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Will I receive a visa stamp when entering Thailand with a mult-entry tourist visa?
I was approved for the multi-entry 6 month tourist visa and was sent a confirmation email. Will there be a visa stamp added to my passport when I enter Thailand in the near future?
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When you enter Thailand with a Multi-Entry Tourist Visa (METV), you will not receive a traditional visa stamp in your passport. Instead, you will present the printed PDF visa confirmation along with your passport at immigration. You will receive an entry stamp indicating your entry date and 'admitted until' along with a stay limit of 60 days. It's essential to print out the confirmation email and bring it every time you enter Thailand.
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Ole ***************
On the entry stamp it says TR-60 and the entry date, followed by last day of stay.
Roy *******
I have the multi entry visa and the Immigration officer looked at me and grinned and said you have the tourist visa?so make of that what what you will.
Patrick *********
I got the same thing and feel like it’s a waste of 200 USD. Couldn’t we have just done the normal 60+30 did a border run and did the 60+30 again? Or does the METV just make it easier?
Lawrie *******
@Patrick ********
A Multi Entry cost. is 3800 Bt regardless of Visa.An extension is 1900 Bt
That's 5700 bt for a start.
What's $200 US worth.... About 6000bt...?
Pretty good value considering the Border Run plus Extension is a very risky extension.
Graham ******
Lawrie White Why would a multi-entry re-entry permit (or even a single entry) be needed for someone exiting on a tourism entry stamp?
Lawrie *******
Graham Seal
No I didn't.. You're supporting a Tourist Visa for people who aren't Tourists.
If you're going to use a Tourist Visa to appear as you're a Tourist then at least go through the ropes and use it for the reason it was granted...
No I didn't.. You're supporting a Tourist Visa for people who aren't Tourists.
If you're going to use a Tourist Visa to appear as you're a Tourist then at least go through the ropes and use it for the reason it was granted...
Graham ******
Lawrie White you miss the point
Patrick *********
Lawrie White Graham Seal
What’s both of your favorite place in Thailand and what’s your favorite island?
What’s both of your favorite place in Thailand and what’s your favorite island?
Lawrie *******
Graham Seal
That's the deal to get 6 months hassle free mate...
In fact... if you used it to spend a week in Laos... Khmer...or say Vietnam then it definitely looks like you're a genuine Tourist.
That way you could genuinely apply for it again with a great chance you'd be accepted...
That's the deal to get 6 months hassle free mate...
In fact... if you used it to spend a week in Laos... Khmer...or say Vietnam then it definitely looks like you're a genuine Tourist.
That way you could genuinely apply for it again with a great chance you'd be accepted...
Graham ******
@Patrick ********
back to back visa exempt entries and extensions are exactly what Immigration are clamping down onPatrick *********
Graham Seal So the METV will alleviate that?
Patrick *********
Graham Seal yes first time. I hope so I may just stay 3 months but you never know so I want to be prepared.
Graham ******
@Patrick ********
If it's your first entries to Thailand so you have no history of visa exempt entries and extensions you will probably be given some leeway if using a METVPatrick *********
Nongnuch Kamdee I have a METV. Does that help any?
Nongnuch ********
@Patrick ********
if you attempt to reach 6 months of holiday in Thailand by visa-exempt entries and their extensions, be AWARE that on the first visa-exempt 60 days you can get a 30 days extension, but on the second visa-exempt 60 days you will only receive a 7-days extension! And then you personal limit of visa-exempt entries within a one-year period is reached. You won't be allowed back for a third attempt before a full year period has passedPatrick *********
Graham Seal I’m only coming for 3-6 months it’s my first time. If I want to stay longer what do you recommend?
Graham ******
@Patrick ********
yes until an Immigration Officer decides that you are trying to live long term in Thailand on it so it is no guarantee
Kim **********
What is the name of that 6 month visa ?
John **********
@Kim *********
Multiple Entry Tourist Visa (METV). While the visa is valid every time you enter Thailand you get stamped in for 60 daysChristopher ********
OP@John *********
do you know if I will get a METV stamp in my passport or will I have to carry the confirmation email every trip?Nongnuch ********
Christopher Inniss you must print out the PDF file you received together with the Email confirmation. This .pdf document is your visa and you need to present it alongside your passport every time you enter Thailand. Upon entry, you will receive a small flaglike stamp (the stay permit) with the text "admitted until" and the date of expiry in blue, 60 days away from the day you enter. And do not forget to file a new TDAC before each entry!
Graham ******
Christopher Inniss The printed PDF file is your visa and you need to present it with your passport every time you enter
Jim *****
No, only entry and exit stamps.
Alex ********
Yes you'll get an entry stamp, the same as when you enter on a visa exemption, but it will state "eVisa" on the stamp.
John **********
Nope. Your visa is in the PDF file attached to the email. Print it out and hand it over along with your passport on entry
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