@Maxim **********

you will get flagged after a warning. Even when they allow you in, but warn you that this was the last time you could enter without a visa, they will make a remark in the Central Computer. Every border official at any other border to Thailand will be able to see that you have been warned before

are you resident in the UAE? Only residents can apply for a Non-Imm-O/A visa by the E-Visa online system of their home country. The visa will not be issued in Bangkok, but sent to you by email from the Thai diplomatic mission in the UAE

@Philip ******

I used to enter Thailand on a tourist visa. In the old days, there was a single, double and even a triple entry tourist visa. You were able to spend 60 days, extend for 30 days, make a trip to Vientiane Thai Embassy and apply for a double entry tourist visa. It made 6 months stays easy. . . nowadays, if you like to spend 6 months and even up to 8 months (in 60-days partitions) the METV is your best option. And you can apply for it every year by not maximising the stay. . . Your other option if you are over 50 years old, is the Non-Imm-O 90 days retirement visa and its change to a 1-Year stay permit

@John ******

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@Philip ******

. . . you are the more on the radar if you maximise every 60-days Visa exempt stay with a 30 days extension and then rinse and repeat. If you avoid maximising each stay, likely leave Thailand for a neigbouring country before 50 days are over, stay out a few weeks and come back, the Immigration officers won't wave an eyelid and stamp you for another 60 days. . . . . The crucial point is - you must behave like a "real" tourist who is travelling South East Asia will behave

@Philip ******

you just need to spend a few months abroad before you do a next visa-exempt entry. There is no official rule on how long you can stay inside Thailand by visa-exempt, within a 365-days period. But some officers insist that after 180 days visa-exempt within a 365 days period, you should pause . . . your best option for perpetual stays is apply for the multi entry tourist visa in your home country. it will give you up to 8 months in Thailand

many IO's will check your passport for the Thai stamp history of a full year back. If they think that you have "misused" the visa-exempt entries and touristic entries for a longstay, they will issue a "last" warning. There will be nothing written into your passport, however you can rest assure that a remark was made in the central computer. On your next entries, every border official will be able to see that you have received a warning. . . . what happened to you I find a bit harsh, though, since there were many months between your recent stay and you renewed entry

@Peter ***************

i found: "Since June 2014 Cyprus accepts a valid Schengen Visa (category C, double or multiple entry) equivalent to its national visa for transit through or intended stay on its territory not exceeding 90 days in any 180-day period."

@Lana **********

Since June 2014 Cyprus accepts a valid Schengen Visa (category C, double or multiple entry) equivalent to its national visa for transit through or intended stay on its territory not exceeding 90 days in any 180-day period.

@Peter ***************

you are right. Cyprus is member of the EU, but not yet in Schengen

@Peter ***************