Ed visa or back-to-back SETVs?

[Artful Dodger]

I am in Thailand at the moment on an SETV which expires shortly. I'd planned to be away for a few months but things have changed and I now want to stay until say March.

 

I could go home and get an METV but it's expensive. Otherwise I can do two more SETVs or an Ed visa. If I go the Ed visa route, I am going to be stuck waiting somewhere else for maybe a month while the docs are processed, plus I would be signing up for a six month course starting in say November, which means I would be leaving well before the end. I would be doing some Thai classes even if I came back on an SETV, but not as many as I would have to do with the Ed visa.

 

What are the odds of being refused two more SETVs? I would say my record is pretty clean so far. I have always come in on the visa exempt stamp and have never reentered within 3 months.

 

My plan after that is to get METVs until retirement age, or an elite card if I am refused an METV much before 50. Does three back-to-back SETVs look much worse than one SETV and an Ed visa for a course I didn't see through?

 

Thanks

[jackdd]

No problem to get two more SETV

[elviajero]

You shouldn't have a problem getting another two SETV's. 

[Tony125]

Just be aware you can extend the  SETV which gives you 60 days  by 30 days  for a payment of 1900 baht at immigration office near where you are staying.

[QPRFC]

You can do a 6 month ED visa for Thai language

[ubonjoe]

5 minutes ago, QPRFC said:

You can do a 6 month ED visa for Thai language

There no 6 month non-ed visa.

In most cases it would be a single entry non-ed visa that allows one 90 day entry that can be extended for 90 days if you are enrolled in a 200 hour course of study at a school.