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What are the best visa options for a Belgian planning to stay in Thailand for six months to study online?
Hello folks , I'm Belgian and will be arriving in Thailand very soon by land. I plan to stay for six months. Am going to visit and study online. What are my best options for my stay and what do I need to do to be in compliance? Tourist visa or something else ? What are the cost. Thank you in advance 🙏🏻
Answer summary
A Belgian expat planning a six-month stay in Thailand can consider the Multi Entry Tourist Visa, which allows for easy extensions and border runs. Initially, upon entry, one can stay for 60 days and extend for an additional 30 days at immigration. After 90 days, a border run is necessary to re-enter for another 60 days, followed by another potential extension. It's advisable to check the Thai embassy's website for the latest details and costs involved.
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Stephen *****************
60days free upon entry
30day extension at immigration
Border run before 90days are up, re-entry another 60days upon entry
30day extension at immigration again
6months easy as.
30day extension at immigration
Border run before 90days are up, re-entry another 60days upon entry
30day extension at immigration again
6months easy as.
Graham ******
@Stephen ****************
Recommended to use a border run agency these days to get back-to-back visa exempt entries especially after maxing out the first to stay ~90 days.
Ralph *******
DTV perhaps.
Ant ***********
6 months
Probably Multi Entry Tourist Visa simplest & most cost effective
Look at the Thai embassy website in your home country for the details
You would still need to do Visa extension after 60 days then after 90 days leave Thailand
Then return again and restart the next 60 days
Probably Multi Entry Tourist Visa simplest & most cost effective
Look at the Thai embassy website in your home country for the details
You would still need to do Visa extension after 60 days then after 90 days leave Thailand
Then return again and restart the next 60 days
Graham ******
Sounds like the OP is already travelling so cannot get a METV
Nongnuch ********
@Ant **********
"You would still need to do Visa extension after 60 days" , , ,sorry but this is complete nonsense. There is NOTHING such as a "visa extension" . . . . . . You enter on a METV, you get stamped in for a 60-days stay permit. This stay permit you can either get extended with 30 more days for 1900 Baht on Immigration, OR you have to exit Thailand BEFORE the 60 days stay permit expires (not "after 60 days" because that means you will already be in overstay "after 60 days" !) and on each re-entry during the 6-month visa validity, you get stamped a new 60-days stay permitRob *****
OP@Nongnuch *******
thanks for return 🙏🏻 so per 60 days visa run ok , you think it can be ok to do that 3 times ?Nongnuch ********
@Rob ****
then you need to check for another option. If you have the money - Elite Privilege Visa . . 5 years for 900,000 THBRob *****
OP@Nongnuch *******
am in south East Asia for years …Nongnuch ********
@Rob ****
click onto "tourist visa" on this website **********************************************************
Nongnuch ********
@Rob ****
you can apply for a Multi Entry Tourist Visa only in your country of residence, using the E-Visa online system of the Thai embassy in your home country. You cannot get it inside Thailand or at the border . . in your case, through the e-visa system of the Royal Thai Embassy BruxellesRob *****
OP@Nongnuch *******
ok noted , can I get the METV at the land border or do I have to apply online ?Nongnuch ********
@Rob ****
yes, absolutely no problem. The METV has a validity of 6 months starting on the day of issue. Within this validity period, you can do unlimited entries into Thailand ("multiple re-entry permit"). On each entry, you will get stamped in for 60 days. . . . at the moment, there is a little controversy if you can get a last 60-days stay permit when you do a last entry shortly before the visa validity expires, which would mean that you can actually get a stay of 8 months out of the METV. . . some people report that the last entry was rejected, but I assume it was for a different reason, maybe it was something personal . I don't know for sure, you need to check reports in the FB-groups that tell about the multi entry tourist visaAnt ***********
Yes
Rob *****
OP@Ant **********
👍🏻 the first 60 days are still charge free ?Nongnuch ********
@Rob ****
watch out for wrong terminology from people who know nothing but feel obliged to replyActivity
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