Can my son apply for a single entry visa to Thailand and then reapply for a multiple entry visa after returning home?

@Andy *******

the 45 day visa exempt ends April 1st so if he doesn't get a tourist visa before he travels he can only get 30 days and extend for 30 more.

@Brandon ***********

I read somewhere the 45 day visa exempt has been extended to the end of 2023 but this can change any time.

@Andy *******

you are completely.wrong on both accounts. Not sure where you are getting this information from, but it's incorrect.

@Andy *******

you read wrong. There was a TAT proposal but TAT proposes something every few days and 95% of them go nowhere

@Carrie *******

Good luck.

@Andy *******

Visa validity starts the day it's issued, the multi-entry tourist visa is valid for 6 months from the date of issue.

@Steve ******

I think the terminology is confusing people. When the Visa is issued you have to use it withing a certain period which will be stamped on the Visa ( in the diagram Brandon provided this is section 4). You can start to use the visa at any point from when you recieved it to the use by date. The first day you actually use ot is when the duration starts so for a 6 month visa if you get it issued on Jan 1st and use it to enter Thailand on Jan 2nd it lasts 6 months from Jan 2nd. If you get it issued on Jan 1st but dont use it until Feb 1st it will last 6 months from Feb 1st and not 6 months from Jan 1st.

@Andy *******

You're mistaken. A multi entry tourist visa has a validity of 6 months from the day it's issued. Each entry will get you stamped into the country for 60 days. If it was issued on 1st Jan it can only be used untill 1st July.

@Andy *******

there's a big difference between how long a VISA is valid for and how long you get stamped in for. The validity date starts the day it's issued.

@Brandon ***********

Everything i said your photo confirms. You get issued the visa by the Thai Government and have to use it within a certain time. If its a 6 month visa the clock starts ticking the day you first enter Thailand and not the date it was issued. The date you must enter Thailand is within a certain time from when it was issued.

@Andy *******

there's no such thing as a 6 month entry stamp.

@Brandon ***********

I never said there was i said a 6 month Visa....please keep up at the back🤦‍♂️

@Andy *******

there is no 6 month visa of any kind. There are 60 day, 90 day, and 1 year visas, and extensions, but there are no 6 month visas. There is a multi-entry tourist visa that is valid for 6 months from the time it was issued, but then when you enter Thailand you get a 60 day entry stamp that you can extend for another 30 days once before you have to leave Thailand. Being that your multi-entry visa still has time left in the 6 months from the time it was issued, you can cross the border, and come right back to get another 60 day entry stamp, and can do another 30 day extension. You can enter and leave Thailand as many times as you want in that six months, but there is no 6 month visa entry stamp. The only way someone would get stamped in for only 6 months is if their passport expires in 6 months when applying for the one year extension under a different visa extension type, or with a long term visa requiring health insurance, but the insurance policy is only for 6 months. Those are the only situations where someone would be stamped in for 6 months. You are way off in your supposed details.

@Kool ******

We are all talking about the 6 month METV. (Which is a Visa by the way). Yes, you only get stamped in for 60 days at a time and can extend it by 30 days at immigration within Thailand. It is not valid for 6 months from the date it is issued it is valid for 6 months from the date it was first used. Why would they have 2 dates on it .....!!

@Andy *******

there's 2 dates on a visa. Date of issue and enter before date. Those dates don't magically change when you enter Thailand. The VISA is valid from the day it's issued. Your ENTRY STAMP has the date you enter and tells you when you have to leave. That doesn't change a single thing about your visa which is still valid from the day it was issued and expires the date that's written on the visa.

@Andy *******

you're completely wrong.

@Brandon ***********

And you are a penis.....this is from the Thai Embassy website. I've used METVs and unlike you I know how they work

@Andy *******

from a Thai visa advice website

@Andy *******

from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs document.

@Andy *******

your own picture you posted proves you wrong. And now you're suspended for 24 hours to stop spreading incorrect information.

@Brandon ***********

only 24 hours 555

@Andrew **********

we don't like preventing people from talking in this group.

@Brandon ***********

totally understand that, but when the information is 100% wrong, it's really doesn't help the OP and just confuses everyone. Not to mention the colourful replies haha. I applaud you for you patience. Have a nice day.

@Carrie *******

immigration doesn't matter. It's the embassy. And I would think it would be fine but start the application ASAP after he arrives because sometimes the embassies are slow.