What are the best visa options for a 5-month stay in Thailand next winter?

Well if you're in a neighboring country you could walk although most fly.

Visa school 6 month ..

Is it possible to get a 60 day entry stamp plus a 30 day extension. Then leave for 14 days and then come back and get an additional 60 day entry stamp plus an additional 30 day extension. By next year we will have sold our villa in Turkey, then get Retirement Visas in Thailand.

All political claptrap!

It'll never happen Vinson! The tourist/visitor dollar 💰💵 is too tempting!

I know having an exit ticket is officially in the rules,but the many many times I've been to Thailand,have never been asked or checked! Just a thought! Have always had one though.

Best way go Vietnam

Do it the right way .... Get a visa

METV.

Tourist visa 6 months .. simple

As noted by many an METV, You will need to show proof of need with a ticket out of Thailand within the first 60 days and a ticket back into Thailand sometime after that.

6 month METV and you still have to fill out a TDAC every time you cross back into Thailand.

Get an METV - multiple entry tourist via $200USD. It’s good for 6 months . Before you’re there 60 days you must leave the country. When you get stamped back in you get another 60 days. You can get a 30 day extension for 1900 baht which extends your stay as well.

Don't mess with the Thai Authorities otherwise it will bite you. Get the correct VISA required, don't rely on borders runs, have your return air ticket if they require this. Suggest you check with Thai Embassy 2 months before departure to get their up to date requirements as things can change from now 🤗

Aeroplane and hotel

Get a 6 month METV 🤷🏾‍♀️

It’s highly likely the 60 day exemption will be cut to 30 days well before you arrive, plan your trip carefully and follow the last official immigration news

Get a Tourist Visa Multiple Entry, 60+30m days, take a trip for a few days to another country, 60 days, go home

Your best and easiest visa option is: come to Thailand for 5 up to 6 months during the wintertime (October thru March) on a “6-months Multi Entry Tourist Visa”.

It has easy to fulfill requirements and it can be used for a 5 to 6-months holiday every year.

It comes with a multi re-entry permit included. Each entry gets you stamped in for 60 days. You can apply for a 30-days extension on Immigration, or simply do a border bounce to receive another 60 days admitted stay stamp.

If you buy the 30 days extension for the second entry, you will have accumulated a 5 months stay (60+60+30= 150 days)

The TDAC (digital arrival card) is just an information you give online about your personal details, your first accommodation and your Passport and flight numbers

Without an exit ticket proving that you will leave after 60 days , you won’t be allowed on the plane to get here

Most likely impossible , It’s not a free for all anymore

The new govt is threatening to make Visa exempt only 30 day and allow only 2 a year first with a 30 extension second with 15 days

105 days with a visa run

You need to do some of your own homework

Multiple entry tourist visa from the thai embassy in your home country.

Marry a Thai national, I did lol

Check the Thai Embassy website where you are from , look at the various visa, requirements and choose the visa which meets your needs

For 5 months it would make sense to apply for a Multiple Entry Tourist Visa (METV) in your home country before you travel

Multi entry tourist visa £150 gives you 6 months. Can stay up to 60 days then take a short trip to Vietnam or close country

TDAC isn't any sort of entry, it's just an arrival card. Depending on your nationality, you can enter with a visa exemption stamp (most people do this). Probably best to just apply for the 6 month tourist visa if you intend to stay that long. Thailand has been cracking down on the visa exemption as people have been abusing it