How does the visa exemption entry work for my 45-day allowance in Thailand?

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Sep 4, 2022

2 years ago

Tod *********

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Michael Brown

I arrive 7th November so I have 45 days then I need to either leave country and renter thus getting 30 day extension then I can repeat again for another 30 then pay immigration 1900 for another 30

Is that my allowance used up for the year?

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TLDR : Answer Summary

Michael Brown inquires about his 45-day allowance upon entry to Thailand and asks whether his planned sequence of leaving and re-entering the country to extend his stay contributes to his annual visa allowance. Commenters clarify that visitors can extend their initial 45 days by 30 days once, and then after exiting and re-entering the country, they can again receive a fresh 45-day allowance, but must adhere to specific entry limits.

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Tod *********

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I think you're mixing up a couple things it works like this

IF you enter thailand on a free visa exempt entry stamp on or after Oct 1st you'll get stamped in for 45 days, you can go to the immigration office and extend that ONCE for 30 more days for 1900baht <- THEN you're done and you have to leave.

You can go to the border, stamp out of thailand, stamp in and out of another country and stamp right back into thailand to get a NEW visa exempt entry (which will be 45 days if you enter again before the program runs out on Mar 31st and goes back to 30 days after that) AND you can extend that ONE time for 30 more days at the immigration office for 1900baht.

You are allowed to enter the country on a visa exempt stamp by land TWO times in a calendar year, and technically there is no limit to the air entries (BUT you're gonna get called out after a few for trying to live here on visa exempt entry stamps)

2 years ago

Michael *******

@Tod ********

Thankyou very much, saves me buying a single or multi entry visa

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