Quick question, as a US citizen how many times per year may one enter the kingdom on a 'visa on arrival' via international air travel? Thanks in advance!
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A US citizen cannot use a Visa on Arrival (VOA) but can enter Thailand under a visa-exempt status. There is no official rule on how many times one can enter Thailand on a visa exemption per year; it's up to the discretion of the immigration officer at entry. However, entering via land borders as a visa exempt is limited to twice per year. Frequent entries may raise questions from immigration officials, potentially resulting in denial of entry.
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You don’t qualify for a VOA you’ll get an exempt stamp and you can do this until they deny you entry it’s up to the IO you come in front of
US citizens cannot get Visa on Arrival. They can get visa exempt.
There is no law about how many times you can enter visa exempt per year. The only thing that's written policy is that you can only enter 2 times visa exempt per calendar year at a land border.
But you can't live in Thailand using visa exempt or other short term entries because eventually you'll be pulled aside at immigration and grilled about why you're spending so much time in Thailand and at some point you'll be denied entry.