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How can I obtain a 6-month visa for Thailand for future retirement?
How to get a 6 month visa for Thailand
I’m interested in coming to Thailand for six months with the idea of future retirement. Any idea on how to get a 6 month visitors visa? I know you only get 30 days upon arrival.
I’m interested in coming to Thailand for six months with the idea of future retirement. Any idea on how to get a 6 month visitors visa? I know you only get 30 days upon arrival.
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To obtain a 6-month visa for Thailand, the most commonly recommended option is the Multiple Entry Tourist Visa (METV), which is valid for 6 months but allows you to stay for 60 days per entry, with the possibility of extending each entry by 30 days at a local immigration office. Another option mentioned is applying for a Non-O visa, which allows an initial stay of 90 days that can be extended. Additionally, if you leave Thailand and re-enter before the visa expires, you may be able to accumulate a longer stay. It's advisable to check the requirements and procedures before applying.
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Robin **********
METV
BraveSea*********
Apply for a Non-O 90 day visa and do the extension of stay after.
If you fulfill the requirements (can open a Thai Bank account and have 800kb on it since 2 months it will cost you 1900b (plus the re-entry ticket if you leave Thailand for 1kb)).
If you fulfill the requirements (can open a Thai Bank account and have 800kb on it since 2 months it will cost you 1900b (plus the re-entry ticket if you leave Thailand for 1kb)).
Pascal ********
Tu a le visa METV valable 6 mois , demande a l'ambassade de Thaïlande de ton pays
Brian *********
You are looking at the METV visa and an extension, then leaving Thailand and applying again. That is the one that you want Or you can apply for a thai education visa to learn Thai but it has restrictions such as you have to attend class every day
David ********
METV. Its a 6mth visa but you have to border hop every 60days. Im getting similar next year. One trick ive been told is if you leave and get stamped back in near the end of the 6mths you can almost get another 90 days on top for a total of almost 9mths with extensions.
David ********
METV. Its a 6mth visa but you have to border hop every 60days. Im getting similar next year. One trick ive been told is if you leave and get stamped back in near the end of the 6mths you can almost get another 90 days on top for a total of almost 9mths with extensions.
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Ralph *******
METV.
Dwayne *********
I i would like to stay in thailand 43 months. I am leaving in november
Scally*******
Dwayne Primeau If you are over 50 you need a Non-O visa based on retirement or marriage to a Thai national. Other than that a DTV look at the evisa website for requirements.
Dwayne *********
I am going on november twenty third. I am looking to stay 43 months. How do I do it i would like to go to thailand 43 months
Brian *********
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Brian *********
Dwayne Primeau, 43 months, so what you are looking for is a 5-year premium visa.
Dwayne *********
I am going on november twenty third. I am looking to stay 43 months. How do I do it
Thorsten ***********
Yes
If you have enough money everything is very easy in Thailand.
ENOUGH MEANS A LOT!!!!
If you have enough money everything is very easy in Thailand.
ENOUGH MEANS A LOT!!!!
Ted *******************
I am looking for the same thing to be able to stay in Thailand for six months every year from November to end of April
Would an METV
Be the thing I am looking for/ which gives you a 60 day entry +30 day extensions up to six months
If this is correct, please answer yes, or no
Blessings to all
Would an METV
Be the thing I am looking for/ which gives you a 60 day entry +30 day extensions up to six months
If this is correct, please answer yes, or no
Blessings to all
Adam *******
Ted P E Tilden Jr. Yes, this is the only way you can arrange it, apply for a visa in your home country called a multiple entry tourist visa.
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Ted P E Tilden Jr. Idk if they renew METV'S every year but it would be suitable for the first year.
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Ted P E Tilden Jr. The answer isn’t just ‘yes’ or ‘no’.
The METV will work but you need to get 30 day extensions. Also need to leave the country at least once in the 6 months. Also, they may not grant you an METV each year.
The METV will work but you need to get 30 day extensions. Also need to leave the country at least once in the 6 months. Also, they may not grant you an METV each year.
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Thanks so much that’s what I was thinking i would hv to leave in between
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Thanks so much that’s what I was thinking i would hv to leave in between
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Ted P E Tilden Jr. No
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Michele ***********
Where make the M E Visa ? In Thailand when I will be there or in Italy before ? Thank you for the answers
Adam *******
Michele Gramaglia ,,You can only apply for this visa in your home country.
Scally*******
Michele Gramaglia You must apply from outside Thailand via the Thai embassy evisa website.
Michele ***********
Scallywag-BKK ok thank you...but there are many documents for the Visa
Scally*******
Michele Gramaglia Not really, the website will tell you everything you need. It's a very straightforward processing.
Sylvia ********
Michele Gramaglia you order online from your home country before arriving here,
The official Thai e‑Visa website is
The official Thai e‑Visa website is
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鹰单飞 You new around here ? Good luck with that 👍
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Alan Rothwell I can’t improve on that
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鹰单飞 The are active, but mostly about comments that shouldn't be posted.
I expect it would take a lot of time their own personal time for them to disallow posts that don't have all the pertinent info/questions until they could approve them, or go back and forth with th e OPs trying to extract all the proper info. <----- that is likely outside their pay grade. <--- just my guess as a former mod elsewhere..........
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John **********
There isn't a 6 month visa per se. The closest you can get is a Multiple Entry Tourist Visa (METV) which is valid for 6 months but you get stamped into Thailand for 60 days every entry while it remains valid. You can extend each entry by 30 days at a local immigration office then you must leave but can come right back again
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So you’re saying METV John just to be clear you can get a six month visa but it’s really a 60 day visa with 30 day extensions so you can get multiple 30 day extensions is up to six months?? -
Gerry ********
Ted P E Tilden Jr. If you time it right, you can get a final 60 day entry shortly before the visa expires, so it can last over 6 months.
Sylvia ********
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Ted P E Tilden Jr. not exactly, you get 60 days then extend at immigration for 30 days more. So that is 3 months, you then leave the country for a few days and return then start the same procedure again, 60 + 30 days making a total of 6 months stay
Martyn *********
Dave Flago second extension on visa exempt are given 7 days to depart thailand
Sylvia ********
Dave Flago certainly without a visa yes
Dave *******
Sylvia Corley been multiple reports that tring to extend second time 30 days they only give you 7days
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There is no 6 month visa. Closest to it is the Multiple Entry Tourist Visa.
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Jan Kenneth Nesland what I wrote. But it isn't a 6 month visa in the meaning that she could stay six months without leaving. It is valid for 6 months.
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You added that last sentence after I replied. Yes, a METV is a six months or 180 days visa, but each entry allows a stay of up to 90 days, including the 30-day extension.Activity
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