Angelo Schneider A visa is done online in what - 30 minutes?. An extension means a visit to an Immigration Office which takes far longer and costs 1900. He also has to deal with an airline over his planned 32 day visit which means a throwaway ticket @ say 3000 baht so a total of around 4900 baht and
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to a full day out of his holiday at immigration. An METV costs 6750 baht. Far more time wasted at immigration and a saving of just 1850 baht. With an METV he can rest easy in the fact that he's not likely to be questioned on his second entry and there will be no problems with his airline. I know which way I'd deal with this - METV all the way. Don't forget the possible taxi fares to and from immigration.