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mistephenso, on 2012-04-25 22:40:37, said:
Liberator, on 2012-04-25 17:06:36, said:
tigerbalm, on 2009-10-23 11:49:39, said:
If we are talking about Tachie Lek up in the Mai sai area then you do not need to take or get your passport stamped, fill in a TM card or any thing else.
You go to the Thai immigration desk tell them you not want to take your passport, have i think it is Two copies of your passport front page at the ready and the Thai immigration will give you a ONE DAY PASS you take the one day pass across the border to the Burmese Immigration office show them , have your picture taken hand over 500 BHT and they give you a card that you represent when coming back they (Burmese) then give you your Thai pass back (Piece of paper back/one day pass) , you take this back to the Thai immigration and hand it back and collect your passport no stamps no TM card to fill in.
I believe it is the equivalent to a one day pass.
I might have missed some thing out but i am sure some one will correct me
I believe before you had the option of paying $5 US or 500 Bht but now it is just 500 Bht as they have cottoned on that 500Bht is worth ore than the $10 US (330 Bht Approx)
Note i have copied and pasted this from my previous post from a previous thread on the subject titled .....Border Shopping In Masae Or Burma, temporary border crossing visa
http://www.thaivisa....47#entry3085247
You go to the Thai immigration desk tell them you not want to take your passport, have i think it is Two copies of your passport front page at the ready and the Thai immigration will give you a ONE DAY PASS you take the one day pass across the border to the Burmese Immigration office show them , have your picture taken hand over 500 BHT and they give you a card that you represent when coming back they (Burmese) then give you your Thai pass back (Piece of paper back/one day pass) , you take this back to the Thai immigration and hand it back and collect your passport no stamps no TM card to fill in.
I believe it is the equivalent to a one day pass.
I might have missed some thing out but i am sure some one will correct me
I believe before you had the option of paying $5 US or 500 Bht but now it is just 500 Bht as they have cottoned on that 500Bht is worth ore than the $10 US (330 Bht Approx)
Note i have copied and pasted this from my previous post from a previous thread on the subject titled .....Border Shopping In Masae Or Burma, temporary border crossing visa
http://www.thaivisa....47#entry3085247
Can anyone confirm if the above is still true? Can you still do this at the crossing point or do you need to go to the Immigration Building first? I have done it many times as described before they changed the system but not for a few years now. Am planning to go on Friday this week so would appreciate a heads-up.
Yes, it still works - however, I have had to pay 200 baht each time (at the Thai side), along with the 500 baht for the Burmese...
You can get photocopies of your passport from a shop just to the left of the border entrance (when facing the border from the Thai side) for 10 baht. Once you have those, just go up to the window and speak to the border guards.
I've managed to get a VIP pass with my UK driving license twice before, but last time I went (about a month ago) they told me this had been stopped. It is now passport copies only apparently (which would be the same in any other country
)!Have fun,
M
Many thanks mistephenso.
I wonder if a Thai drivers licence will work? I'll give it a try and update this tread after my trip if anything has changed...
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Liberator
