@Troy *********

SETV is a single entity Visa.

For 60 day's and can be extended for 30 day's

If you want to leave Thailand you must get a re entry

Permit or you lose the rest of the time on the visa.

And come back in on a visa exempt

That lasts 30 day and can also be extended for 30 day's

And i think thats what you are calling a tourist visas.

The METV Is a multi entry tourist visa meaning you can come and go from Thailand with out a re entry permit.

For the length time on the METV.

I always get the SETV and extend for 30 day's

I stay for 89 day's

If you stay for 90 day's be aware of a early morning flight.

If you don't get passed immigration by midnight then you're on over stay.

and just a note to what Robert said; It is an International Driving Permit (not a license). It looks almost exactly like that b/s tri-fold cardboard one you get from the US from AAA.

Okay this is FAR off the visa advice topic of the group but this is how getting a thai drivers license works,

There is nothing in the rules that stop people from getting a 2 year temporary thai drivers license (the first one you get) on a 30 day visa exempt entry or a 60 day tourist visa.

IF you have a valid license from your country (and it's written in english) you can take it, your passport, your drivers license from your country, a proof of residence certificate (gotten from the immigration office or from your consulate) and a medical certificate to a Department of Land Transport office. In Bangkok the main one is out by Chatuchak Park.

You usually take 4 aptitude tests (peripheral vision, reaction time, color blindness and depth perception), watch an hour long movie and then you get your 2 year temporary thai drivers license(s) <- that's plural because there's one for a car and one for a motorcycle.

IF you don't have a valid drivers license from your country you need to do the above tests I mentioned, watch the move, sit the computerized multiple choice test and do the practical driving test on their little track.

NOTE: in bangkok you cannot get a certificate of residence from the immigration office unless you are on an extension of stay that does 90 day reporting.

That's all I've took to extend my SETV for 30 day's in Bangkok.

I visited 13 city's last year and got my extension in the northeast.

And told them i was going to the hotel i booked on line when i leave this office.

No problems.

@Robert ******

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@Robert ******

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