Can I frequently travel in and out of Thailand with an METV visa without facing issues?

Going and coming back often is an absolute DO!! It's looking way better on your record than maxing out every entry and only crossing borders for the by then obvious purpose to activate a new entry. If officers regard your travel plans as more suspicious than if you'd have stayed longer, they are not familiar with the purpose of this visa. Could be a first working day kind of matter. An appeal to the supervisor might then solve.

Keep in mind that you cannot enter past the visa's valid period. Entering on exemption after six months of near-permanent stay is also not trivial. If you go abroad while your visa is no longer valid, but your last entry still has substantial time remaining, get a re-entry permit when leaving. It'll keep your last "stay until" date active upon returning.

For the past 10 years, off and on, I have used METV and done border bounces to get a new stamp. Yesterday I was in Cambodia for about 15 minutes to get a fresh stamp. I am starting to think it's pointless because they stamp you in for 60 days regardless if you have a visa... But I am cheap bastard so I intend to get my money's worth.

In those 10 years I have been pulled aside twice. Once in the airport once at a land crossing. They talk to you, ask you a few questions and send you on your way. This is a great opportunity to be a jerk, say something really stupid then get denied entry... However, if you can manage to be a half-way decent person, complement Thailand, Thai people and Thai food, they will likely stamp you in no problems.

Yes I had this issue. Always say you’re being a tourist. They asked me why I’ve been here so long(5.5 months) and I told them I was training Muay Thai. They said I’m not suppose to learn anything while on a tourist visa and that I could only try it. They also said that I can not use my visa to do border runs every 60 days. But I don’t think you will have an issue if you just say you’re a being a tourist and exploring the country

Look, take it simple. The immigration officers like to chat. Sometimes they are just curious. I used to live in one of the most remotest regions of Thailand. Nakhon Phanom, the most north east province in Isaan. I had to do some border hops to Laos to get a new entry stamp. I fly back to Europe and come back 2 month later.

So they ask me. What are you doing in Thailand? I visit my girlfriend. Why are you not married? Her husband is not signing the last paper, he wants to blackmail me to pay him 10,000THB. Oh, who is your GF? So I give the name. And says, ah, funny my colleague in the room is same family!

The other time I got asked half the same question, but it started with: Show me your hotel reservation. And I said: I have none, I fly now to Sakhon Nakhon, my girl friend will pick me up and we drive to Nakhon Phanom ... and she asks what address will you live? So (that time I had not memorized the address completely) I pulled out my phone, and went to contacts, and showed here. And she said: you are lucky, she is beautiful. Then she made the stamps and said: to bad that you fly already, we could have dinner this evening.

And so on. They ask, because it is their job. They ask because they are introverts and this kind of job helps them to pretend they are extroverts.

They can ask and talk about what ever they want, without having the introvert hesitation of: oh oh, what will the other one think if I ask this or say this.

As long as you do nothing criminal: with an METV you can cross the border in and out as often as you want. Except conversational questions, they will not really ask anything. Worst case proof of cash ... but that never happens on METV visas or similar as that was handled when you acquired the visa.

If you take the same border, it is likely someone will recognize you, and lead you to a table, fill in the papers for you, makes the stamps and guides you to the other side.

They are doing their paper work. Their job is not to keep people out. They want to be promoted, so they want to have perfect paper work. That is all.

Standard questions. Just answer and you should be fine. You have a proper visa for the duration and are not violating any terms of that visa by coming and going as much as you please for the validity of the visa. They are still allowed to ask though. And if for example they suspected that you are working while here on a tourist visa, they could refuse you entry. If you are a tourist, just answer the questions and go on.

No issues come and go as you please you were asked because you need a plan with a METV your fine

if your aloud too it should be no problem if your visa permits it bunch job worth sausages at border control everytime i come too thailand i get asked what am i doing here how long staying ect i have a uk passport i am aloud to come here for 60 days its my legal right to come here. just jealous bc got no stamps on their passports