Does a Thai E-VISA validity start from the issue date or the entry date?

@Nongnuch *******

🙏 thank you

@Pui ****

I'm not on a tourist visa I said same Info with date of issue . I said Our visa

@Nongnuch *******

which is what I said. The permitted stay . . relevant to the visa they applied for.

@Paul ******

evisa is NOT visa type. You're just saying "I got a visa" and not saying which visa. Evisa is irrelevant

@Valerie ********

Er, are you replying to the correct person?

There is no way (other than an error) that you were given 90 days on entry from the date the visa was issued. You would get 90 days from the day you arrive (For a Non O visa that is).

If you have a stamp that is 90 days from your visa issuing date then you need to get that stamp corrected.

@Valerie ********

In that case the IO has done a miscalculation. A Non O is valid for three months and you should get 90 days at any time within these three months.

@Michael **********

You are confusing readers . . . . .

A single entry tourist visa becomes INVALID for further use when you enter Thailand.

You are confusing the 3 months VISA VALIDITY with the STAY PERMIT you receive when entering Thailand on this visa.

A "visa" is used for entering a country. After the entry, you are in Thailand on a "admitted stay" and not on a "visa".

Only on multi-entry visa types, you can enter as many times as you want during the visa validity period.

@Michael **********

A visa is valid from the day it is issued. Depending on what visa you have determines for how long it’s valid for and how many days you would get on entry.

A SETV is valid for 90 days. That means you have 90 days to get to Thailand and use the visa.

Upon arrival (as long as it’s before the expiry date) you will get stamped in for the number of days that visa allows (60 for the tourist visa). That’s called an entry stamp. It’s not a visa. The visa is what you got from the consulate or embassy you applied to.

Using a SETV it’s irrelevant if you enter on day one the visa is valid from or day 90. You’ll get a 60 day stamp.

With a METV that’s valid for 6 months from the day of issue. In theory you could enter in day 180 and get 60 days but the whole idea of a METV over a SETV is the multiple entry part.

Both visas “clocks” start ticking from the moment of issue. One is valid for 90 days to use. The other is valid for 180 days to use.

@Michael **********

That’s not correct. A single entry tourist visa gives you a 60 days stay within 90 days. A multiple entries tourist visa gives you several 60 days stay within 180 days. The validity of the visa itself always starts when it’s issued.