How does re-entry work with a 60-day single entry tourist visa in Thailand?

@Ma**

, you could buy a multiple re-entry permit for 3800baht and that would let you come and go all you want and when you re-enter thailand you'd be stamped in for your original admitted until stamp date.

The visa is an Entrance ticket. Some are Single, others multiple. Once you are at an entrence point the Immigration Officer stamps Used on the Single Entry Visa and give you a second stamp Admitted to stay ../../.. date. With the re-entry permit you can go and come back but you will get the same date as Admitted to stay.

I always thought that a SETV ment exactly that.

@Ma**

in that case it may make sense, yes. You should be able to get a second single re-entry permit on the same visa, 1000B at immigration or the airport, I don't believe there is any issue getting a second one. The "single entry" applies to the initial entry, it doesn't relate to re-entry permits.

@Maha *********

. You can leave and re-enter if you buy a re-entry permit. It will only keep your existing 'admitted until' stamp alive.

Maha you can buy a re-entry permit as Steve says but it rarely makes sense on a SETV, people who buy these are usually on longer-term visas where it makes sense that they want to keep their current stay active.

It usually doesn't make sense for people on a SETV as when they go out and come back they usually get another 30 days visa-free at the airport anyway. A re-entry permit only keeps your *current* "admitted until" date active, you don't get a *new* 60 days on re-entry like you would with a METV, so in most cases you would be as well just coming back on an exempt entry. Maybe post exactly what it is you want to do, and your nationality, and people could give better advice.

You can buy 1 or multi re-entry permit