Can I leave Thailand and re-enter on my METV to get a visa extension?

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Oct 28, 2024

25 days ago

ORIGINAL POSTER

Questions about the 6 month METV- thanks to this group for the helpful advice received so far!  

I have just re entered Thailand on my 3rd re entry since I obtained the visa and was stamped for 60 days today. 

I followed the advice from this group and arrived today from overseas closest to the date my METV visa was set to expire/be used by so I will have got a little over 6 months out of the visa. 

My two questions are:

1. Can I go overseas in November and come back in the next 60 days as I have a stamp to 25 December? Or if I leave Thailand is that that- visa used (as visa used by date was 1 November) 

2. If I leave for a couple of weeks and return before Christmas Day can I apply for the 30 day extension and do I need to worry about closure over Christmas period?

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TLDR : Answer Summary

The user inquires about the conditions of their re-entry to Thailand with a METV (Multiple Entry Tourist Visa) after receiving a 60-day stamp, specifically whether leaving Thailand would void the visa and if they could apply for a 30-day extension upon returning before Christmas.

Tod *********

If you're thinking you want to keep this current 60 day stamp "alive" (as in exit/re-enter) you'd have to get a single re-entry permit before you flew out. Then when you come back you'd get stamped in until the 25th of Dec

You could apply for a 30 day extension on that entry stamp once you're back no issue at all. Umm, there is no "christmas closure period" you're in thailand 🙁 They close for new years only.

So get a re-entry permit before you leave for 1000baht, come back in and take the 30 day extension on the current TR60 stamp you have that expires Dec 25

25 days ago

Daisy *****

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@Tod ********

thank you so much this is just so extremely helpful

24 days ago

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