Is the new 3-month METV from the Thai Consulate in Milan legitimate?

I just read somewhere else that the graphic and colors of the sticker for all kind of visas changed few months ago. But the point of my post is still there: the issue of a METV with 3 months validity at the same cost and requirements of a SETV.

Please pay more attention on the sticker. It's totally new for graphic and colors and there's no more the price written on it. It really looks something new. BTW: there's no sign at all of the word "USED" on the sticker either with a stamp or with a pen by hand.

So did also the IO in Suvarnabhumi airport make a mistake not stamping "USED" on the visa sticker? My friend could now extend this visa in May and then go out and re-enter before June 18 and get 60 more days extendable for 30 more. So in total with this visa she could stay up to mid September (6 months) and it costed only 30 euro + showing a bank statement of a minimum 600 euro. I don't declare anything else, that's why I posted here the pics in order to know if somebody has any knowledge of this kind of visa. Maybe in the near future we'll see an official statement about it from the MFA and/or Thai Immigration.

and pic of the stamp she got from the IO at BKK airport

Pic of the sticker

As I already written, it was a big surprise for me too and that's why I asked my friend to show me her passport. Then i saw the sticker and it confirmed what she told me earlier. Anyway I'll try later to go to her place and take the pic of the sticker.

I'll post the pic of this visa asap, but I just want to remind that Im talking of a new METV with just 3 months validity and with the same cost and requirements of a SETV.

BTW: my friend will be back to Italy beginning of May and she applied for a normal SETV but she got this new METV. She also was very surprised as she comes to Thailand every year since the '90s.

As far as i know before today the stickers of a SETV and a METV are exactly the same for graphic and colors. Just the dates and the letters S or M change.

I saw the sticker, it's clearly written Multiple and she was stamped 2 months by the IO in Suvarnabhumi airport and there's no stamp "USED" on the sticker. Once again even graphic and colors of the sticker are completely new.

Yes we know that since more than 2 years. Im talking now about a new METV with 3 months validity which it allows to stay up to 6 months if used properly. Its cost and requirements are the same of a SETV.

It was a big surprise for me too, that's why i asked her to show me her passport. Anyway I'll ask to take a pic of the sticker asap and I'll post it.

With that visa she can do in/out until mid June and if she'll enter just before the last day of validity she will get other 2 months stay permit extendable of 30 days. So in total she can stay until mid September (6 months).

I saw the sticker and it's clearly written TR and Multiple in their related sections. Even the graphic and colors are different from the usual ones. I'll ask my friend to take a pic of the visa and I'll post it asap.