurry home by now, either
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Re: The seemingly random way Thai visa wavers are granted different durations
Thailand's 90 days can compete for tourist rubles and market share with all those Egyptian and Turkish beaches and other 90-day, beachy destinations.
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