@Brett *********

that's the usual rubbish from some Immigration plumbers. It is not counted per calendar year. It won't make any sense, if you take a minute and think about it

@Ralph ******

many oil riggers are spending their off-time on a holiday in Thailand. They do repeated short holidays on visa-exempt entries. Absolutely no problem with that so far

Newfarang 57 Robert Lagas, an Immigration Volunteer, wrote the following regarding this nonsense post of the Immigration Surat Thani (while it is not even 100% clear if it got posted by Immigration or by an agent):

“Some people love to post this piece of paper, just because they think these are the new visa rules.

I just underlined a few points to show it is rubbish:

- Tourist Visa regulations

*** Okay, so you apply using the website as there are new regulations

- one exception for a tourist visa

*** No, you get the visa issued or denied, there is no exception

- two or more exceptions

*** If one is not possible, how can you get 2 or more

- All visa run histories will be reset

*** No, your history of entry into this country, usage of visa, pictures, passport use, fingerprints will stay in the database.

- two consecutive exceptions for tourist visa

*** repeating does not make rules

- after these 2 uses you must leave Thailand.

*** You must leave on or before your admitted or permitted up to stay date stamped in your passport OR apply for an Extension of Stay.

- Extension options in Samui

*** The reason used on the application gives you a possible maximum days, this could be 30. 60. 90 or longer.

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Immigration officers at the passport control of the Koh Samui airport will soon realise, that their posting is rubbish.

Simply because you can still enter visa exempt 3, 4, 5 or 6 times during a one-year period for SHORT holidays and still be classed a "real tourist", as long as you never maximized those stays and don't spend any longer than 157 days on visa-exempt entries per one-year period, separated through stays abroad

It won’t take long for them to take down this nonsense flyer

@Paul *******

There is no „reset“ on January 1st.

A maximum of 157 days on visa exempt entries "within a one-year period" is the new approach.

There is no limit to visa-exempt ENTRIES, there just is a limit on EXTENSIONS on top of visa-exempt entries (limited to two extensions "within a one-year period", the first for 30 days, and the other one for 7 days)

per "calendar year" won't make any sense! Just imagine:

if there really was a "reset" on January 1st, you could get 157 days BEFORE New Year, followed by 157 days AFTER New Year.

Which would sum up to a total of 304 days stay permit by consecutive visa-exempt entries, if they would really count "per calendar year".

So, any post that says "calendar year" must clearly be rubbish

@Paul *******

nothing resets. Immigration counts "per one-year period"

@Christopher **********

under number 1 it says "tourist purpose" , so HOW could number 2 be correct? Non-Imm-O holders are no tourists. Number 2 mentions holders of Non-Imm-visa, and this is 100% wrong. . . . . . It only affects holders of TOURISTIC entries (either on a tourist visa or visa exempt or on a DTV -which also is a tourist visa type). . . I blame all this rubbish in bad English posted by Immigrations or by agents for the confusion

@Jason **********

this is wrong. Nothing resets

ArticulateSloth6363 this is WRONG. It's a limit of two EXTENSIONS on top of visa-exempt entries within a one-year period . . . . . . There is no limit on visa-exempt ENTRIES. You can do 3, 4, 5 and even 6 visa-exempt entries for short 2-3 weeks holidays, within a one-year period if you don't exceed 157 days per rolling 365 days

@Peter ******

I would be very careful, as it appears that even on a 60-days single entry tourist visa, it still is classed as a "touristic purpose entry" , same as a visa-exempt "touristic" entry. . .So even when holding a tourist visa, you can get denied entry . . . . . Furthermore, if you have already been warned the last time you entered, you profile has most obviously received a "flagging", so each Immigration officer at any border point will, after he has scanned your passport, can see on his screen that you have been warned. . . . are you not able to apply for the 90-days Non-Imm-O Family Visa as you mentioned you are married to a Thai wife?

@Ralph ******

Robert Lagas, an Immigration Volunteer, wrote the following regarding this nonsense post of the Immigration Surat Thani (while it is not even 100% clear if it got posted by Immigration or by an agent):

“Some people love to post this piece of paper, just because they think these are the new visa rules.

I just underlined a few points to show it is rubbish:

- Tourist Visa regulations

*** Okay, so you apply using the website as there are new regulations

- one exception for a tourist visa

*** No, you get the visa issued or denied, there is no exception

- two or more exceptions

*** If one is not possible, how can you get 2 or more

- All visa run histories will be reset

*** No, your history of entry into this country, usage of visa, pictures, passport use, fingerprints will stay in the database.

- two consecutive exceptions for tourist visa

*** repeating does not make rules

- after these 2 uses you must leave Thailand.

*** You must leave on or before your admitted or permitted up to stay date stamped in your passport OR apply for an Extension of Stay.

- Extension options in Samui

*** The reason used on the application gives you a possible maximum days, this could be 30. 60. 90 or longer.

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Immigration officers at the passport control of the Koh Samui airport will soon realise, that their posting is rubbish.

Simply because you can still enter visa exempt 3, 4, 5 or 6 times during a one-year period for SHORT holidays and still be classed a "real tourist", as long as you never maximized those stays and don't spend any longer than 157 days on visa-exempt entries per one-year period, separated through stays abroad

It won’t take long for them to take down this nonsense flyer