How does the current border situation affect the Multiple Entry Tourist Visa in Thailand?

I'm shutting this down:

1. The 6 month Multiple Entry Tourist Visa is NOT being sold now, because the land borders are still closed. You can only get a single entry tourist visa that lets you stay in Thailand for 59 days, extendable once for another 30 days, for a total of 89 days.

2. IF you want to stay longer then 89 days, a person needs to:

- Purchase a 5 year elite tourist visa from the Thai Elite people for 600K THB OR;

- Find another valid purpose to stay in Thailand ("retirement", marriage to a Thai national, employment, etc.)

3. Staying in Thailand using the 60 day extension of stay based on unable to travel due to COVID-19 is NOT a valid long-term strategy. AS OF RIGHT NOW, the last day they are selling this extension of stay is July 29, and there are reports of people being verbally rejected. This is an optional extension of stay, and an immigration office does not need to approve it.

I see no value in keeping this post open. Thank you.

A variation of the answer by Piet de Keizer. MTV's are not being granted, however you could theoretically apply and be declined and lose the application fee.

Fly in apply Coe. If your nationality exempted from visa. U are given 45 days

AFAIK the 6 month METV is not available yet (it was cancelled back when they locked the country down). That it still is a choice on some thai consulates websites doesn't mean they actually sell them.

Where did you read they're "available again"?

They are useless due to COVID and all land borders are CLOSED to neighbors. Only way to use them is leave Thailand and reentry using CoE and quarantine rules.

There are some expats who use them as they work outside of Thailand and have family or loved ones here in Thailand.

But they know each time they reenter they must meet the reentry rules in place to include quarantine or using Phuket sandbox plan to reenter.