Does a tourist visa renew when re-entering Thailand after flying out?

No renew is the simple and correct answer

@Ariana *********

Terminology is important.

***It is EITHER: if you applied for a 60-days single entry Tourist Visa in your home country and enter Thailand on this visa, You will get stamped in for a 60-days stay permit.

*** OR: you enter visa-exempt (without a visa) and will get stamped in for a 60-days stay permit (if you are a citizen of the 93 countries elegible for a visa-exempt entry)

*** in both cases, you do NOT get stamped any visa upon entry. You only receive a STAY PERMIT stamp!

*** in both cases, you can extend the 60 days with another 30-days stay permit extension on Immigration for 1900.- THB

*** you will have to exit Thailand before the 90 days are up!

*** you can EITHER apply for another 60-days single entry tourist visa by the E-Visa Online system of the Thai embassy in a neighbour country

OR

You spend a few days outside Thailand and re-enter visa-exempt.

*** Now that’s when the next steps become questionable:

It is upon the sole discretion of an Immigration officer at the border, if he grants you another touristic entry after you have just maxxed out your previous stay with 90 days

He/She can deny entry, or grant you another 60 days stamp but will warn you, that this was your last touristic entry for the next few months, and that you should use a proper visa for the true purpose of your stays. And he will tell you that you should not use touristic entries for a longstay in Thailand. And he can ask you for the FAMOUS three proofs: 20,000 THB in CASH or equivalent in CASH (!!) in another currency, an onward travel out of Thailand within 60 days, and a booked accomodation for the next few nights

While there is no rule and no law that says how often your can enter and how long you can stay inside Thailand on visa-exempt stamps, the crucial thing is that an Immigration officer might come to the conclusion that you have overused free touristic entries

What passport you got? You will probably get a 60 day visa exempt stamp on arrival. Extend for 30. Leave country and come back 60 + 30 again if the IO is happy

You can yes, but many reports at immigration hassle you to get a real visa since looking at you trying to live there on visa extempt / tourist visa entries.

If it’s visa exempt entry then you’ll get 90 days when you re-enter. I think max stay in Thailand is 180days total. Not sure of that applies to your country.

If your get a tourist visa, it is valid for 60 days. If you arrive without visa and you're from one off the 90 exempt countries you will get a 60 day entry stamp. Both can be extended by 30 days for ฿1900. Any time you exit the country without purchasing a reentry permit automatically cancels whatever visa your on

A tourist visa or a free entry stamp?