What are my options to extend my 60-day tourist visa in Thailand under the new rules?

They are primarily checking whether you are using visa-exempt entries to live in Thailand and possibly work illegally. There are telltale signs of prolonged stays in Thailand. Each entry is utilized to the fullest, i.e., stayed almost 60 days, extending each entry. Border runs to turn around and get another visa-exempt entry in the past and then use it to stay in Thailand to the fullest.

There are no new "visa rules" or a new law.

What has changed, mandated from above, is the strict scrutinizing of your number of visa-exempt entries and the thorough check on "visa runners" (actually they meant to say "back-to-back border runners").The new approach taken by border officials is intended to ensure that the option to do a "visa run" is not abused.

Now as far as regarding extensions on visa-exempt entries, it does appear that the Immigration offices are indeed only issuing 7-day extensions if you already got one previous 30-day extension on any visa exempt entry this calendar year (since January 1, 2025).

It is totally up to the discretion of the immigration officer you are in front of when you apply for the extension and they will tell you if you can get the 30-days extension, or if you're only going to get the 7-days extension.

The thing is right now it's totally subjective and up to the officer you are standing in front of when you go to stamp into the country for them to decide if you're a "real tourist" or if they think you're abusing the visa exempt entry program.

There's just no real concrete clear directive as far as what's what.

Some people with a 30-days extension already on a previous visa exempt entry reported getting another 30-days extension without any issue, however some have reported they only got a 7-days extension issued. So your experience might vary.

60 + 30 + 60 + 7 = a maximum of 157 days per year... and it seems this is regardless of whether you arrived by air or across a land border.

Visa-exempt entries themselves are not limited, even though some believe that unlimited visa-free entries are possible by air. This is simply not true.

Visa-exempt entries are not limited to two entries per calendar year. This is a misconception, and some agents spread this information to make profit from panicked people. Some agents are warning that you should not believe FAKE NEWS telling you that visa-exempt entries are limited to two per calendar year.

Under certain circumstances, but always at the individual discretion of the border official, multiple visa-exempt entries are possible, like four, five or even more, if you don’t abuse the system.

In this case, however, the entry history in your passport and on the immigration central computer must prove that your stays were short-term holidays like 2-4 weeks, and the total annual stay must not exceed 157 days (some will say not exceed 180 days)

And there should be several weeks or months between each stay. Your best proof of not abusing the system is when you can show that you returned to your home country between each visa-exempt stay or stayed abroad for a long time.

The intended aim of the new approach was to prohibit "visa runs," where you only entered briefly a neighboring country and then immediately re-entered.

You must be able to prove the planned short stay at the immigration counter—for example, with proof of onward travel or a return journey, such as a flight ticket.

It seems that a border official would consider you being a "genuine" tourist based on such short holiday trips within a year.

In this case, they expect to see on their central computer that you never extended the 60-days visa-exempt stay permit – i.e. maximized – any of these short trips.

The 7-day extension is a REAL extension. It's not the same as the stamp "application for extension denied, you have 7 days to leave the Kingdom", even if to some people it looks like a “grace period”. I have already seen the stamp of a 7-days extension, it takes up half of a passport page. The original “you have 7 days to leave” stamp is smaller, takes something like a quarter up to one-third of the page

What has become crystal clear, is that "per year" is defined as "per calendar year."

Those who want to be on the safe side should obtain a single-entry tourist visa in advance for stays of up to 60 days, with the option to extend for 30 more days.

Someone entering on single-entry tourist visas plus two extensions, with a few months interval between each stay, is good to go for a maximum of “touristic” 180 days "per a 1-year period" (not per calendar year – as this is calculated differently)

it might be time to go home

Go to immigration and ask.

Have I missed where the OP has confirmed which type of entry he's using? The new guidelines issued to immigration are only for visa exempt

There is no 90 day tourist visa there all 60 days upon entry if your on a visa exempt stamp and have already extended it by 30 days according to what is said you’ll only be eligible for a 7 day extension,then you have to leave and apply for a tourist visa online and no guarantee that will work

Based on what’s been published you’ll get a 7 day extension since you’ve already received a 30 day extension.

There are no new rules. What are you talking about.

IF your visa exempt, and dont have a long history of trips this year, you should be Ok they want tourists not people living here on visa exempt. Be prepared to chat with the immigration officer.

Are you on an actual tourist visa or a visa exempt entry? You may only get 7 days if the latter. If you don't get the extension or you don't get a long enough extension you have to leave the country