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The Dreaded Visa Run
Posted by Greg
October 22, 2008

Essentially, all a visa run means is that you have to check in with the immigration authorities at the border by leaving and then coming back into Thailand. This can mean anything from a two-month holiday around Asia to literally getting stamped out of Thailand and turning around to get stamped right back in again. Navigating the rules and regulations can be tricky, but you learn fast enough - you have to.

There was a time when people had been here 5 or 10 years on a monthly visa stamp, making a visa run every month and essentially turning into professional tourists. But when John Mark Karr decided he wanted some attention, they decided to pay a bit more attention to who was coming and going, and ended that little game right there.