Filipinos in Thailand Visa-Run: Take Extra Care

In Thailand, if there are thousands of Filipinos already acquired working permits, there are also hundreds of them who are under transit visa. Transit visa is the type of visa we get from the airport or from any gateway upon entering a country.

 Not only Filipinos do this everyday, there are also people from other nationalities. There are several agencies in Bangkok for everyday visa-run. Most agencies use van (mini bus) as their primary vehicle and other agencies use double-decker bus.

Everyday, hundreds of Filipinos go out of Thailand to Cambodia for a visa run. When they enter back Thailand, they are given 15 days to stay in the Kingdom and after that they have to do visa run again in order to extend their length of stay here in Thailand. So every 15 days they exit the Kingdom and go to Cambodia or go to Laos for 2 months.

And, just 2 days ago a van containing foreign nationals had collided with a huge truck resulting to 3 dead including the driver and 2 passengers. This incident became viral in the Filipino social media in Bangkok which affected some agencies who are catering Filipinos for visa run. But later on, it was confirmed that the vehicle does not belong to any Visa-run Agencies but was a tourist van who brings tourists to different tourist spots in Thailand.

Many Filipinos were concerned because of this visa-run activity that they have to travel a total of 8 hours more or less for a visa run and hundreds of Filipinos do this everyday. Advises and concerns were raised like speed must be controlled and must always pray to God for safety.

original post here at Pinay Abroad