Answered5 months ago
What are the requirements for booking a return ticket when applying for a METV to Thailand?
Want to stay in Thailand for 4/5 months from November.
I will apply for a METV for my stay.
Are Emirates within their rights to ask for for the return ticket which i will purchase when booking my flight or would i need a ticket out of Thailand after 60 or 90 days?
I will apply for a METV for my stay.
Are Emirates within their rights to ask for for the return ticket which i will purchase when booking my flight or would i need a ticket out of Thailand after 60 or 90 days?
Answer summary
The original poster wants to stay in Thailand for 4-5 months using a METV and is uncertain about Emirates' ticket requirements. Respondents clarify that showing proof of onward travel, such as a return ticket or an exit flight booked for either 60 or 90 days later, is necessary. Several users suggest that the ticket doesn't need to be expensive, and that a cheap or refundable ticket could suffice for both airline check-in and Thai immigration procedures. Many also note that some flexibility exists regarding ticket requirements, as the METV is a multiple-entry visa allowing various travel options.
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Simon *******
Why don't you get a 90 day non O visa for £60 then a 30 day extension for 1900 but this would give you 4 months without leaving the country ,you would then leave and return on a 30 exemption to give you 5 months
Carol ********
Simon Adams we are a couple 66 years age, want to go for 3 months, how easy is it to get yhe money o visa? What criteria?
David ********
Just buy a cheap throw away air ticket or buy a fully refundable air ticket bus/train tickets will not be accepted of course at check they might not even care, just down to the person at check in and their mood
Steve ********
I have shown the airline check-in desk my visa which is long term, they were ok with that. If you get turned around at BKK immigration it is the airlines problem, that's why they sometimes check.
Rick ****
Even with a METV, you are limited to 60 days per stay. You need an onward ticket within those 60 days.
Siggi *******
Rick Ny no you don't need
Dca *****
for any Thai METV E–Visa Application, include a travel itinerary that includes multiple entries into Thailand, otherwise a Single Entry Tourist E–Visa (SETV) could possibly be issued instead and the difference in Thai E–Visa Fees between the £150 Pounds vs. £30 Pounds will not be refunded
Siggi *******
Dca Dca just write exit by land every 2 month, no problem at all you don't need any flights just a 1 way flight to Thailand
Steve *******
You'll need onward travel within 60 days to board your flight
Siggi *******
Steve Greir no
Steve *******
Siggi Tirak Yes. The METV gets you stamped in for 60 days, Emirates will require onward travel within 60 days and so will Thai Immigration if you're asked by the Immigration Officer
Alex ********
Doesnt have to be a return flight. Just book a cheap bus from Nong Khai to Vientiane.
John **********
You're going to have to show a ticket out of Thailand and a ticket back to Thailand anyway to justify the METV
John *********
OP@John *********
I thought the outbound ticket from the Uk and return to UK after ***
months would suffice?John **********
@John ********
nope, its a multiple entry tourist visa. You need to show why you need multiple entries
Shane ***********
John Doughty just flew home after 6 months in Thailand. Only had to show entry flight and exit flight. Did not need to show exit after 60 days, one trip to Laos and one to NZ. No issues at all.
Pui *****
Paul Thomas applications for METV require that you show you have more than 1 booked flight in and out of Thailand to show why you need a multiple entry visa. It doesn't have to be a return ticket to your country of origin. It can be a round-trip ticket to Malaysia, for example.
Graham ******
Paul Thomas wrong, you have to justify a METV with an arrival flight, exit flight and re-entry flight
Paul ********
@John *********
No you dont lol.......The whole idea of a METV is you can choose what you want to do in country......As @John ********
says a ticket inbound after 5 months is fine as was mine when I did 6 monthsJohn *********
OP@John *********
so i would need a return ticket out of Thailand and back again after 60 or 90 days?Graham ******
They might ask for proof of onward travel i.e. a ticket to an international destination leaving Thailand before your original permitted to stay period is up
John *********
OPMy original post was questioning what Emirates require now can anyone explain what i need to put on the application for METV?
A flight from the Uk and then a flight leaving Thailand after 60 and a return back to Thailand?
A flight from the Uk and then a flight leaving Thailand after 60 and a return back to Thailand?
Iri *******
John Doughty I fly from Scotland Glasgow to Bangkok with Emirates. Always buying a cheap ticket from Bangkok to Saigon . Emirates in the airport are always asking to show them this ticket.
Steve *******
John Doughty Just buy cheap onward travel within 60 days, it will satisfy Emirates and Thai Immigration
Shane ***********
John Doughty just arrived back in Oz after 5 months on METV. Only needed entry flight and exit flight 5 months later
Shane ***********
John Doughty correct
John *********
OPShane Kinneally And thats all you put on the application form for the METV?
Greg ***********
Graham Seal "you have to justify a METV with an arrival flight, exit flight and re-entry flight" . . . . . . . . . . .😶😶 . . . . . But you can only enter TWO dates into the e-visa application: the flight to Thailand and the intended return date. HOW would you upload and show a third flight ?
Graham ******
Greg Alexander you upload tickets
Greg ***********
Graham Seal do you really need already booked tickets? The E-Visa System is asking for "intended date of travel" and "intended date of departure", together with respective flight numbers. It is not asking for confirmed tickets
John *********
OPGraham Seal After 60 or 90 days?
Graham ******
John Doughty METV gets you 60 on entry so 60
Steve *******
John Doughty You can apply for a 30 days extention, extensions of stay are issued at the discretion of the Immigration Office, they're not a given
John *********
OPGraham Seal Although you can extend for another 30?
KungfuP********
As long as you show itinerary of return flight should not be an issue. Some airlines now do ask for it.
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