I use to spend 6 months during the European winter in Thailand. When I turned 50, I started on a 90-days Non-Imm-O retirement visa, I entered Thailand on an October 3rd, and parked 800,000 THB in my Thai bank account. Then I switched to the "one-year Extension of Stay Permit". Since 17 years, it will expire on a January 4th. So around a week before Christmas, I apply for the next "1-year EOS". Application fee is 1900 THB, and one single re-entry permit for 1000 THB keeps my stay permit alive for one exit and one re-entry. If you don't mind parking 800,000 THB on very low interest in a Thai savings account, this is the easy-peasy solution (I actually set up a Thai Last Will, signed and stamped on the Amphoe, naming my girlfriend of 17 years as the benefactor. So if I pass away, the money will benefit the person who took care of me all the time)

@Jan *****************

yes she did

@Michael **********

the visa validity period starts on the day of issue. The SETV visa is valid for use for 90 days, for only one single entry. You need to enter within the visa validity period. When you enter, you will get stamped in with a 60-days stay permit. And the visa will become invalid on entry

@Lynnette ******

“When you enter you get stamped in for the length of permitted stay” . . . . . .

I would put it differently.

“When you enter, you will get stamped in for a certain stay permit period which depends on the visa class”

*** on a tourist visa, you will get stamped in for 60 days

*** on a 90-days Non-Imm visa class, you will get stamped in for 90 days

*** on a DTV you will get stamped in for 180 days

Etc.

@Ralph *******

You are confusing the 90-days VISA VALIDITY with the STAY PERMIT you receive when entering Thailand on this visa.

With a single entry tourist visa, the 90-days visa validity starts on the day of issue

When you enter on this visa, you will get stamped in for a stay permit of 60 days. The visa becomes invalid upon entry.

You can extend these 60-days stay permit for further 30 days on Immigration for 1900 THB

Hence is why many people think there is a 90-days tourist visa, but this is wrong.

A "visa" is used for entering a country. After the entry, you are in Thailand on a "admitted stay" and not on a "visa".

Only on multi-entry visa types, you can enter as many times as you want during the visa validity period.

Valerie Herndon You are confusing the 90-days VISA VALIDITY with the STAY PERMIT you receive when entering Thailand on this visa.

With a single entry tourist visa, the 90-days visa validity starts on the day of issue

When you enter on this visa, you will get stamped in for a stay permit of 60 days. The visa becomes invalid upon entry.

You can extend these 60-days stay permit for further 30 days on Immigration for 1900 THB

Hence is why many people think there is a 90-days tourist visa, but this is wrong.

A "visa" is used for entering a country. After the entry, you are in Thailand on a "admitted stay" and not on a "visa".

Only on multi-entry visa types, you can enter as many times as you want during the visa validity period.

@Michael **********

You are confusing readers . . . . .

A single entry tourist visa becomes INVALID for further use when you enter Thailand.

You are confusing the 3 months VISA VALIDITY with the STAY PERMIT you receive when entering Thailand on this visa.

A "visa" is used for entering a country. After the entry, you are in Thailand on a "admitted stay" and not on a "visa".

Only on multi-entry visa types, you can enter as many times as you want during the visa validity period.

@Thaimer *****

of course he will get stopped at the border when he tries to exit Thailand (!!!) and will get pulled aside, he has to pay the overstay fine (500 Baht per day) and he will receive an ungly stamp in his passport

@Martin *************

a single entry Tourist Visa is valid for USE FOR ONE SINGLE ENTRY for 90 days after its issue date. When he ENTERS Thailand on this Tourist Visa, he will get stamped in for 60 days. You are confusing the visa validity with the duration of the stay permit

@Martin *************

a single entry Tourist Visa is valid for USE FOR ONE SINGLE ENTRY for 90 days after its issue date. When he ENTERS Thailand on this Tourist Visa, he will get stamped in for 60 days. You are confusing the visa validity with the duration of the stay permit