@Graham *****

I was quoted “I can not let you in the country as you have been here for over 180 days as a “regular tourist”- you will have to see my superior by the border immigration officer. I had recently maxed out my METV and then gone away for 6 weeks in other countries before trying to fly back in to DMK. I was allowed in since I had a genuine reason. So beware if been in country for this period under these circumstances if trying to re-enter. Consider the entry point carefully.

Adrian just reading though the conversations here… what you really need to establish is how many days have you already been in Thailand over the past 12 months. If you have been in country under 180 days total then you shouldn’t have trouble flying in baring any extensive COVID history. If you’ve used the 2 land border entries on visa exempt already this year then those are out of the question. If you have been at around or over 180 days then expect to be questioned and have a good reason to be allowed further entry, especially at Bangkok airports. Other airports seem to be more lenient.

@Hridoy ****

many work at eve and boy selling cosmetics

@Richard ************

bare in mind the 60 day tourist visa is $300 in NZ. Everyone robbing us!

@Flukie *****

retirement/marriage/work/educational/business

Book a short flight to KL and book a rental next to an eatery/mall where you can re-cooperate . Inquire with your airline for wheelchair assistance onto the plane.

@Joseph ******

if you use the recommended Thai Visa service, make sure you check your documentation before going back in through the checkpoint to make sure the people filling in your forms for you took note of you METV. I saw they had written down 30 days instead of 60 days re-entry request for me so asked one of the guys from the company to fix up. Otherwise it was an efficient half day trip.

@Graham *****

google the visa run service in your area and see what it says on their web page as to whether they require any nightly stays at their border checkpoint that they use

@Horea ****

for the previous 12 months. Don’t think you will be able to wing a last 6 months in a year and then first 6 months with visa exempts and tourist visas. Though timing your 2 land border bounces per calendar with a border run company could get you close

If you are from a country that has visa exempt then at the end of your extension go do a border run with a border run company. Google for them in your area. They will take you by van to the border and help facilitate re-entry with a new 30 day stamp which you can then extend a further 30 days at immigration. That would get you a total of 5 months . If you want an additional month total then you could use them to facilitate another 60 day visa. Usually a half day trip. More information will be on the border/visa run company’s website page