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Thanks both of you for the info. You've lowered my anxiety levels somewhat! 😬 I really wish I'd looked in to this sooner and paid for a TV, but anyhow hopefully I get in! Have a great week, cheers!

Thanks for the reply. It's what I thought which is why I didn't get a tourist visa, but in hindsight I wish I had to save the stress, as you say, in TIT nothing is guaranteed! I guess the moral is to cover yourself and get a visa before you leave to avoid the uncertainty. Hopefully I get a decent immigration officer at Bangkok and get in. My main concern is about this 90 in 180 day rule which seems to be a since abolished rule but with reports of immigration officers still using it as a means to deny entry. 90 in 180 days would make no sense with the current 2x 60 day plus 1 extension VE per year. You would think it would be advertised as 1 VE per 6 months rather than 2 per year if this rule was in effect. But expecting things to make sense with rules in Thailand is never wise! The other concern I have is that I also have 29 days on a tourist visa from early this year. The trip (and TV entrance stamp) was last December so in the last calendar year, but I didn't leave Thailand until January 29th so technically have another 29 days added to the total amount of days spent in Thailand this year, although this was on a TV so I would hope it does not count towards the VE allowance if there is one... So in total I have had 88 days this year (29 on a TV and 59 on VE). I really hope this does not give more reason to be denied entry. I guess I'll find out soon! Thanks for the help.

Hi everyone, I wonder if anyone can shed any light on the requirements or restrictions on using a visa exemption twice in a year. I thought it was quite straightforward, but I keep finding information about people being refused entry, and restrictions for 90 days within 180 etc. Not sure if the rules have changed because of the new 60 day exemption but I'm starting to get a bit worried because I am leaving on Wednesday so have no time to get a tourist visa and I already used a 30 day exemption with a 30 day extension in March. So I have had 60 days already on an exemption earlier this year, then went back to the UK for 2 months, now I'm going again and hoping to get entry on my 2nd exemption this year, this time for 60 days. I should have known better and got a tourist visa for peace of mind, but it's a bit late for that now! Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks