How do I apply for a 6-month multiple entry visa for Thailand while planning a trip to Phu Quoc?

Applied for a tourist 60 day visa still waiting for reply after 20 working days only have 10 days before visit don't have a contact number to find out when it will arrive

But they grant only 60 day stay for each entry. Correct?

Some noteworthy knowledge about the multi entry TR Visa.

There was a heated conversation in the FB group recently.

While this visa is the perfect one for a stay of 6 months (and even a few more weeks beyond that)

The application can be tricky. But read for yourself!

Pui Suu:

The METV application typically expects you to show you have more than 1 booked flight in and out of Thailand. It doesn't have to be back to your home country, as long as it shows your need for more than one entry to Thailand, or they may just grant a single-entry tourist visa if you don't demonstrate a need for the multi entry tourist visa.

John Doughty:

Pui Suu so I will need to book another flight in and out of Thailand - would I need this after 60 days or could i do it after 90 days of my original arrival?

Pui Suu:

John Doughty as someone else mentioned, some consulates will allow just 1 ticket in and out of Thailand but as a general rule, many consulates want to see more than one ticket to justify why you need multiple entry. Most consulates don't care if the trips are more than 60 days apart.

Jan Kenneth Nesland:

Formally, a METV application is supposed to justify multiple entries by showing at least two entry tickets and two onward tickets.

In practice, the rules are applied differently depending on the embassy or consulate. Some follow the regulations quite strictly, while others -such as Oslo and London- tend to be more flexible and may approve a METV based on only one planned entry.

If you do not want to take any chances, it is best to check directly with the embassy processing your application. Otherwise, they may request additional documentation or downgrade the application to a single-entry tourist visa without refunding the price difference.

Luc De Clerck:

Just got my METV but could only enter my first trip although second has also been booked. So only in and out first trip and that’s enough.

Pui Suu:

Luc De Clerck your consulate is the exception rather than the rule, as others have also posted. Don't assume all consulates are so lenient.

Dca Dca

on the Thai e-Visa Website, for a METV application, put the first flight arriving into Thailand and then when uploading supporting documents, upload an itinerary showing multiple entries into Thailand, otherwise could very well be issued a SETV instead and not refunded the difference between £150 Pounds METV vs. £30 Pounds SETV at the Thai Embassy in London. . . . . . . . The visa is valid for 6 months from the date it gets issued.

Every entry you make into Thailand during the validity of the visa will give you a 60-day admitted-stay stamp.

Some people get about 9 months out of an METV.

You can get a 30-day extension on top of each 60 days.

Just before the visa validity expires, when you leave and return, you will get stamped in for a last time for 60 days.

Do be warned though that some people have experienced questioning upon doing this too quickly and the Immigration officers asking why a tourist needs to spend so much time in Thailand.

Here a sample of the "travel plan" should it show up in your application :

you check for the requirements here

If you're only going for a 10 week vacation, the METV is overkill. Go for 60 day single entry and a 30 day extension. If over 50, Non-O 90 day Visa. Either one, get a return permit before you leave for phu quoc.

If you get the SETV, and leave with 4 weeks or less left in your trip, then just return under 30 day Visa exempt assuming you are eligible.

You go to the evisa website and apply. You usually need to show a reason for it so ticket into Thailand, ticket out of Thailand and ticket back to Thailand again

Have you ever heard of Google and tried to look up for "multiple entry visa Thailand" results are amazing...