@Jay *****

the thing is right now it's totally subjective and up to the officer you're standing in front of when you go to stamp IN to the country for them to decide if you're a "real tourist" or if they think you're abusing the visa exempt entry program. 🙁 😮

There's just no real concrete clear directive as far as what's what..

You need to be IN the country of the thai consulate you're using and you upload your visa/entry stamp to show proof you're there along with using the hotel address as your current address and your thai address as your 'permanent' one.

They ask for 3 months bank statement, but recent reports indicate that the 400K baht or equivalent only has to be in the account when you apply for the visa.

@Clint ********

wise choice (y)

Most people who are not trying to live here on repeated visa exempt entry stamps will have little or no issue getting into the country EVEN if they have been here a couple times this year, as long as they spent time in their country or out of thailand a good portion of time before comin' back.

I think 'tourists' who come here times a year, spread out over the year, who don't stay the full 60 days, who don't take the 30 day extensions are going to just skate thru passport control (But that is just my opinion)

Believe it or not a visa does NOT guarantee you get in to thailand 😮 All holding a valid visa does is make is so IF they let you in you get in for the number of days that visa allows.

There is no difference between the number of days you currently get on a visa exempt entry OR a real tourist visa you buy before you come here. BOTH get you stamped in for 60 days.

@Honza *******

you should have no issue stamping in at passport control at the airport on a valid METV, you'll get 60 day entry like you're allowed

@Honza *******

no I mean they were NOT letting people out at that border as in you couldn't stamp OUT of thailand period, they just turned you back at passport control before the bridge

@Steven ********

there is indeed NOTHING official that says only 2 visa exempt entries in a year

People are getting denied entry because of their previous entry/stay history BUT not because there's any real rule about it in writing.

@Honza *******

AT this time (at least as of last week) they weren't letting people out. Didn't matter if you have a valid visa or not.

All you can do is try, BUT I'd be ready with another plan if they don't let you out up there

@Paul ***********

(y) go SLOW, get it right, take your time, CHECK the stuff you type in carefully, if you make a mistake on data entry you will get rejected and lose the application fee, 🙂

@Paul ***********

there is no thai embassy website, you get ALL visas to thailand on the eVisa web-portal, if you're in the UK you select that and it'll automatically pick the London Thai embassy for the visa to be processed thru.

You upload all your documents, fill out the application online, submit it, pay for the visa and then wait for it to be approved.

As people said the 6 month METV (mulit-entry tourist visa) will give you unlimited entries of 60 days each for the validity of the visa.

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