Hello, what’s the longest I can stay/visit Thailand in the course of a calendar year? I’ve been twice in 2025 for nearly 6 weeks so far but returning in October for 5 weeks in a row.

Will this be an issue for me?

TIA for any guidance.

My wife and I are coming over to Thailand and then plan to visit Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Vietnam and finally Australia.

We are retired and financially very stable. We intend to enter Thailand approximately 3-4 times over 6-8 months.

Tourist visa with extension and boarder bounce or Muti entry visa????

Thank you

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07.05.25 Looking for a Gym nearby which is capable of providing all the documents

08.05.25 Paid Gym and got all documents

09.05.25 Email to Issa with:

1. Hotel Booking in Indonesia (with 5 business days needed, can cancel after screenshot and make different plans)

2. ID-Style Headshot Photo

3. Muay Thai documents - the gym prepared everything in Thai language:

(a. Business Registration,

b. ID of Owner,

c. Certificate from Sport Authority of Thailand Ministry of Tourism and Sport of Thailand,

d. Engagement Agreement (6months),

e. Invitation Letter,

f. Picture of Payment)

4. Bank Statements for last 6 months with 500k+ THB (In German language)

5. My Health Insurance (not necessary but i thought it might help)

6. Every page of my passport

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21.05.25 Fly back to Phuket with printed out DTV, got pulled aside immediately when the IO saw DTV, another IO gave me a form to sign with information about me and my visa. I needed to send my DTV documents to an email from their immigration. After more questions about my plans and the length of my stay - 180d stamp

Has anyone arrived from the UK this month and had problems because they did not have a VISA because we have an automatic 60 day visa for UK passport holders?

There so much contridictory information including on the Thai Government website.

Cheers.

Do I have to use the visa right away can I use it after 1 year or longer to go ? Would it cause any issues ?

Thanks .

Returned to the USA 🇺🇸 last month and plan on going back to Thailand 🇹🇭 late November. Was wondering if there has been any more talk about stopping the 60 day visa exemption?

TIA.

I know we have to leave Thailand every 6 months and then re-enter. Does anyone know for how long we have to be out of the country before we can re-enter? Thanks in advance.

Arrived in Thailand 28th Feb an got a 60 days visa at Bangkok airport.

This is my experience at the Thai, Laos Vientiane crossing these past few days on a visa bounce.

Left Thailand on 25th April. The Thai immigration officer said I could not return as they were clamping down on visa bounce however she did not red flag me in the system. She told me to take a chance and it was the returning visa officers decision whether I could enter or notm

On 29th I returned and once again the visa officer stated I could not enter. However my wife of 38yrs explained I had a return ticket to the USA and that next visit would be on a non O visa obtained in Washington. Phew! Luckily he accepted this and stamped me for a further 60 days we had our house blue book, marriage cert and my ticket. Preparation I believe helped.

Be careful they are getting much stricter.

Hope this helps.

For Americans, you got 6 months in Europe and got 2 months in Thailand without a visa, that doesn’t mean Thailand is less friendly to you than Europe, mostly because Thailand wants to generate more revenues from tourism by forcing you extending your visa or jumping back and forth, cutting the staying from 2 months to 30 days also aiming the same, generating more revenues, but this will bring more inconvenient for travelers and may affect their plans.

Home country airline and immigration ask for return ticket and hotel booking on non-immigrant visa? Thanks