Is it possible to stay in Thailand as a tourist for a year?

@Amanda *******

The Multi Entry Tourist Visa is a "6-months validity visa".

You get a 60-days stay permit on each entry.

You need to do a border run to activate the next 60 days stay permit.

(You could apply for a 30 days extension for 1900.- THB, before doing the border run)

You can do unlimited entries within the visa validity.

If you exit and re-enter on the last day of the visa validity, you get a 60 days stay permit for the last time, taking you total stay to almost 8 months.

You can extend the last stay permit ONCE for 1900.- THB on Immigration, taking you to almost 9 months.

After that your chances for the rest of the year are naught, as Immigration won't allow any visa-exempt entries consecutively after you have exhausted your touristic stay permits

Alternatively, you can buy the 5 year ELITE Visa, which will allow you 5 years of uninterrupted stay, for 900,000.- THB

That is what I'm doing now. Came on a visa exemption 30 days as a tourist, got an extra 30 days, then got a non immigrant o visa extension.

Better get used to border runs

You can get a 6 month tourist visa.With the extensions you can spend around 9 months. Then get in back without a visa and get 1 month + 1 month with extension. Then, get out and get a 2+ 1 tourist visa. That is like 14 months already. If you want to live in one place,I would suggest get an ed visa.

You can apply for the retirement visa and if you don’t have the 800,000 baht to put in your account, there are visa agents that can put their money in an account in your name for a fee.

50+ you can get retirement visa.

I did that . So yes it’s possible. Get 3 month tourist visa then extend, many agents take like 10k baht a month to extend it for a month . I don’t want to recommend any agent because there are so many

I just hit the 6 month mark on tourist visas and border runs. Spent at least a week in Laos and Cambodia to actually experience the countries on those runs.

I'm about to go back to Bangkok and get an education visa. 1 year is about $1000 for Thai language lessons. 2hrs a day 4 days per week, with option of remote classes.

Probably one of the safest bets.

Or you could TRY to do 4-6 border runs (4 runs if you do 60 days + extension, 6 if you do 30 days + extension) to get your year in Thailand on tourist visa, but that's playing with fire these days.

With the right agent and money anything is possible in Thailand.

One important thing you need to know.

To get married in Thailand the man must request the certificate of free status for marriage from his Embassy.

On this document the Embassy must quantify your economic status required by the Thai authorities to proceed with the registration of the marriage.

At that point you have entered into the tangle of Thai politics that a foreigner who wants to marry a Thai woman must support her until the day of the divorce with the revocation upon expiry of the Non Immigrant Visa O.

Country called LAND OF COMPROMISES 🇹🇭

Yes, very possible. Some risks, but usually small. A few border runs and extensions will be needed.

If you are a dog or cat or fish, yes

No problem if u are a bit flexible and willing to spent a months or two abroad with interruption you can spend decades here. Don’t listen to the grumpy guys here .. who will most certainly comment on my writing.

Just study the visas available and choose and if you can fulfill the requirements enjoy your time in Thailand.

Many senseless answers to the true importance of the questioner. I advise you to check the website of the Royal Thai Embassy in your home country.

There you will find clear answers to your request.

Because the Royal Thai Embassies or Royal Thai Consulates General around the world use different methodologies at their own discretion. 🤞🤞

No

As above

No one can accurately answer your questions without details. Visa criteria boils down to any or potential combinations of your age, finance, purpose, sponsorship, criminal history and intended duration.

Is it impossible to obtain two successive multiple-entry tourist visas, each allowing for a maximum stay of up to 8 months, totaling 16 months?

No

Of course. But not with a

tourist visa.

No

You could at least start with a multiple entries tourist visa (METV) and spend up to nine months in Thailand. That’s the closest you’ll get as a tourist. Apply online at the Thai Embassy at your permanent residence at date.

6 months a year maximum.