Jack1988

I had read that requirement a while ago but it seems that an outbound flight is no longer required. I will apply for a METV when i will go back to UK, it looks much easier than before, good to know

Thank you all for the suggestions!

that's great! thanks!

Anyway, could I have a simple example of what a minimum of 2 inbound and outbound tickets mean?

yes, in the next few months

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That's what I want to do, exit Thailand and then come back via land border. I might try to explain them that I could do like that

Can someone simply make an example to me on what a minimum of 2 inbound and outbound tickets mean? I am planning to apply for a METV next time I will come back to Thailand, I already meet the financial requirements, I just need a simple example on how to upload 2 inbound and outbound tickets on the e-visa website, thanks last time I applied for a 60 day tourist visa and I just had to upload the flight to Thailand and out of Thailand within 60 days but they ask for more tickets with the METV

That's what would be perfect, do one border run first, then apply for a tourist visa(vientiane) and at the end do the second and final border run. After leave thailand for some months and come back again maybe with a METV, even better than a SETV

I mean, what if the embassy might reject his tourist visa application while he has already used the 2 visa exempt via land per year? I don't think it would be so difficult to book an online appointment some weeks in advance

I would not burn all 2 border run in one year, i mean i would do one border run first and then go to the thai embassy in laos vientiane to obtain another tourist visa, very easy to apply for a tourist visa over there, seems they do not boring with extensive history of stay. I go to Nong khai with bus and come back by land

I always use men officer at the airport, never had a problem, officer man always polite with me. Also the last time I come back to Thailand. I always avoid thai women officer, i don't really like the way they treat foreigners, they looks like a bit racist and always moody

ok i got it now, thanks

Ok thanks for making it more clear! My friend knows he can go to immigration to extend 30 days more but he will also do 2 border run and in case his tourist visa application could be rejected by the thai embassy in vientiane he will just come back to thailand by land and get the second and final 30 days for free that he can extend at immigration again

Sorry, there is something I didn't understand... Are you telling me that you can't do 2 border run if you come to Thailand with 60 days tourist visa?

Ok great! Thanks for the suggestions! So i'll tell my friend to only use the first border run to get 30 free days and then use a second and final border run to apply for a tourist visa at the thai embassy in vientiane. He has less than 20k thb on his thai bank account because he only comes as a tourist and he prefers to keep all his money into his wise account, he just transfers some money into his thai bank account when he needs but he still has enough time to put some more money inside the thai bank account as proof of 3 months bank statement

Just one more question: can my friend show his 3 months bank statement on his wise account or it must be from a Thai bank account? And it's possible to apply for tourist visa at the Thai embassy in Vientiane on the second and final border run?

So can he just show his 3 months bank statement but from his wise account and not Thai bank account? Because he has all money to his wise account, he just transfer some money to his Thai bank account when he needs. - there is no need to show an onward flight as proof of exit Thailand within 60 days? -can he just book an hotel on Agoda or booking for a few days as proof of address?

My friends wants to do this procedure: extend his tourist visa 30 days more at immigration, then do a border run get 30 days and extend it at immigration. Then repeat one more border run but this time he wants to go to a Thai embassy in Laos Vientiane to get another tourist visa 60 days and extend it at immigration 30 days more. Could he also do like that? He didn't understand what this requirement means, on the thai embassy Vientiane website: Travel itinerary to and from Thailand. Could you please explain better?

I am asking for a friend of mine that is coming to Thailand with a 60 days tourist e-visa. He is thinking to do a few border run later. It's possible to do the first border run going with a bus and get 30 days? After that he wants to do a second border run(always going with a bus)but this time he wants to go to a Thai embassy in Laos Vientiane to apply for another tourist visa. It's possible to do this procedure? Let me know, thanks The last time he did a few border run was on 2019

To me it doesn't make much sense to stay in thailand less than 6 months with a retirement extension. Too many papers for immigration, 800k to keep in the bank ecc. Much easier to just come with a tourist visa

Let me understand, so if you are 50+ you are forced to apply for a retirement visa/extension? It sounds crazy, why can't he just apply for a multiple tourist visa? He is not obliged to do a retirement visa. This country is being too stressful really, because of money system. Before covid, now tax, and then what else?

In fact, I have already divorced!

run farangs, run! Jokes aside, the smartest thing to do is to spend less than 180 days in thailand and end of the story, very easy, don't think too much! Like me for example, came with a 60 days tourist visa, extend it 30 days and then do a border run 30 days plus 30 days extension, another border run is optional if i want, so i would stay here less than 180 days, maybe 170 days haha, more than enough for me to live here. And repeat the process next time when i want to return to the country

500k aren't a lot of money. Can have it easy if you don't use to spend too much or have a thai wife that always ask you money for her or for all his family