With Thailand's Multiple Entry Tourist Visa (METV), you get a 6-month validity from issuance, allowing unlimited entries, with each stay granting up to 60 days, extendable once by 30 days at immigration for a total of around 9 months if strategically used, requiring a border run or re-entry every 60-90 days within the 6-month visa period.

Key Details:

Visa Validity: 6 months from the date it's issued, not when you enter Thailand.

Length of Stay per Entry: Up to 60 days.

Extension: Each 60-day stay can be extended by 30 days at a Thai Immigration office (fee applies), for a total of 90 days per entry period.

Entries: You can enter Thailand multiple times within the 6-month visa validity.

How it Works (Example):

Get METV: Visa issued, valid for 6 months.

Enter Thailand (Day 1): Get a 60-day stamp.

Extend (Optional): Extend for 30 days at Immigration (90 days total).

Exit & Re-enter: Leave Thailand (e.g., by air or land) before your stamp expires and re-enter to get another 60-day stamp.

Repeat: Continue this process until the 6-month visa validity ends.

This strategy allows you to stay in Thailand for roughly 9 months (60 days + 30-day extension) before needing a new visa, as long as you re-enter before the 6-month visa expires.

The stamp says ‘upto 14 Jan 2026’ which means permitted to stay till 23:59 on 14 Jan — it does not say before 14 Jan 2026.

@Darren ******

And rightly so, because tourism is the mainstay of this economy!

@Greg **********

wow buddy — the best post on the subject!! Thanks 😊

@Kevin *******

Only in your dreams— nothing is updated on the embassy’s website or gazette!!

@Robert *********

by definition, they do 🤣🤣