Can I extend my 60-day tourist visa in Thailand or do I have to leave the country?

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Jan 28, 2023

2 years ago

ORIGINAL POSTER

Hi,

If I arrive on a 60 day tourist visa, can I extend it at immigration or do I have to leave the country and come back in?

I'm from the UK.

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TLDR : Answer Summary

You can extend your 60-day tourist visa for an additional 30 days at a local immigration office in Thailand. After this extension, you will need to leave the country if you wish to stay longer.

Stuart *********

You can extend once for 30 days at a local immigration office. After that you’d need to leave.

2 years ago

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ORIGINAL POSTER

Thank you! 🙂

2 years ago

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@Stuart ********

do you know if there is a 90 day tourist visa if applying from London? I sometimes read that there is and then it is only 60 days.

2 years ago

Brandon ************

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There is some weird terminology, because the VISA is valid for 90 days, meaning you have 90 days from the day it's issued to use it to enter Thailand. But then once you enter Thailand you are stamped in for 60 days, which you can then extend at immigration for another 30 days. So the visa itself is a "90 day visa" but you only get 60 days when using it.

2 years ago

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@Brandon ***********

yeah, I thought that too. I read that there is a 6 month visa, but after every two months I have to exit the country and go back in.

2 years ago

Brandon ************

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There is a Multi Entry Tourist Visa (METV) that is valid for 6 months. Each time you enter you get the standard 60 day tourist stamp which you can extend for 30 days. If you leave and re-enter after the first 90 days and then do that one more time right before the 6 month validity of the visa runs out, you can get about 9 months out of that visa. It's quite expensive to apply for though and they require a lot of paperwork to apply, and if they aren't satisfied with your paperwork they issue you the standard single entry tourist visa but keep the difference in application fee.

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Stuart *********

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There is no 90 day tourist visa. If you’re over 50 or have Thai family you could apply for a Non O visa which would give you 90 days.

You’ve possibly seen references to 90 days as people get the tourist visa for 60 days and extend for 30 in country.

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