How many times a year can I receive a '30-day visa exemption' in Thailand?

It depends on who you get. I was told 1 extension per year and got away with 2 visa runs but only 1 extension and was questioned at the airport and told to buy a ticket within 7 days but avoided that when i told them i have a Thai wife and daughter. Then i got the right visa but was still held up when i returned as there must have been something put into the system.

Its like asking "how long is a piece of string?".

You can do it until you cant. When that point will be depends on a lot of different factors.

Generally, though, the more full of bounce stamps your passport is, the more likely it gets that your luck runs out.

Did you have to show proof of onward travel esch time you entere

For visa exempt,They say you must have a ticket out of the country in 30 days. What if you want an extension, , can I get in with a ticket exit 60 days from entry rather than 30?

Until that 1 io says enough apply for proper visa

Much better to apply for a 60 days tourist visa ( can also be extended 30 days ) when knowing to stay for more than 30 days.

Cheaper

No need for leaving Thailand for up to 90 days.

No onward ticket needed within 30 days.

When staying 60 days, no need to locate, go to and waiting at a immigration office.

Everything done from the comfort of home.

i can never say what will happen to another person. I can only speak from the specific experience i had last year I entered visa exempt 8 times. in times before covid as much as 12. Never had extensions for these cases.

Nobody can answer this question. Every time you enter Thailand the immigration officer you stand in front of will assess you, look at your history, and decide whether to allow you to enter or not. The more frequently you enter with only a short time outside the country the higher the chances of you being refused entry

I've been doing visa/border runs for more then 10 years, so there is no limit, it's always at officers discretion. If you enter from Laos border (any of them), they ask 0 question no matter how full your passport is.

A lot of it has to do with how much time you are out of Thailand between each return.

How many visa exempt entries can I get flying in?

How many tourist visas can I get in a row..

There is no answer to those questions

The honest answer is: you can do it until you can't.

Despite what people say, what people read, what immigration officers at passport control tell you, what they show you on a website, there is NO official rule about how many times you can enter thailand on a visa exempt entry by air.

In fact no one has ever been denied entry under the reason "entered too many times" because that isn't a reason to deny people entry. The denial of entry reason is always "no means to support themselves" (ไม่มีปัจจัยยังชีพตามสมควร)

It's the same for tourist visas, there is no official policy on how many you can get back-2-back.

Some consulates are "one-&-done", meaning you can get one tourist visa from them and if you go back they'll deny you. Others will give you yet another one. Some look at your previous entry/stay history (especially for those crappy agent-bought volunteer & ed visa) and some don't care.

It's a total crap shoot, and it's even worse for the countries who use the online E-visa system because each consulate can decide what their criteria is as far as how many you can get in a row from them.

Pre-covid there were people who got 3 back-2-back METV's from the consulate in their country. That means they spent close to 21 MONTHS here on those three 6 month METV's and there was no problem with immigrations when they were flying in-&-out, and no problem with the consulate giving the visa.

BUT that is not the case anymore, and we're seeing embassies and consulates deny people's applications after looking at the entry/stay history AND we're seeing people get denied entry coming IN to the country based on previous entry/stay history..

It also is irrelevant if you say "I've been here xxx months, had yyy and zzz visas and don't want to go home, will I get back in?" There is just NO way to tell if you'll get in or not and someone else who did get in safely doesn't mean YOU will skate thru..

All we can say is, if you have an extensive entry stay history, you should have the 3 famous proofs;

*onward travel within the days you'll be stamped in for

*proof of 20K baht or the equivalent in another currency in CASH

*proof of lodging

IF they're going to hassle you about entry the first thing they're going to ask for is onward travel.

Anyway, sorry this was long. It's not that I don't want to answer those questions, it's that there is no definitive answer to them

If you continually do it without having reasonable periods outside the country, eventually you'll be first interrogated as to why you don't have a proper visa, and eventually denied entry and sent away.

Technically, there’s no limit by air. But you’re eventually going to be pulled aside by the immigration officer and questioned why you’re spending so much time here via the exemption stamps. You can keep rolling the dice. You’ll soon roll snake eyes and end up denied entry. I would suggest you start entering with the proper visa. A lot less hassle and a better chance of not being stopped. I would also suggest you have everything in order when you arrive. Proof of accommodation, 20k baht (or equivalent currency) cash and an onward ticket out of Thailand within 30 days.

You can keep doing it ( by air) until you can't do it anymore.