What visa options are available for spending 2-3 weeks per month in Thailand while running a business in Australia?

@Matt *******

yup.. a man with so much money would not be saying righto or princess.. 🤥🤥🤥🤥 But thanks for the laugh.

@Matt *******

, put it this way, your upper limit is around my yearly budget.....lol....really

Up country, not in puk puk papaya....lol

@Matt *******

, ok, PM if you have any questions and I'll try and help you the best I can with advice. I've just fled China after years. Pattaya is not representative of Thailand at all

@Matt *******

didn't see, will look

@Matt *******

good luck....you have it covered

Example:not my case but foreign teachers earn a fifth of that here or less. At your lower end.

@Dallas ****

nowhere is it written "6 times a year". I've never even heard that, and 95% of members responding will agree.

But most importantly, a single entry, gets a 30 day visa exempt stamp, which can be extended another 30 days. That's two months. Try and do that more than 6 times and you'll discover that the year is over already. And you can do another 6 each and every year ....

@Matt *******

Sorry I wasnt doubting you, just curious. I did the same and more cutting grass and hedges in London. There was a time just before covid, my thai girlfriend, lived in New York, wasnt keen on moving to London. I also had a friend working at British Airways, offered me his staff consessions. So on a Thursday or Friday morning, I'd go to work, squeeze in a few jobs, crack the whip and keep the boys motivated then leave them to it, while I rush to the airport to jump on the next flight to NYC, but its BA's busiest route, LHR-JFK, Like 15-17 flights a DAY, and then some to Newark too, so they take off at least every hour from Heathrow, and I live 30 mins from the airport in the Heathrow Express Bus, comes just one mile from my home, and £2.40, all the way. And at the other end, the airport bus too, $11.50 into central station, midtown, but can take upto an hour. But inbetween, I'm in BUSINESS CLASS, every time, as there is so many flights, there is always empty seats available for staff travel. You can pay a little premium to guarantee a business class seat, bumping you up the priorty order, but like less than £100 extra return. But its easy to view the bookings, and see where the empty business class seats are. I think only once or twice the checkin staff suggested I wait 40 mins for the next flight if i wanted business. And once you have a staff booking on the system, if you don't take your flight/seat, it rolls over to the next day automatically. And if you happen to arrive early, days early even, the staff will just get you on the next seat as normal, win/win. So id book the flight with my friend, £280, return, and I can turn up at the airport at any time, even 3 days late or 3 months late, or 3 days early, and I just flash my passport and I'm in. No re-booking, no phonecalls, emails, nothing. Its like a golden ticket. My friend had high priority over other staff too. So there could be a pilot, or a pilots wife, or a technician with 45 years of service, with a ticket in there hand, walking to the gate, and I turn up and when they get to the gate, they get told their seat has gone, as I'm walking past them onto the plane with their ticket. I never did that of course, infact I offered my seat up once, I could see the guy was anxious to get on a flight, and i got the last available seat, so i asked the staff to put me on a later flight and gave it up. I wouldn't have done the NYC trip if it wasn't business class AND at £280, it would be too much to handle and wear me out. But for over a year, I was cutting lawns on a Friday morning, flying business class to new York. And getting there just in time for a late lunch in Brooklyn or the Lower East Side. It was surreal. Rock and Roll.

@Matt *******

I understand. Everything is relative. If it's a day payout, of course, it won't break your wallet 😉

@Matt *******

I have done back-to-back tourist visa for several years. In the past nine years I would estimate 60% of those are tourist visas. Many people in group say it's not possible but it seems to work for me.

@Matt *******

Technically you can get as many as you want. Some claim there is a limit, that really depends on the embassy that you use. I would definitely shop embassy (get a visa from one, then another etc). The METV is your best bet. They are valid for 6 months, but if you stamp-in on the last day of it's validity, it can be extended 3 more months giving you a total of 9 months.

When I was shopping for METV from Australia I found Brisbane and Melbourne were the friendliest embassies.. I think post covid Brisbane Thai Embassy is gone, not sure about Brisbane. Point is, different embassies have different policies.

If you are showing that you leave Thailand every so often, the Thai authorities won't care too much about you coming. They are more concerned about people who don't ever leave.

You're first long trip here will be the most confusing.. After you experience how things work, the visa process will make more sense... Thai authorities are goofy.

@Luke ******

Yes you only need one official to flag you and they may have just had a bad day.

@Michael *******

agree 💯 but still stuck to if everything’s in order and polite and honest, problems rarely occur.

@Luke ******

But i had been doing it for ten years at that time with no issues

@Stuart ********

does this allow unlimited in and out but with a max stay of 30 days ?

@James ****

no, during the 6-months visa validity of a METV, on each entry you will get stamped in for 60 days. Within the visa validity period, you can do an unlimited number of entries

@Nongnuch *******

looking to bridge the break between end of work visa and the big 50 this can work well

@James ****

unlimited in and out with a maximum stay of 90 days (60 day tourist stamp plus 30 day extension)