Can you get back-to-back 6-month tourist visas for Thailand with only a few weeks apart?

@Michael *********

they all cost $200 or the equivalent in the home country currency

@Michael *********

$200 US

@Tod ********

With the scenario, you have described would it then be possible after those 9 months in the country, to cross a border and come back in on a 30 day visa exempt entry, extend that by a further 30 days at immigration and then repeat thus adding 4 more months to that visa?

There is no 60 day extension. You get 60 days on entry, for "free". The 30 day extension inside Thailand is 1,900. Then you need to leave again- maximum you can stay on that visa in one entry is 90 days, then you need to border hop.

The way to get almost 9 months out of a 6 month METV is to

-get it as close to the time you're comin' here so you don't burn up the validity of the visa not being here

Then you do this

enter get 60 days

border-bounce get 60 days

border-bounce get 60 days

just prior to the enter before date on the visa border bounce one last time getting 60 more days (taking you to 8 months)

get a 30 day extension on that last 60 days at the immigration office

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@Do**

describes. The "6 month" refers to the validity of the visa- this is the last date you can *enter* Thailand on, not the date you need to leave by. So if you do a border run and re-enter Thailand on the very last day of your visa you will get 60 days and then can extend it by 30 at immigration inside Thailand, so 9 months total.

You leave again shortly before the 6 month visa expires... you have tonnage your last entry a day or a few days before the expiry date on your visa and you will get another 60 days. Then at the end of that you go to immigration and get a 30 day extension... =almost 9 month.

I got one METV in London.. after 8 month went to KL and applied for a new METV and got it. So I had two back to back. Literally. However they told me next time i would have to go back to London. I am going home for a while anyway.