What are the best visa options for UK citizens planning to stay and return to Thailand?

I’d go for a multiple entry tourist visa. Save any messing around later on and you’re then free to come and go.

You do not need a visa. You will get 30 days in arrival. You can extend another 30 days once here (That is 60 days) You cross the border and when you come back you again get anther 30 days which can be extended a further 30 days, Each extension costs 1900THB

@Megan *******

, as you can see there is more than one way to achieve your goal.

The easiest and least troublesome would be to get a SETV <- single entry tourist visa from a thai consulate in your country BEFORE you wing your way here. That would get you stamped in for 60 days when you arrive.

Then after those 2 months are up go see some countries in S/E Asia like you intend to

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then just BEFORE you intend to come back to thailand get a single entry tourist visa from a thai consulate in what ever country you're in at the time. That will also get you stamped into thailand for 60 days when you come back.

That is the easiest, least troublesome way to pull it off. It doesn't involve bouncing out and back in at a border, it doesn't involve dealing with ANY immigration office inside the country and it meets the criteria you said you wanted.

Good Luck

get the 60 day visa before you arrive its cheaper and easier than extending while you are there. then if you travel to neighbouring countries and return to thailand by plane you can stay for an additional 30 days on a visa exempt stamp

Definitely take advantage of the multiple entry tourist visa that you can get in your home nation before flying here. You can get stamped in with 60 days each entry and can extend for 30 days each time.

If you use it correctly you can get up to 9 months out of it.

You need to plan your last entry in to Thailand a day or more before the use by/ expire by date and you’ll get 60 + from that entry.

If you get a single entry while in the uk you will have to then apply for another single entry in a country outside Thailand while you’re traveling. No real hardship but why bother if you don’t have too..

Single entry tourist visa whilst in the UK will give you your 60 days, then just time it so that your trip to 'neighboring counties' ends in Laos and get yourselves another 60 day setv, other options would be just get 30 day visa exempt when you arrive an extending, but the setv is cheaper and generally less hassle if you plan it right

METV. It's made for this.

Visa exempt, 30 days for free then extend at immigration for 1,900 baht for an additional 30 days. If you don't have a history of abusing this system and haven't been to Thailand dbefore that's the most convenient way to do it

multi entry tourist visa

you need a 60 day tourist visa to start with...from uk embassy

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