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Your situation is virtually identical to mine. I've been in and out on one tourist visa and two exempts since September. How many times have you been in and out on Visa exempts?

Can a Visa agent source me one?

What's the one year multiple entry Visa? I've not seen that option before. Unless you mean business or education visa?

Ah I didn't realise I would have to be in my home country to get an METV. Guess that idea is out of the question then. I suppose my only other option is an education visa but they seem to be coming down on that now too. Nevermind, I'm not wedded to Thailand I think I'll try other places and then come back a few months later. It's a shame, I love Thailand but they make it so difficult to stay longer than a few months. I just read that the Philippines let you extend a tourist visa for up to 3 years! You don't even have to leave the country either. Think I'll pop over there on my next exit from Thailand and see what that's like. Thanks for the replies.

Hi all, I've lurked here for a while but this is my first post. I want to stay in Thailand for a year. My passport history is thus: Sept 2022: Entered on 60 day tourist visa. Didn't extend and went to Vietnam for 1 month. Dec 2022: Entered on 45 day exempt, extended and left Thailand on last day and went to Malaysia for 6 weeks. March 2023: Entered again on 45 day exempt. Asked about onward journey at Don Muang. Didn't have but let me in anyway. I'm currently extended until 1st June. I just read that I can get the METV and stretch that out to 9 months. I'm thinking of leaving a few days before 1st June, going to an embassy (not sure where yet so any advice on that is welcome) getting the METV, entering and extending for 30 days. Leave, re-enter and extend for 30 days. Leave, re-enter on last day of visa validation and extend that for 30 days. Finally, coming back in on a visa exempt, this will be around Feb 24. Extend that and then go back to UK. For the final exemption I will have my ticket back to the UK booked before re-entering Thailand. I realise this is pushing it with immigration but I will actually be sticking to the rules as stated, of course TiT but that's the best I can do. I will only have had 1 exempt stamp in the calendar year if doing it this way and I will have a valid METV visa so I should be OK but any thoughts on the feasibility of this plan will be welcome, thanks.