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Can I travel to Thailand multiple times on a 60-day visa exemption after obtaining a 3-month retirement visa in the UK without extending it?

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Aug 23, 2025
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Abey *********
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If I apply and get 3 months retirement visa in UK, travel to Thailand, open a bank account but don't apply for year retirement extension, leave Thailand before 90 days up. Can I return on sixty days visa exempt maybe couple of times a year?
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The user inquires about the possibility of returning to Thailand multiple times on a 60-day visa exemption after initially obtaining a 3-month retirement visa in the UK, without applying for a year extension. Comments provide various insights, indicating that while returning on visa exemption is possible, doing so multiple times may attract scrutiny. Advice includes considering a long-term visa like the 5-year DVT visa and potential risks regarding bank account status when frequently re-entering on visa exemptions.
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Peter ******
Why would you though ?
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Mma *******
@Peter *****
 to get a bank account- that’s the reason.
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Andy **********
If you manage to open a bank account on the non O, and then continue to do visa exempts, with everything that is going on with bank accounts at the moment, it could get closed, if you want to play it safe, and have multiple trips to Thailand, and keep your bank account open, maybe consider doing the multiple entry retirement visa extensions.
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@Andy *********
 how to you reach your conclusions? What does the bank account, once it has been opened on the correct visa, to do with his future stays? The bank does not check his visa status
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Graham ******
@Andy *********
 How will the bank know what your future visa status is after they have opened the account based on having a Non-O? The accounts being "closed" were opened on a tourist entry stamp (including DTV in some cases).
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Ossie *********
Get a 5 year DVT visa while in the UK ( look it up ) that maybe a better option for you
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@Ossie ********
 why oh why would he need DTV? He is aiming to get a Thai bank account opened. He can do so on a 90-days Non-Imm-O visa. But he cannot get a bank account opened on a DTV, because the DTV is a tourist-visa type
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Ossie *********
@Nongnuch *******
 apparantly Kasikorn and SCB are allowing accounts to be opened with a DVT as people have confirmed this in posts I have three separate thai bank accounts all opened on a tourist visa prior to getting an O visa several years later
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Max *************
@Ossie ********
 Totally wrong. Don't come up with stuff you don't know anything about.
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Ossie *********
@Max ************
 bollocks I know the guy who plays pool with me got his 6 months ago so stick that up your arse
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Graham ******
@Ossie ********
 some people on DTVs are reporting getting their bank accounts suspended, but you don't mention that
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Nongnuch ********
@Ossie ********
 not possible any more since February 2025. You cannot get a bank account on a DTV, the news are all over the DTV-related Facebook groups. Your information is obsolete
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@Ossie ********
 Nonsense, he can return any way he want without any problems as long as he's not doing extensions or border runs on a regular basis.
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Jesper *******
You are coming in on visa exempt....if doing many times you will still be pulled aside iregardless of whether u did have a non0 90days before that......simple question why didn't u extend it?
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Mma *******
@Jesper ******
 He wants to get a bank account, that’s the reason for the Non O. Otherwise he would continue doing what he’s doing. It’s a good plan he has.
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Max *************
@Jesper ******
 He never said "many times". He said twice a year,which is not abusing the visa exempt.
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@Jesper ******
 at the moment l visit Thailand four times a year two weeks at a time, l want to stay around six weeks at a time few times a year but it’s hard without a bank account and hardly anyone accepts cards.
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@Abey ********
 once you've got your retirement visa to enter, it's easier to get bank account set up. You aren't forced to extend your stay. Not sure if the bank will check your status after that.
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Nongnuch ********
@Lynnette ******
 won't happen. Once he has opened the bank account on the correct visa, it will remain active afterwards
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Pete *******
Of course.
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Michael *******
visa exempt is a tourist visa , hope that answers your question , you can’t get half pregnant.
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@Michael ******
 Maybe you should read up on visa exempts vs tourist visas. You're not entirely correct.
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Michael *******
@Max ************
 I’ll read up on splitting hairs instead, more informative 🤔
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@Michael ******
 a visa-exempt entry is NOT a tourist visa. It is just a "touristic entry"
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Abey *********
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@Michael ******
 Retirement 90 days visa is totally different from tourist visa, my concern is after obtaining 90 days none O retirement visa will they force me to apply for a year extension
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Nongnuch ********
@Abey ********
 I hope you are aware that misusing visa exempt entries or tourist visa, for a longstay in Thailand, will eventually get you denied entry at the border. As long as you don't try to enter visa-exempt multiple times during a 365-days period, you should be fine. But you cannot use visa-exempt entries in a consecutive manner
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Abey *********
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@Nongnuch *******
 Why, l visit four times a year on visa exempt two weeks at a time never being asked a question, now l want to stay around six weeks at a time, my concern is l don’t want to carry five six thousand pounds in cash, l want to be able transfer money into bank account and withdraw as l need it.
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@Abey ********
 I visit Thailand for up to 6 weeks at a time 4 times a year. Ive never had an issue. And don't expect to ever have an issue. Some people I know visit for more. As long as your flying in as a tourist its almost next to zero your going to have a problem. And ive got a thai bank account on a tourist visit.
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Nongnuch ********
@Abey ********
 you definitely can use the visa-exemption more often, if you never maximise the visa-exempt stays. But you always should be prepared to get pulled aside and asked. Have the famous three proofs ready to show: accomodation, 20,000 THB equivalent in cash, and onward travel proof
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Abey *********
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@Nongnuch *******
 I always do but never being asked.
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Nongnuch ********
@Abey ********
 stay prepared to get asked is what I recommend
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@Abey ********
 nobody will force you to do anything. If you leave at the end of 90 days without applying for an extension the Non O is finished, history.
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Nongnuch ********
@Peter ******
 and a 90-days Non-Imm-O visa becomes "finished" or invalid upon entering Thailand, not after 90 days
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Nongnuch ********
@Peter ******
 WATCH your wording: if he leaves AFTER 90 days, he will be on overstay. He must leave BEFORE the 90-days stay permit expires
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@Abey ********
 no, you are not being forced to apply for an extension of the stay permit. You can leave Thailand any time before the 90-days stay permit is expired. And the guy who told you that your Thai bank account would be closed if you enter visa-exempt at a later date, is absolute hogwashed. Once you have opened the account while you were on a Non-Imm-O Longterm Visa, the account will remain active and open in the future, regardless on which visa you enter the country
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