Renewing a tourist Visa in Lao

It's NOT the 500 Baht, Stan......But they WILL Stamp in his passport that he OVERSTAYED,And he may well have problems obtaining a visa in the FUTURE.....

nkstan wrote:I have a friend whose tourist visa from Laos is expiring Saturday.He is planning a trip on Saturday to get another tourist visa on Monday.
Will there be any problems with his visa expiring on Saturday?

If the 'Admitted to' date on the Immigration stamp in his passport says 19 NOV 2011 he will encounter no issues at all. If that date says 18 NOV 2011 then he will.. How much probably depends on who he physically sees, but my understanding is that when the fine went up from 200 baht to 500 baht a few years ago the 'days grace' was abandoned.

BobHelm wrote: ... when the fine went up from 200 baht to 500 baht a few years ago the 'days grace' was abandoned.

Not at the airports, as I wrote before, and, again, speaking from personal experience

i have a double entry tourist visa,so does that means i have to go laos after 60 days to renew visa again for another 60 days,and if so what paper work should i bring to make things easier. if after 120 days in thailand,if i decide to stay for another 60 day tourist visa,would i be accepted or not in laos immigration to come back to thailand,someone said to go to malaysia and you can get tourist visa is this true,hopefully someone can give information on this,really not sure about thai visa laws,thank you.

After 60 days stay in Thailand on the first Tourist Visa you must physically leave the country.
When you return (& that can be immediately) you will then get another 60 day stay in Thailand by Thai Immigration using the second part of your double entry Tourist Visa. So there will be no need for you to obtain any additional documentation for you to spend 120 days in Thailand. You will need (I believe 2) passport sized photographs for your entry visa into Laos though.
If you want to stay longer than 120 days then there are really 3 possibilities for you to do so, depending on how long you actually want to stay.
You could go to the local Immigration office & ask for an extension to your Tourist visa. That would cost just under 2,000 baht & is for a maximum of 30 days.
You could go to Laos & immediately return without getting any sort of Thai visa & get a 15 days overland visa exemption stay. You can do that as many times as you like, there is the expense of the Laos visa (30 odd USD) & the general inconvenience to consider though.
You could go to the Thai Embassy in Vientiane & obtain a new Tourist visa which would allow you another 60 days stay in Thailand. It is a two day (not including weekends) & the process is well covered in other threads on here. Basically there is little you actually have to 'prove' to the Embassy in order to get such a visa....

Hey Bob , Thanx for the information ,much appreciated,maybe one day when i come udon ,i will hang out with you and your cat LOL!!!!!

Hello,i need information on rentals on homes and apartments in udonthani and other cities in thailand,what does it mean 6 month lease 1 month deosit on rental,does that mean you have to pay up in advance 6 month rental plus deposit 1 month.or can you pay 1st months rent ,plus 1 month deposit in thailand,hopefully someone can help ,thank you.