Seen by a friend at Chiang Khong border this morning

Edit: he came back today, no question asked, smooth process.

is it true that the visa exemption has changed from 60 to 30 days

After some research / all of your feedback I’m going to just get a tourist visa 60 day . uS passport , never overstayed . I was there last year for 6 months , got back 4 months ago . Was on visa exemption, 2 extensions one border run. Had a work contract but didn’t workout. Now in Vietnam, applying for tourist visa. Thanks for the feedback.

I'm a Canadian in Canada, is it still possible to get 60 day visa exempt flying in Bankok from Cannada ? Looking at the website it appears that I am able to get 60 days visa exempt. Thank you very much for your advice.

Hi everyone

Just wondering your views on METV or standard tourist visa on arrival

Ill be spending 5 months a year for the foreseable future in thailand. Im currently this time doing the 60 days on arrival, plus 30 day extension. Then off to Malaysia for a week amd coming back to get another 60 days before heading back to UK 16th May.

If the current VOA stays at 60 days, am I best just doing this each year as the METV still needs extensions and exiting the country after 90 days, along with the cost of the visa in the first place

Thanks

I travel to Thailand 3 times a year for 45 days each time (max days for travel insurance). Each time fly London to BKK and back to London. Do you think I will have any issues getting my usual visa exemption with the new rules?

I’m getting really confused by the ED VISA I’ve been emailing a few schools for information etc .. and I was aware of that every 90days you have to go to immigration and extend your Ed visa to keep studying .

But one school wrote back to me and said that you have to leave Thailand after 6 months and apply again !!! This is the first time I’ve heard them say this …

Have the changed the rules again to allow only 2 land boarder crossings?

Thailand has reinstated the requirement for tourist visa applicants to provide proof of financial resources, effective May 2025. This has now at least been implemented by the Royal Thai embassy Berlin and the 2 Thai consulates in Germany. Maybe other embassies will follow, I don't know. I wish to avoid any speculations.

It has already been installed in the e-visa online system of some Thai embassies, and others might follow soon.

This old

requirement was lifted in November 2023 to facilitate entry for international travelers.

Applicants for a 60-days single entry or multi entry tourist visa must now provide proof of at least 20,000 THB equivalent to their local currency, usually through recent bank statements or a letter of sponsorship.

This proof must be uploaded into the e-visa application.

Has any U.S. Citizen that is *not* a resident or citizen in Australia applied from Australia? I knew someone (but she was an aus citizen) who said they only checked her bank account proof for day of but now im seeing it say 3 months of bank statements and 6 months of income statements. Maybe they’ve changed the policy since she applied last year though. I had been thinking about applying in Australia.