What are the details of my multi-entry tourist visa validity and maximum stay in Thailand?

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Hi All,

Just a quick question as I'm not really sure about it.
I've been just granted a tourist visa with multiple entries that has to be used before the 3rd of april. Does that mean that my maximum stay will be from the 2nd of april + 90 days (60+extention) = 2nd of July? 
Or will i be getting a visa when i arrive on the 14th of november?Cause I kind of calculated the 9months from that moment, which resulted in roughly the 10th of August...
Hoping that I didn't throw away about 5 weeks of my visa by applying early...
Thanks in advance
Arne!

Ask Thailand · Answer

The user is unsure about the validity and maximum stay duration of their multi-entry tourist visa (METV) issued for Thailand, which must be used by April 3rd. The discussion clarifies that the 90-day maximum stay (60 days plus an extension) begins upon entry into Thailand, and if the visa is not activated immediately, time can be wasted. The advice provided includes entering Thailand as soon as possible to maximize the duration of the visa and considering alternative visa types for future travel.

Ellie ******* · Answer

On that note, we are done.

Wish OP safe travel regardless of how long or how short

Arne ******** · Answer

Thanks a lot everyone, I really appreciated it! Unfortunately I'll be loosing a couple of weeks, but that's a lot better than overstaying my visa haha! Thanks again 👌🏼

Keven **** · Answer

Read and re-read Tod's answer. That's how a METV works. To get the most out of the METV (almost a full 9 months), you have to enter the country as soon as you get the visa.

If you don't enter right away, you're wasting away your METV. Might as well have gotten a SETV and used two visa exempts stamps instead (8 months total).

Tod ********* · Answer

[mention redacted] Okay here's how it works

-you enter on Nov 14th and get stamped in for 59 days until Jan 12th,

when that runs down

-you bounce out and back to get another 60 days, until about Mar 12,

when that runs down

-you bounce again to get another 60 days taking you to May 10,

BUT

-just before the VISA expires you bounce out and back one final time on April 3 to get the final 60 days taking you to june 1st

and

-you get a 30 day extension on that taking you to about July 1st

That's the LONGEST you can get out of that visa with a Nov 14th arrival and the visa running out on April 3 2023

you can either bounce every 60 days or take the 30 day extension on any of those entries, the important thing is that you bounce out and back one last time to get the final 60 day entry stamp on or just before the VISA expires on April 3 2023.

if you do that you can stay until about the 1st of July 2023 or right around 229 days NOT the 270 you could have gotten if you got here right after getting that visa issued

Ellie ******* · Answer

If the “must be used by” date is 3 April, it’s the last day you can enter Thailand on that visa. So your stay from that visa can be until 1 July including a tourism extension.

Tod ********* · Answer

This is a good question and two things are at play here

The multi-entry tourist visa is good from 6 months from the date it is ISSUED <- so if you get it too early you do indeed "throw away" the time you're not here on it. You can't figure 9 months from your arrival date, it's from the date the visa is issued for.

It's really unlikely you're gonna get 9 months of stay out of that visa because you are burning up the validity of the visa by not being here 😕

What are the details of my multi-entry tourist visa validity and maximum stay in Thailand?

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