How will frequent short stays in Thailand as a flight attendant affect my immigration status?

Technically offshore workers have been doing this for years.

Technically its unlimited entries currently by law.

Unfortunately they arent having it anymore due to scammers and PTs trolling visas and exempts.

You'll likely get questioned and or refused within a few trips these days.

Lots of offshoe workers do the same....save reciepts..show them how much you spend and explain your lifestyle......if not, in the future you could get tge DTV soft power or something...

As long as you're a crew member, and can prove it with your card, you shouldn't have any problem entering, exiting and reentering Thailand on a very frequent basis.

If you’re considered flight crew by the immigration office getting a tourist visa should not be a problem.

It’s obvious you’re not working in Thailand which is where most people who abuse tourist visas get into trouble. Too many stamps that look suspicious. This won’t be suspicious especially with paperwork to explain your job etc. good luck!

Doesn’t your job come with some health issues like insomnia or similar? Only heard that from aviation Youtube channels. Maybe you could get regular treatment for this in a thai hospital and apply legitimately under soft power medical category. That’s what I got. I need kidney testing every 3 months and the hospital confirmed that. It’s up to your embassy, not immigration. They probably don’t have the same information

Everything is fine until it isn't. Until you're stood in front of a particular grouchy IO that woke up on the wrong side of the bed or who's had an argument with their spouse the night before, etc.

Basically, it's really a luck of the draw.

What I CAN tell you from personal experience is that my husband is Singaporean. He'd never had an extensive history of coming/going to Thailand before Nov 2024. That's when we decided to move here from Singapore. We were both looking for jobs so had to rely on tourist exempt stamps for a while.

I eventually got a job but he hasn't so he'd been using the visa exempts for a total of 3x. On his 2nd entry, the IO was already asking him further questions but eventually let him go. On his 3rd entry, the IO explicitly told him he needs to get a proper visa or no entry next time.

My colleague also got denied entry and this was several years back. His passport was completely clean except 1 entry. His Non B had expired/canceled. He did a border bounce and was denied entry at the border.

Use the visa exempt stamp for as long as you can till/if passport control confronts you. You are genuinely regularly holidaying here and shouldn't raise any red flags. I think it's easy enough to explain your regular presence in the country.

This used to be fine, but recently there have been examples of people living in Thailand but flying out to work being told to get a proper visa. It will work until it doesn't.

I know Oil & Gas workers who fly in month on and off. They have been told to get a vida and not relay on Visa Exempt. A METV has worked.

You are not showing a pattern of trying to live here long term on tourist entries, so you will be fine, no problems.

If you only stay in Thailand for half a month per month, why would you need the DTV?

Generally speaking you’ll be able to explain your travel history and state that since you are flight crew it is easier for you to travel frequently to Thailand on your off days.

There are expats who work in places like Hong Kong or Singapore and they’ll fly in every or every other weekend so while they rack up a lot of stamps they aren’t perceived as trying to live/work in Thailand illegally.