Foreign tourists more than 48 nations could
travel to Thailand by airplane and stay for not more than 30 days without visa.
For some country groups may need to apply for visa as specified, but if 30 days
are not enough, you could go to the immigration to extended for not more than
15 days at Hat Yai district, Songkla or Mueng district, Satun. If you want to
stay in Thailand more than 15 days, tourists need to travel out of Thailand to
the neighbor countries which has Thai embassy, from Trang or Satun could travel
by car on Hat Yai district route in Songkla to Penang in Malaysia to apply for
tourist visa then could stay in Thailand for 60 more days. In present, there is
a lot of tour companies in Trang and Satun which has a van service or arrange
the service tour package for Visa Run. Li-pe island has open the special
immigration (outside port area) at Pattaya beach near Bundaya Resort in the
travel season from the end of October to the end of May only, for convenience of foreign tourists who travel by furry or
speedboat from Langkawi in Malaysia. For the foreign tourists who stayed at
Li-pe island, if needed to travel back to Langkawi in Malaysia please apply 1
hour in advance before departing. For the foreign tourist who stayed more than
the specified time in visa, could not apply for departing from this Li-pe
island special immigration, you need to go to Satun immigration office, which
could extend your visa for 15 days, please prepare your passport-size picture. Immigration
Office, Songkla 103 Phet
Kasem Road, Hat Yai sub-district Hat Yai
district, Songkla Tel.
074-257 019 email:
d6_songkhla@immigration.go.th www.immigration.go.th Immigration
Office, Satun Buriwanich
Road, Phiman sub-district, Mueang Satun district, Satun 91000 Tel.
074-711080 email:
d6_satun@immigration.go.th www.immigration.go.th Immigration
Special Checkpoint (outside port area) In front
of Bundaya Resort Pattaya
beach, Li-pe island, Satun 91000 Tel.
074-711080 email:
d6_satun@immigration.go.th www.immigration.go.th