Can I obtain a 60-day tourist visa from the Thai Consulate in Vientiane after my 30-day exempt visa expires, and can I get a 30-day extension afterwards?

There is no problem going to Vientiane to apply for a single entry tourist visa. You turn in your documentation and passport one morning before 11:30 and you pick up your passport with the visa in it and pay the next afternoon after 1:30PM. You can come right back to thailand after that..

There also will not be a problem getting a 30 day extension at the immigration office on that 60 day stamp you get when you enter on your tourist visa.

Also one last thing; Don't feel you have to wait until your current stamp is almost expiring to get a 30 day extension. They ADD the extension on to your current expiration date (so you don't lose any days going early).

Good Luck (y)

The real question is

Have you extended your current 30 day visa exempt entry by 30 more days at the immigration office yet?

IF no, you could do that before you go get the single entry tourist visa from Vientiane.

I believe you can extend your 30 day exempt stamp for 1900 baht

You study Thai language and work, why you go for tourist visa?

yes. am doing it (extension to the 60 day setv) tomorrow in udon thani. do use vientiane for setv. it is literally brain dead. i know, cause mostly brain dead myself. u can also search this group for all that info. jb