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Peter ***************
Seems I'm wrong about the back-to-back aspect. That's good!
Peter ***************
Well that's the official line. Perhaps different Embassies take different views.
Peter ***************
If you time it right, you will be able to stay for 9 months with your METV. Make sure you last trip arrives in Thailand before the "enter before" date on the visa to get another 2-month stamp, and extend that for a further 30 days. You are only allowed one METV in any 12-month period.
Peter ***************
It was a while ago, during the time when they busted some Chinese boiler rooms there.
Peter ***************
A senior official in Chiang May is on record as saying it is fine for digital nomads to work on a tourist visa as long as customers and payment is all overseas. Staying long term on a tourist visa is not legal, however.
Peter ***************
No work permit with retirement visa either, and I would imagine not with investment visa.
Peter ***************
Better to go to the nearest immigration centre and pay the overstay as soon as you can.
Peter ***************
Expiry dates are fixed. You can go out and come back in within the date if you have a reentry permit. You can also extend the expiry date with the appropriate fee. But you cannot alter it just because you are not here.