Can you get questioned at Thai immigration after multiple long stays and still enter on a visa exemption?

What was your travel history prior to being questioned in December?

How long are you planning to stay in June, note by then the 60 day exemption may have been reduced to 30 days, no official announcement in the Royal Gazette, so plan your trip accordingly. Ideally have a confirmed return flight home or an onward flight and show accommodation etc

If you have been stopped in December, it’s highly likely you will be stopped again, they will already know this when you complete the TDAC within 3 days of your arrival

If you are coming as a tourist and don’t have a lot of border run history then you should be ok. Otherwise apply on line for a 6 month multi entry visa if you are looking to stay longer than your average tourist GL

Their only worried about the money their losing on visa exempt. Get an METV £150 for 6 months

Not taken out of line, but questioned more pointedly than in the past. I agreed with the IO that next time I will get the multiple entry visa as I have done in the past.

Welcome to Thailand🇹🇭

Yea twice, just have all your accommodation printed out and return flights, and money. Should be ok

Last year I was told by IO at Suvarnabhumi that get visa next time

That’s why I got a non O visa and subsequently I have an extension and multiple entry

It’s not too difficult to apply for E-Visa on website

It is becoming increasingly normal to be questioned if you make a number of longer trips in one year or over multiple years. Most tourists do not do this and so such behavior is anomalous (easy to detect for their software). Probably, if you have a perfect record of complying with your visa/stay conditions (especially no overstay), and you comply with all the other conditions of entry when you enter, you will be fine after questioning.

To remove the risk, as said, consider applying for a tourist visa before and/or assess the other visa options if you are likely to keep coming regularly.

Getting refused entry can be problematic later.

I went 4 times in 2025 jan to feb .march to may and on my 3rd visit

June to august. I got sent to the I O supervisor as the IO said it was my 3rd visit .I was asked if I had a return ticket which i showed and then sailed trough .my 4th visit oct 3rd to november no issues same question and showed the return flight .

Yes, was suggested to get a retirement visa if I wanted to stay long. 🙂

Did they give you a warning and tell you that you needed a visa next time? Normally they give a warning like that if they don't want you returning visa exempt.

Regardless, I would still apply for a tourist visa before your next trip just to give a little extra security. As long as you are not from New Zealand, doing a tourist visa is simple to do online and not expensive.