Can I extend a 6-month multiple entry tourist visa in Thailand?

@Jonathan *************************

before Covid, Sydney used to issue METV for 6 months

I obtained one each year for 3 years, post Covid they were no longer on offer from the Thai consulate in Sydney

@Todd ********

ok, so my friend is a fifo, fly in fly out worker, one month at work in the mines, his month off, every second month he flys into Thailand to enjoy Thailand

He is repeatedly hassled by immigration on arrival to Thailand and told to get a proper/ correct visa 🤔🤔🤔

So do they think he is working on his month off 🤔 or gambling 🤔🤔🤔

And many more ppl report issues of being denied entry ect when doing back to back tourist entry

Myself, before Covid I would enter on METV 6 months

6 months Aus / 6 months Thailand

After a few years of this I made a trip visa exemption after only staying Aus for about 3 months

At the end of visa exempt in Thailand I crossed to Laos by land, stayed about 10 days then returned to Thailand by land and was asked by Thai immigration

Where is my visa , told I need a visa, I explained politely that I can enter by land twice with visa and this was my first entry by land

IO walked away to talk to someone else, returned and angrily stated that next time I needed to obtain a visa before entering Thailand

Maybe they didn’t get the memo that long term tourist are welcome 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Nongnuch *******

There are recent indications from the government that this will change, subject to tax trreaties

@Hakim ***********

when you make a border run or border bounce, you re-enter Thailand. That's a re-entry. Your visa is a multi entry category visa, so you can do as many re-entries as you want, during the visa validity