What should I do with my METV before the 60-day stamp expires in Thailand?

@Ja***

unfortunately this isn't the "how can I get to the closest border", "is it better to fly or bounce by land" f/b group.

You're not the ONLY foreigner living there that needs to bounce out and back. Ask around, google is your friend, this group is your friend for VISA questions. It is not your friend for how to get from point a to point b questions.

Sorry about that, at least you know how the visa works now.

Good Luck (y)

Let me explain how that visa works

The 6 month METV is a multi-entry tourist visa that allows you to come and go all you want to thailand during the validty of the visa itself (6 months from the date it was issued)

Every entry gets you stamped in for 60 days. When that entry runs out you have two choices;

Go to an immigration office and get a 30 day extension for 1900baht

OR

Exit/re-enter thailand to get a NEW 60 day entry stamp.

Even if you do get the 30 day extension at the immigration office you will still need to exit/re-enter the country after that runs down to get a new 60 day entry stamp.

You can spend almost 9 months of time IN thailand (in 60 day increments) by bouncing out and back in every time your entry stamp is running out to get a new one.

When that 60 days runs out you either go to a border, stamp out of thailand, stamp in and out of another country and then stamp back into thailand to get a NEW 60 day stamp OR you go to the immigration office and pay 1900baht to get a 30 day extension.

Then when that 30 days runs out you have to exit/re-enter to get a new 60 day stamp.