Be over 50 years of age, have 800.000 thb in the bank. Apply.

@David *********

and three years of marriage visa? sounds like crap to me.

Your terminology is very incorrect. It is possible that arrived on a retirement visa (maybe) but you could not have had it for four years. If you had a retirement visa, it ran out after one year. Maybe you then obtained extension of stay based on being over 50 for the next three years. Then you possibly had extensions of stay based on being married to a Thai person for the next three years. The Visa exempt entry is for tourists coming to Thailand. I can see (and so will the Immigration officer) that by your 7 plus years of living in Thailand that you cannot claim to be a tourist, therefore I would expect that if you attempt a visa exempt entry, that the Immigration officer would rightly deny you entry into Thailand. If you want to come to Thailand you need a long term visa appropriate to your reason for stay.

@Victoria *********

True.

@Brett ********

Mate, Just like the Immigration officers, it looks to me like you are not a tourist (usually recognised as staying in a counrty for up to 90 days in a year) but are attempting to stay longer in tHailand than a tourist. So if you want to enter Thailand again in the future, then I recommend that you come on a visaq appropriate to your readon for visiting Thailand. Otherwise you will surely get denied entry.

@Anthony *****************

There is not two entry limit. Prior to the 60 day Visa Exempt Entry, there was a two land entry limit but that is no longer. It is up to the Immigration officer to let you in. If he believess that your entrys indicate that you are no longer a tourist, then he/she will deny you entry.

If you get the 60 day visa exempt stamp and extend by a further 30 days at the Immigration office, Immigration class you as a tourist. If you then attempt to enter again on a visa exempt stamp, Immigration rightly consider that after on 90 day stay in the country that you are no longer a tourist but that you are attempting to live long term in the country. While there is no legal limit to the number of Visa exempt entries, once the Immigration officer believes that you are no longer visiting the country as a tourist he will deny you entry. If you have already stayed for 90 days on a visa exempt entry, then in future to guarantee entry into Thailand, you need to obtain a long term visa suitable to the reason for your stay.

@Kim **********

Great idea.

@Trevor **********

???

If you get the 60 day visa exempt stamp and extend by a further 30 days at the Immigration office, Immigration class you as a tourist. If you then attempt to enter again on a visa exempt stamp, Immigration rightly consider that after on 90 day stay in the country that you are no longer a tourist but that you are attempting to live long term in the country. While there is no legal limit to the number of Visa exempt entries, once the Immigration officer believes that you are no longer visiting the country as a tourist he will deny you entry. If you have already stayed for 90 days on a visa exempt entry, then in future to guarantee entry into Thailand, you need to obtain a long term visa suitable to the reason for your stay. This applys regardless of if you current entry is by air or by land.