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Is Thailand's six-month Multiple Entry Tourist Visa (METV) available for $200?
I just learned Thailand has a six month visa for $200 that you have to apply for in your is this true?
Answer summary
The discussion centers around the Multiple Entry Tourist Visa (METV) for Thailand, which is indeed valid for six months and costs approximately $200. Users clarify that with this visa, each entry allows a stay of 60 days, which can often be extended by 30 days, making it possible to stay in Thailand for nearly nine months if timed correctly. There are also references to the visa exemption for up to 60 days without a visa and potential complexities in the application process.
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Simon **********
Im thinking of going to Thailand. What do i do fir a Adress in uk ? If iv sold up
Jerry *******
It was no problem at all to get one….im on one now.
Michael ********
METV ?
UginTh******
Google is free.
Michael *******
Trust the Thai Immigration website. Filled with facts and procedures.
Tyefia *******
BronzeK*******
Too late to go Thailand, the visa are so expensive. Just go viet, they are on the stage of 2000s Thailand. In and out so easy and got multi visa 3months each for 50$ for a years
Gregg *********
$300 Aud
Orustus ***********
Stop being Cheap People 😡 Save the money for a DTV visa $15k and be able to stay for five years, come and go when you please.
Justin **********
@Orustus **********
dtv aren't the best be over 50 and get a retirement visa 😄😆
Jon ******
@Orustus **********
do you have a 5 year DTV visa...yea I figured.
Ralph *******
@Orustus **********
Some of us don’t have the means to save for a DTV or the reason to qualify for one.David **********
OPCan I stay the whole six months or do I have to do a border bounce?
Stephen ********
David Maddocks you still only get stamped in for 60 days. Which is extendable for an additional 30 days, afterwhich you need to leave. But because it is a multiple entry visa valid for 6 months, you simply re enter, get stamped in for another 60 days, which again is extendable for an additional 30 days before having to leave the country again. If you time it correctly, on the last day of the visa validity, you can re enter Thailand and get stamped in for a further 60 days and extend for an additional 30. Getting a possible near 9 months from it
David **********
OPStephen Hyvart thank you so much for your exactly correct answer so hard to get
Dave *******
David Maddocks if ya use it correctly you can get a stay of 9 months
Graham ******
David Maddocks 60 days per entry and a 30 day extension if required
Tendai ********
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Manoah ******
What about this ? Can you still enter for 60 days without a Visa under the visa exemption. If so do you have to fill anything out online or do you just show immigration at the airport your hotel, departure ticket and then they stamp you in ? I ask because they constantly change everything.
Johan_B*******
Manoah Zorn it wasnt effective until January 2025.
July 2024 was the month it got officially approved by Royal Gazette, but somehow it took 6 months before someone had actually got stamped 60-day on his/her passport
July 2024 was the month it got officially approved by Royal Gazette, but somehow it took 6 months before someone had actually got stamped 60-day on his/her passport
Ralph *******
Manoah Zorn That is changing but we don’t know when, yet.
Manoah ******
Ralph Tyson wonderful
Dca *****
for any Thai METV E–Visa Application, include a travel itinerary that includes multiple entries into Thailand, otherwise a Single Entry Tourist E–Visa (SETV) could possibly be issued instead and the difference in Thai E–Visa Fees between the USD $200 Dollars vs. $40 Dollars will not be refunded
Elías ********
Yes
Dca *****
Thai Multiple Entry Tourist E–Visa (METV) has been around for over a decade and the Thai METV E–Visa Fee is still USD $200 Dollars from Thai Embassies/Thai Consulates that use the US Dollar (USD) as their foreign currency
Miguel ********
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Graham ******
Multi-entry Tourist Visa, valid for 6 months
Jim *******
Graham Seal And you have to exit Thai every 60 days.
Jim *******
When I entertained that Multi Entry Tourist Visa, it was said , Thai official site, the visa holder has to exit (and allowed to re enter Thai) every 60 days.
Has that changed?
Has that changed?
Graham ******
Jim Davis no, that has always been wrong as a tourism entry has been able to be extended for 39 days for as long as most on hear can remember I'd say
Jared **********
No, you can get 30 day extensions for a total of 90 days per entry
Simon *******
Jared Jernegan Immigration are only giving 2 extensions a year ,first for 30 days second is only 7 days
John **********
It's called a Multiple Entry Tourist Visa (METV). It's valid for 6 months and every time you enter Thailand on it during that 6 months you get stamped in for 60 days
Jim *******
@John *********
That is what I said. 6 months MTV valid but every entry is stamped with 60 days. A holder of the MTV has to leave Thailand every 60 days, on return, no other visa appilcation, just goes as the MTV already issued allows.
Philip *******
But does it cost $200 guys?
Dave *******
Philip Jones 175 uk pounds
Ole ***************
In norway 2000 NOK; equals 200 USD
Luc ************
Philip Jones I payed 170 euro last week in Belgium.
Nongnuch ********
Luc De Clerck lucky you, Germans pay 35 Euro for the single entry (Brussels asks for 40.- Euro!) but we need to pay 175 Euro for the multiple entry tourist visa. Thailand's famous random pricing schemes 😄
HandsomeR**********
Philip Jones it depends from which country you apply. Check with the Thai embassy website in your own country. Each has the discretion to adjust pricing.
Nongnuch ********
Shane Kinneally well I read a report that somebody could apply for in Hanoi. Now that you were able to appy in Laos, is amazing
Shane ***********
Greg Alexander I applied and received my METV in Laos. It took 5 days to be approved
Graham ******
Elías Molina there have been very few reports of that and only at a couple of Embassies
Elías ********
Greg Alexander not really. In many embassies they allow non-residents to apply as well.
Greg ***********
HandsomeRaccoon5162 the METV can only be applied from your home country of residence, so it makes absolutely NO sense to check other embassies websites
Jeremy *****
@John *********
I wonder if you get stamped in 60 days or if it's only 30 now on METV.... Thoughts?
Bob ******
Jeremy Ell as the Thai people say, “are you thinking too much?”
Ismo **********
Bob Rush My girlfriend: ”you are overthinking this” in certain situations 😆
Elías ********
Jeremy Ell the 30 days change, if it happens, won't affect regular tourist visas including the single entry and multi entry visas. It only affects visa exempt entries.
Nigel **************
Jeremy Ell do not confuse it with the 60 day visa free stamp which is not a visa and will probably change back to 30 soon.
Steve *******
Jeremy Ell It's 60 days and always has been with a multi entry Tourist Visa
Graham ******
Elías Molina wrong, no visas are affected by the possible change to visa exempt entries
Steve *******
Elías Molina Yep
Elías ********
Steve Greir and a single entry visa as well
Mike ************
Jeremy Ell
Why would it be 30 now?
Why would it be 30 now?
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