If you are good you can live as cheap as 15,000 baht per month 🤔

But that would mean

No beer

No girls

No eating out

Eating noodles everyday

Renting Thai style dormitory for 3,000 or less per month

No aircon

Start adding some of those things and the cost goes up the more you add 🤔🤔🤔

I’ve seen ppl post about METV from Laos, however I’ve never applied for one from there or looked into it

During Covid I turned 50 so now on retirement visa

@Jonathan *************************

before Covid, Sydney used to issue METV for 6 months

I obtained one each year for 3 years, post Covid they were no longer on offer from the Thai consulate in Sydney

@Todd ********

ok, so my friend is a fifo, fly in fly out worker, one month at work in the mines, his month off, every second month he flys into Thailand to enjoy Thailand

He is repeatedly hassled by immigration on arrival to Thailand and told to get a proper/ correct visa 🤔🤔🤔

So do they think he is working on his month off 🤔 or gambling 🤔🤔🤔

And many more ppl report issues of being denied entry ect when doing back to back tourist entry

Myself, before Covid I would enter on METV 6 months

6 months Aus / 6 months Thailand

After a few years of this I made a trip visa exemption after only staying Aus for about 3 months

At the end of visa exempt in Thailand I crossed to Laos by land, stayed about 10 days then returned to Thailand by land and was asked by Thai immigration

Where is my visa , told I need a visa, I explained politely that I can enter by land twice with visa and this was my first entry by land

IO walked away to talk to someone else, returned and angrily stated that next time I needed to obtain a visa before entering Thailand

Maybe they didn’t get the memo that long term tourist are welcome 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

If you boarder bounce just before your visa expires, you should receive another 60 days on Re entry to Thailand, then go to immigration at the end of that and extend for another 30 days 1900 baht, then at the end of that boarder bounce and on Re entry you should receive another 30 days on Re entry & then go to immigration just before that 30 days finishes and apply for another 30 days 1900 baht

However you need to understand

Thailand does not like you staying long term (living in Thailand/ trying to stay long term ) on a tourist visa process

Entry into the kingdom is always at the discretion of the immigration officer who processes you on arrival to Thailand

You may be refused entry at any time

You could also go to Laos and apply for a second 6 month METV, it may or may not be approved

Some ppl have done it & it is possible, however usually if you you try a third time back to back application it will be denied

You could ask the hotel if they will file one, explain to them it’s only be night and you will need to file one on returning home if they file one

However for one nights stay it’s not required

At worst if your concerned about a fine, just file one anyway when you return

I’ve stayed in hotels where they have asked me if I will inform immigration, because if I will they will if I’m not then they won’t either

Don’t get married 🤔🤔🤔

@David ******

just check out Thai consulate Vientiane online as I believe you have to make a booking / appointment to apply for a visa, which would be best booked before you fly there

Others may be able to give information on the booking period, I think you need to book a few days in advance

Suggest extending for 30 days at immigration then after that go to Vientiane and apply for another 60 days

All should be ok

Then after that extend for another 30 at immigration

Then go Vientiane and return to Thailand and receive 30 days visa exempt

That should get you to may

@Graham *****

yeah

I’ve never seen anything official

Was a comment someone made recently

That’s why I said apparently