@Yashar ******

You can now do only two visa-exempt entries per calendar year.

You MAYBE, depending on the discretion of the Immigration officer at the border, can do more visa-exempt entries, like 5 or more, however then your stamp history must show that those visa-exempt stays were only short stays, like 2-3 weeks, and their annual total is not more than 150 days (or 180 days, nobody knows for sure)

I guess (I cannot guarantee this) that such short holidays within one year still make you a “genuine” tourist in the eyes of an Immigration officer.

@Graham *****

The 7-days extension is a genuine extension. It's not the same as the stamp indicating you have 7 days to leave the Kingdom.

This 7-days genuine extension is counted on top of the 60 days, unlike the "7-days grace period" stamp, which starts to count on the day you get the extension application denied. . .I have already seen a 7-days genuine extension stamp

@J *************

no, they only wrote "per year". They never said if they mean "calendaryear" or "one year period" 🤣 welcome to Thailand! . . some say this, some say that, there is no real way to skin the cat

@J *************

"calendar year" ???

@Ronny **********

you cannot get a 30-days extension of the stay permit on top of a 90-days Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa. In order to achieve a 120 days stay in Thailand, you would need to exit Thailand before the 90-days stay permit expires, stay outside Thailand for a few days or up to one week, then re-enter Thailand visa-exempt. You will get stamped in for 60 days on a visa exempt entry ( guaranteed if your travel history to Thailand is not overly extensive)

@Steve ***

"deported" always comes with a ban. To get denied entry doesn't mean you get banned. Please quit posting nonsense and be willing to learn

@Brian *******

the start date was NOT the issue date? This means you lost only 7 days (19th to 26th)

@Adam *******

he applied early, which is okay, but they should have issued the visa by November 24, two days before his flight date. The 6-month visa validity starts on the day of issue, so he lost 12 days of visa validity . . . sadly, the only option to communicate with the embassy is by email, and one should ask them to postpone an METV approval until 2 or 3 days before the intended flight to Thailand, to get the optimum out of a METV

@Brian *******

you applied early, which is okay, but they should have issued the visa by November 24, two days before your flight date. The 6-month visa validity starts on the day of issue, so you lost 12 days of visa validity . . (day of issue was 14.11., and until the 26th is means 12 days are lost)

@Zack ********

you won't be hit by these changes, if you arrive on a multi entry Tourist Visa, no worries