@Marc *******

you will not get 90 days on each entry if a subsequent entry breaks the rule. The rule can’t be broken irrespective of number of visa runs attempted etc.

@Marc *******

I’m inferring the need to leave for a period in order to maximise the number of days in Europe within a year.

Which is the game I thought we were playing per the original post - ie people trying to ‘continually’ live in Thailand doing perma visa bounces.

The rule is 90 per 180 days so if you wanted to stay for longer than 90 days how would you do this within a 180 day period?

Perhaps the confusion is that:

It’s 90 per 180 days (regardless of how many visa runs/entries made)

It’s not 90 days per entry regardless. eg If you have used up any of your 90 days in last 180

I dont wish to sound patronising, but please don’t be rude; just because you don’t agree doesn’t mean it’s fake news.

@Marc *******

@Marc *******

no point arguing here. Do please read. The rules are quite clear.

@Marc *******

re Europe.

You definitely cannot leave and immediately reenter for another 3 months.

You must leave for 3 months before returning. It’s 6 months in any one year.

Thailand are merely attempting to enforce their equivalent policy.

Can you imagine if the Cheap Charlie’s a la Thailand attempted this: all the groups would be full of “…how can I rent an inflatable dingy to go to Dover for a day then return that evening”?

That’s rather disingenuous opinion.

The rules changed in tourists’ favour ie longer period of 45 days for visa exempt. And that’s extendable by 30 days.

That some over stay or continuously attempt visa bounces is a different matter as and - as always - subject to the immigration vagaries but at least there is some form of latitude. (The rule is stated regarding the number of land or air entries permitted per year too)

Maybe if we compare this to what would happen if one tried the multi-visa-bounce-cheap-charlie plan in europe, usa or better still, The Middle East. Rubber glove time.

Living the dream 😉

Review the spelling and erudition of posts in the expat groups to find clues to a possible answer.

Sorry to hear that.

Booking.com and Agoda are the same company. So if you want to take your business truly elsewhere try Expedia/ Hotels.com?