How long can you make Thai Visa last?

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How long can you make Thai Visa last?

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Apart from the 1 year, Thai retirement visa, how long can i make a normal Thai visa last?

1.Being a British cutizen, i automatically get 1 month free. I presume i then can extend for a month, or must leave?

2. Then outside of Thailand i can apply for a Thai Visa, which will give me 2 months that i can extend for 1 month (3 months total)???

3. So then, i leave and repeat(= another 3 months total??)

4. Can someone help clarify?
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5 months.
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LionsLeftTesticle wrote:5 months.
How would you do it?

If you were British do you get free 30 days, then extend that=2 months?/ THEN LEAVE, get tourist visa, return with 2 months, and extend extra month=3 months?

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Get a free tourist visa, valid for 60 days, extend in country 30 days 1,900 .....travel to Laos, Burma, Malaysia, Cambodia, Australia get another tourist visa 60 days, extend 30 days,...so ur up to 6 months
repeat as needed
MOST embassies will issue 3 tourist visas in a row, than u head to another embassy in another country till they finally stamp your passport that no more tourists visas allowed
could take years and after about 6 tourist visas expect to be questioned at immigration.

You can also get married
have a thai kid..dont need to get married
go to school

OR apply for a multi entry 6 month tourist visa in ur home country,( hoops need to jump thru) get up to 8 months out of it
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snookieboi wrote:
LionsLeftTesticle wrote:5 months.
How would you do it?

If you were British do you get free 30 days, then extend that=2 months?/ THEN LEAVE, get tourist visa, return with 2 months, and extend extra month=3 months?

:popcorn:

Tourist visa + extension = 3 months

Then 2 quick in outs for 2x30 days.

Obviously you can stay much longer on more than one tourist visa.

Like years and years, even if you need to do ed visa after a few years.
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A customer came into my bar a few days ago saying that the Thai immigration computer system was now much more integrated as of last December.
He said that you could stay in Thailand for only six months in a twelve month period and that now the computers were picking up anyone who had stayed longer than that, and refusing entry.
If this is true it's going to have a dramatic effect on Thai visa runners I would think.


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jah steu wrote:A customer came into my bar a few days ago saying that the Thai immigration computer system was now much more integrated as of last December.
He said that you could stay in Thailand for only six months in a twelve month period and that now the computers were picking up anyone who had stayed longer than that, and refusing entry.
If this is true it's going to have a dramatic effect on Thai visa runners I would think.


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not true, they tried that a few years ago but it never went into effect. but yes the computer sometimes work. some people have posted on TV that after 6-7 back to back tourists visas they are pulled aside at immigration an asked what they are doing or 2 years of visa exempt entries by air ( than told to get a propper visa).NONE so far have been refused entry
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Ricardo,

Think I said on other thread but do visa exempts definitely extend for 30 days?

Got thinking 1900 for 30 days cheaper than laos or Cambodian visa + bus journeys for 60 days.

So that would be 7 months no visa run.
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LionsLeftTesticle wrote:Ricardo,

Think I said on other thread but do visa exempts definitely extend for 30 days?

Got thinking 1900 for 30 days cheaper than laos or Cambodian visa + bus journeys for 60 days.

So that would be 7 months no visa run.
the longest you can stay in country inc extensions is 3 months before you have to leave the country, you cant stay for 7 months solid unless you have one of the 1 year visas or retirement visas but still even them you have to do 1 border run a year or something if im not mistaken
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yes 30 days
after 90 days u would need Leave the country and get
another free tourist visa ( till August)
or re enter with a visa exempt stamp

I had to do my 90 day report yesterday, loads of tourist were getting their 30 day extension on their 30 day visa exempt stamps
1 year visas or retirement visas but still even them you have to do 1 border run a year or something if im not mistaken
HUH?? I NEVER have to leave if i dont want to :beer3:
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