My question is: how long can a tourist stay in Thailand under the current visa regulations? I am a German living in Spain . I have a German passport. I am 20 years old. I came here to visit my father who is living in Thailand on a Non Immigration Retirement Visa. I arrived in Bangkok on January 12 th on a one way ticket. I got a visa on arrival for one month. One month later I made a visa run to Cambodia .
Now I would like to get a tourist visa (2 months) ( or maybe I could get two tourist visas) because I want to stay in Thailand for some more months to stay with my father. But it’s not easy to get some information. The visa regulation seem to change one time a month. At the travel agency where I wanted to buy a return ticket they told me, I could do one more visa run and after that I have to return to Europe . Because in the meantime the visa regulations have changed another time. No way for me to stay longer than 3 months. They told me there would be no chance to get a tourist visa (2 months) at a Thai consulate. Somebody else told me I could apply for a tourist visa but I have to produce an airline ticket at a Thai consulate that proves I will leave Thailand within 14 days. Maybe some kind of a joke. But I do not know about all that. Other people told me I could get 3 back-to-back tourist visas at a Thai consulate at Penang , Laos etc. . So I can stay for 1 year (visa runs included).
My question: what am I supposed to do to stay here in Thailand for some 4-6 months? I still got not a return airway ticket but before I buy one I would like to know if a ticket dated on the July1st would be accepted. If not I would buy a ticket with an “appropiate” date.
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Confusion About Tourist Visas
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My question is: how long can a tourist stay in Thailand under the current visa regulations? I am a German living in Spain . I have a German passport. I am 20 years old. I came here to visit my father who is living in Thailand on a Non Immigration Retirement Visa. I arrived in Bangkok on January 12 th on a one way ticket. I got a visa on arrival for one month. One month later I made a visa run to Cambodia .
Now I would like to get a tourist visa (2 months) ( or maybe I could get two tourist visas) because I want to stay in Thailand for some more months to stay with my father. But it’s not easy to get some information. The visa regulation seem to change one time a month. At the travel agency where I wanted to buy a return ticket they told me, I could do one more visa run and after that I have to return to Europe . Because in the meantime the visa regulations have changed another time. No way for me to stay longer than 3 months. They told me there would be no chance to get a tourist visa (2 months) at a Thai consulate. Somebody else told me I could apply for a tourist visa but I have to produce an airline ticket at a Thai consulate that proves I will leave Thailand within 14 days. Maybe some kind of a joke. But I do not know about all that. Other people told me I could get 3 back-to-back tourist visas at a Thai consulate at Penang , Laos etc. . So I can stay for 1 year (visa runs included).
My question: what am I supposed to do to stay here in Thailand for some 4-6 months? I still got not a return airway ticket but before I buy one I would like to know if a ticket dated on the July1st would be accepted. If not I would buy a ticket with an “appropiate” date.
Have a good day Kohortek