What changes are being made to the visa-free stay duration in Thailand?

@Sarahh *****

Airbnb isn't illegal in thailand. It is only illegal if you use/stay in Airbnb for less than a month this is so they don't compete with the typically short stay hotel vacations. So if you are staying in an Airbnb for a month or more it is legal.

@Phil *********

you can still extend it for another 30 days at immigration

@Jay *****

I wouldn't count on it if I were you. They'll probably cancel your DTV at some stage even if you get it

@Wayne *******

Because it was temporary measure and a Tourist Visa still gives you 60 days on entry and the option to extend for another 30

@Greta ****

cannabis staying legal 100%

And if you live I. Thailand it doesent matter about day rule

@Ben **************

Just apply for a tourist visa online. Takes a few minutes and you'll get 60 days which you can extend for 30.

@Frances *******

could always get a 60 day tourist visa ?

@Ricky *****

yeah got mine approved recently within 3 days, all good to go

@Ricky *****

have you ever applied for the multipe entry tourist visa?

@Ricky *****

hi ricky so we're going over 9th jan for the 1st time from uk whens the best time to apply for our 60 day visa please?

@Martin ********

It was also 45 days for a while in 2023,.

@Martin ********

Short term experiment. They didn't like it

@Martin ********

The Thai government is great at creating confusion. Just look at the ETA / Digital entry card fiasco currently going on as well

@Martin ********

not yet, Thailand dosent all of a sudden act

@Khun ***********

it was a temporary change to 60

@Khun ***********

they are getting way too many tourists with 60 days visa 😂 record breaking numbers

@Brenda ********

me too! 😯

@Brenda ********

I also am going to be in thailand in April but for this visit I have a 60 day tourist visa which only took 3 days to get approved as I didn't want to risk my visit

@Anthony ******

nobody knows yet

@Anthony ******

Read the article

@Steve *********

Who the hell works a regular job nowadays? It's 2025, not 1970s. The days of working as a salary man for forty years at a company are long gone.

@Steve *********

I'm retired come twice a year on 60 day visa exempt.

@Steve *********

why pay £30 for a 60 day visa and deal with the thai embassy asking for passport details and photos, intinary showing entering and exiting dates etc when you can get it for free on visa exempt, semi retired, self employed, backpackers and gap year students are all people that will use the 60 day visa exempt 😊🙏

@Steve *********

not everyone works 9-5 and has two weeks holiday a year, I contract all year and want the winter in Thailand.

@Steve *********

I get 182 days a year holiday.

@Steve *********

America gives u 6 months of tourism

@Steve *********

mine actually, i do all my hours in 9 months

@Steve *********

work in tourism without paying rent and voila...

@St***

Well, not everyone works for a company. For me the logic is sound tho, because there's still a lot of people who works illegally, but still, whether if it is 30 days, 15 days, or 60 days, if people is going to decide and stay illegally they'll do. So there's no point to think it can change anything towards people staying illegally. At the end, saying no tourist needs 60+30 is simply not accurate because it's not like that in all cases. I'm a freelancer, so I don't have to worry about schedules, I can extend my vacations as much as I want, I did the 60+30 because I wanted to live on a different place, but yet I wanted to visit first and seeing how's life there. I used 60+30 as a tourist, met lots of places , and after enjoying for that amount of time I decided to get the DTV, and now I have it. So far I've met a lot of people who did the same before taking the decision of living in Thailand, and securing the large amount of money you need while applying for a dtv.

@Steve *********

I agree that no jobs offer 90 days holiday per year, BUT, you know there is people who has money and doesn't need to work, right?

@Steve *********

retired people may well travel for lengthy periods.

@Steve *********

thousands of gap year people and people like me that are about to retire part time