What are the new rules for the 60-day visa exempt entry in Thailand?

if your country is on that list you get in free for 60 days

@Nick *********

come from one of the listed countries get stamped in for 60 days free entry

@Dylan ********

same as it always has been 60 days and you can get one 30 day extension for 1900baht

@Patrick *******

shouldn't be a problem as long as you have proof you're leaving

@Ben ********

imagine the people who showed up yesterday before 4:15PM when they started giving 60 days, they only got 30 too

@Ray **********

why would you use THREE entries in a 6 month period?

Come in get 60 days, take the 30 day extension for 1900baht

exit/re-enter get a new 60 days, take the 30 day extension for 1900baht

that's the 6 months you're asking about

@Greg *********

she can go to the immigration office, show her thai i/d and house book listing and get a year extension based on being a thai that entered on another country passport for 1900baht

@Greg *********

looks like she came in BEFORE 4:15PM yesterday because that's when the 60 day started

@Andy *******

your metv entries don't count toward the two free stamp entries you can get by land in a year.

AND

If you fly back I guess you'll find out stamping in if the officer thinks you've been here too much on tourist visa/free stamp entry..

You can try it, but I'd sure have proof of onward travel in 60 days if you're comin' off a long time here on an METV

i read the thai posting in the royal gazette and didn't see that they mentioned an expiration date, so your guess is as good as anyones. We will have to wait and see

@Paul ******

easy spouting off about something you don't understand, 🙁

I'm telling it to you exactly how the immigration officer explained it to me and I don't care if you agree with it or not I'm telling you how it works

Russia is on the Visa on Arrival list, they are on the 30 day visa waiver list AND they were on the free 90 day entry stamp list while that promotion ran (now they get 60 days )

They have THREE ways they can enter thailand VOA, 30 day waiver, 60 day visa exempt (as of today)

Evidently some of the entry forms are negotiated between countries and changing them is a task so they just ADD another form of entry for that country

@Ian **************

You need to understand how it works 😕

It's REALLY hard to delete a form of entry for a country, but it's way easier to ADD another form of entry 😮

SO some countries are on the Visa ON Arrival list, AND the Visa Exempt list.

Believe it or not Chinese can really enter THREE ways, VOA for 15 days, ผ.30-ม17 the original 30 day promotion they were given AND now ผ.60-ม.17 for 60 days

@Blagovest *********

as I explained further down where

@Paul ******

was spouting off on me about it 😮

It's hard to get countries forms of entry removed so what thailand does is ADD another form of entry ..

For instance Russia, can come in Visa On Arrival for 15 days for 2000baht, or they can decide to come in 30 day visa waiver (due to reciprocal agreement where thaiz get in to russia 30 days), they used to be on a 90 day free entry promotion that went to 60 days, BUT now they can enter 60 day visa exempt 😛

@Matthew ********

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝟲𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 ?

they will indeed but at some point you're gonna wear out free entry by air and they're gonna ask you wth you're doing and they'll tell you to get a real visa to be here or risk getting denied

Get the 6 month METV <- multi-entry tourist visa from the thai consulate in your country (Canberra or Sydney if you're in NSW) before you come here. That visa is valid for 6 months, is unlimited entry, gets you 60 days each time, and you're entering the country ON a valid visa so you aren't gonna get pulled aside like you eventually will comin' in visa exempt <- and believe me you WILL get pulled aside sooner or later and asked about it

BUT

this is a topic for another thread NOT this one, make your own post asking for visa options for your situation

@Dave ******

just got a call from the border, they just started stamping 60 days too

It's AIR OR LAND entry