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Do I need an exit permit if I have a METV (Multi-Entry Tourist Visa) in Thailand?

METV Multi-Entry Tourist Visa Re-entry Permit Visa Rules Immigration Thailand

Todor ********

asked Feb 18, 2024

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hi all

if I have METV  in this case I don't need an exit permit from Immigration, right?

thnx a lot

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If you have a METV (Multi-Entry Tourist Visa), you do not need a re-entry permit when leaving Thailand. The METV allows unlimited entries for its validity period. However, clarifications about the stay period upon re-entering, particularly after the initial six months, were discussed.

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James ********

I believe that the OP has the answers needed for his question.

Thanks all for your helpful replies.

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3 years ago

Lloyd ********

question -A 6 month METV - do you get a new 6-month stay every time you re-enter even in the 6th month, giving you the potential to stay up to 12 months before taking the extension and bounce options?

3 years ago

Todor ********

@Ellie ******

its ok.

3 years ago

Todor ********

And i csn extend several times not only once?

3 years ago

Ellie *******

@Todor *******

, generally, only one extension per entry

3 years ago

Steven ***********

@Lloyd *******

no. Each entry stamp within the six-month period of your visa is for sixty days. After sixty days in Thailand, you must then leave and return, or extend by thirty days at the immigration office near where you're staying (for 1900 baht).

To emphasise, 6 months (on an METV) is the period of validity of the visa to enter Thailand as many times as you like. It does not refer to how long you can stay each time.

In terms of getting maximum time from it, you could re-enter Thailand on the final day before your six-month visa expires, and this gets you a fresh 60-day stamp, which takes you up to a possible eight months of being in Thailand on your six-month METV.

You could then go to your local immigration office, usually within the last 30 days of your 60-day stay, and buy one more 30-day extension (for 1900 baht), taking your total possible stay on a six-month METV to nine months.

3 years ago

Lloyd ********

Thanks for your reply... its very useful info...

3 years ago

Lloyd ********

thx for reply - i take it them 59 days then re-enter and stay another 60 days, then 1900 baht for another 30 days, then bounce for another 30 days - potential for up to 180 days total depending how your timing is...

3 years ago

Steven ***********

Do be aware though that your six-month METV is valid from the day they issue it, and not from the day you first arrive in Thailand.

I applied too early and they issued my six-month METV six weeks before I was coming to Thailand, so it expired six weeks before I would have liked. Still, with an extension at the end, I will have wangled a pleasing seven and a half months on the visa.

3 years ago

Steven ***********

@Lloyd *******

as somebody put it well on here the other month, here is the full potential with your six-month METV:

* Enter first time for 60 days = 2 months

* Extend at immigration (1900 baht) for 30 days = 1 month

Leave Thailand and re-enter

* New 60-day stamp on re-entering = 2 months

* Extend at immigration (1900 baht) for 30 days = 1 month

* Leave and re-enter Thailand just before your whole six-month visa expires

* A new 60-day stamp on re-entering = 2 months

* Extend at immigration a final time (1900 baht) for another 30 days = 1 month.

Add these up and you have a possible 9 months.

3 years ago

Tod *********

There is no 'exit permit' but if you're asking about a re-entry permit, you are correct you don't need one

A 6 month METV <- (multi-entry tourist visa) has the re-entry permit built into the visa itself and is valid for unlimited entries as long as the validity of the visa

3 years ago