What are the requirements for applying for a METV at the Liverpool consulate, especially regarding bank statements?

Your correct. I've been out of the UK for too long. It's $7000.

I also found this for anybody applying for visas between now and into November

@Se**

, using single entry visas at some point is gonna come back and bite you one way or another. Either you're gonna get a warning stamp from a consulate from hitting it too many times, or you're gonna get grilled comin' in because of your visa history.

A METV is definitely the way to go. I don't know a single person who's ever been questioned entering on a 6 month METV from ANY border crossing or by air.

You cannot get a 12 month ME Visa in the UK unless you are 65 and over plus drawing a state pension. A 6 month ME Visa along with official bank statements showing a balance of at least £7k over the previous 6 months, also requires a verifiable letter from your employer stating your employed. Self employed need verifiable accounts. Consulates cannot issue ME entry visas. They have to obtain approval from London since early last year.

@James ******

yes an Metv allows you to come and go. A regular visa also allows that *if* you pay for a re-entry permit before leaving Thailand and assuming your visa has validity for your return dates.

Personally I'd just use single entry visas. You can use them more years and years with no restriction. Whereas the 6 month metv requires significant hassle.

@James ******

the 6 month METV has a validity of 6 months from when you first use it, you can stay 60 days per entry, you can also do one 30 day extension per entry, however the optimal usage is to leave Thailand and re-enter just before the "valid to" date which gets you a 60 day entry just before the visa expires, then do a 30 day extension on that final entry. This gets you almost 9 months stay here in Thailand.

@Ste***

the OP was talking about an METV which is a tourist visa.

non imm OA can be had from london but need docs cert and funds to show in uk bank

@Sean *******

maybe that’s where my confusion is come about as I was asking in Liverpool about a 12 month multiple entry non imm O, not a tourist visa

There has never been a 12 month tourist visa. The relatively new METV (multi entry tourist visa) has only ever been valid for 6 months. With careful border bounces you can get almost 9 months out if it, but it is still a 6 month visa.

Yeah I’m up for that mate. I’m in Na Di on the ring road. Back there in a few days after I’m finished at work

I was in Pattaya from 2011 to 2015 then moved up north to Udon Thani to get away from the madness 😂

Sound

Good stuff. If you don’t mind let me know how it goes as Liverpool is the closet to me when I’m back in the UK

Unless it’s because I was asking for a 12 month and not a 6? No idea

Okay sorry, it must have changed.

I’ll bare that in mind for future reference.

It was back in April I was speaking to her....