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Can I re-enter Thailand and get another 60-day stamp with a 60-day METV?

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Nov 15, 2023
a year ago
Syble ***********
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Good Morning. My Husband and I have a 60 day METV. We will arrive in Phuket on November 17th. IF we leave Phuket before the 60 days expire ???Can we re-enter and get another stamp for 60 days? We are from America. Thanks.
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You can re-enter Thailand with a 60-day Multiple Entry Tourist Visa (METV) as long as you do so before the original 60 days expire. Each entry grants an additional 60-day stay, and this can be done multiple times within the visa validity period of 6 months from the issue date. You can also opt for a 30-day extension at the immigration office if needed.
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Syble ***********
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Todd Daniels: Thank You . Now I understand so much better. It will make our stay easier to plan also. Thanks so much for taking time to do this page. God Bless you ..
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@Tod ********
: If I understood you correctly we are allowed to leave Thailand but must return before the 60 days expires so we can get another 60 day stamp? That same process for up to the date the E Visa expires which is 6 months from date of issue. Thanks so much for your knowledge. We really appreciate it.
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@Syble **********
 not before the 60 days expires, no.. The visa is valid for 6 months from the date it's issued. You can enter/exit all you want during that time. Each entry gets you 60 days.

You don't have to return before anything expires except the 6 month VISA. you can stay out of the country as long as you want (you just burn the validity of the visa not being IN thailand is all).
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The way a 6 month METV works is;

The visa is valid for 6 months from the date it's issued (not the date you enter thailand)

The visa is good for unlimited entry/exits during that time with each entry getting you stamped in for 60 days.

When the 60 days runs out, you either go to the immigration office and buy a 30 day extension for 1900baht OR you exit/re-enter the country and get stamped in on a NEW 60 day entry stamp <- you can do this as long as the VISA is valid for

If you applied for the visas online via the eVisa system make sure you print out the PDF file they email you <- that IS your visa. Present that and your passport when you stamp in to the country.

Also CHECK your entry stamp once they give the passport back to make sure you were stamped in as TR60 category and for 60 days
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@Tod ********
 I think you’re assuming Todd that they applied for a multiple entry visa. I might be wrong but my 90 day non o visa is a single entry visa and it was only good for three months. The last one I got I chose to get a multiple entry visa and it was good for one year.
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Wayne ********
Sorry I missed the METV. Once again you are right on.
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@Wayne *******
 The OP clearly states he has an METV (Multiple Entry Tourist Visa).
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@Wayne *******
, you are talking about Non-immigrant visa (single entry visa validity is three months, multiple entry is one year. Permitted to stay/entry stamp is 90 days). OP is talking about Tourist visa (single entry visa - SETV - validity is three months, multiple entry - METV - is 6 months, not 1 year. Entry stamp is always 60 days)
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@Tod ********
 thanks.

Double checking I'm a UK citizen with a 6 month METV and just got a 30 day extension to my first 60 day stay.

I will be leaving the day before my current stamp expires.

I plan to come back around 2 weeks later ( so 3
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months into my 6 months).

I think I don't need to complete a TM8 re--entry application. Is this right?
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@Iain ********
 when you applied for your 6 month METV on line, did you only have to provide your out bound flight details from the UK and no other flight out of Thailand?
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@Mickey ******
 I uploaded a PDF of my flight into Thailand and of an onward flight 58 days later. I can't remember of that waa mandatory or not.
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@Iain ********
 thanks, did you then go and cancel the follow on flight due to your 30 extension?
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@Mickey ******
 no. The onward flight was one of those €6 "rental" tickets from an onward journey website. Automatically cancelled by the website operator after 10 days.
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@Iain ********
 ah brilliant, just can’t understand why the Thai Visa service haven’t clocked onto that!!
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@Iain ********
 it is a 6 month METV <- the M & E are the multi-entry part of the visa meaning you can go out and back all you want for the validity, just have the PDF printed off and present it with your passport when you stamp back in
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@Tod ********
 thanks.
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Syble ***********
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Thank You for explaining that to me. I/we appreciate it .
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@Syble **********
 if you time the bouncing out and back correctly you can get almost 9 months of stay out of a 6 month METV 🙂

Good luck, safe travels.
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Syble ***********
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@Tod ********
 Great to know as our flight back to America is April 17th. Thank You
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