Can I get a 6-month visa for Thailand that requires border runs every 60 days?

Mar 14, 2024
8 months ago
Andy *********
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Thanks for the add , I've been going to Thailand for 30yr and I get my pension next year I want to go for 6 months next Oct . Thai embassy say can get 6 months visa but have to go out of the country every 60 days , is that correct ?
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Yes, you can obtain a 6-month Multi-entry Tourist Visa (METV) for Thailand; however, it requires you to exit the country every 60 days for a new entry stamp. This visa allows unlimited re-entries during its validity. An alternative option is the 90-day Non-O visa, which may also be available, depending on age and financial criteria.
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James ********
I believe that the OP has the answers needed for his question.

Thanks all for your helpful replies.

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Jan ******************
Check with your thai embassy at home. Some offers a 90 days Non O visa with multiple entries. Then you just stamp out one time and you’ll have another 90 days when u re-enter. The formal requirement is 50 years and income equivalent to 65K thb a month. For six months tourist visa the financial requirements is 200K thb in total. The fees are more or less the same.
Jan ******************
@Willem ***
And in Thailand you’ll just get 90 days and if you wish to stay further you’ll need to leave and re-enter or apply for one year extension of stay.
Willem ****
@Jan *****************
Read Tod Daniels comment.
Tod *********
@Jan *****************
and almost NO consulates in the west that use the eVisa online system offer a Non-O visa as a year-long, multi-entry type anymore, just a 90 day single entry
Jan ******************
@Tod ********
That’s also what I have understood now even though many used this as an alternative to put 800K in a thai bank. In Norway they did it quite recently and there’s still people in Thailand on a Non O multiple, but when I checked the multiple alternative now is removed in the e-visa portal.
Tod *********
@Jan *****************
yep I checked and it auto defaults to single entry when you pick Non-O for marriage, or retirement on the eVisa system
Willem ****
Jan Kenneth Nesland

This not is 90 days but a one year non O multiple visa. But indeed have to leave every 90 days. Every entry gives a permision to stay of 90 days
Graham ******
You can get 6 months from the METV with one border bounce and 2 extensions
Tod *********
@Graham *****
right come in get 60 days, extend for 30, bounce, get 60 days extend for 30 (y)
Tod *********
Totally correct, it's a 6 month METV <- multi-entry tourist visa.

The visa is valid for 6 months from the date it's issued,

it's good for unlimited entries during that time,

every entry is good for 60 days,

when that 60 days runs out you go to the border,

stamp out of thailand,

stamp in&out of another country

and back

into thailand to get a new 60 day stamp.

If you do the bouncing correct you can get almost 9 months of stay out of that visa in 60 day increments
Andy *********
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@Tod ********
that's the way I understood it , I'm not planning on retirement there just to get of UK's shite weather ! Is it a quick border hop or has it got to be longer ?
Ellie *******
@Andy ********
, you can do border bounce in one day.
Julie **********
@Ellie ******
definitely. We did that recently,at Ranong.
Steve *********
@Tod ********
I’ve heard that while you can do that you can only stay 180 days in total, I know 180 days is about 6 months😄
Tod *********
@Steve ********
nope you've heard wrong, and a 6 month METV can be wrangeled into about a 9 month stay in thailand (in 60 day increments and with 30 day extensions)
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