Longest Tourist Visa Possible

[theoracle]

I have spoken to Hull / Cardiff consulate and it seems the 12 month Non O visa is no longer obtainable or not as easily obtainable as it was.

The lady at the Cardiff consulate said the 6 month triple entry tourist visa can give you 9 months in the same way a 12 month non o/b gives you 15 months. The hull consulate said it does not work like that and the maximum is 6 months.

Can anyone confirm if this 6 month triple entry visa gives me 6/9 months.

Cheers

[beechguy]

Yes, you can get close to 9 months total on a triple entry visa. Each entry is 60 days, and each entry can be extended by 30 days for 1900 Baht, you just need to make sure you do the third entry before "Use by" or visa expiration date.

[lopburi3]

It provides 3 stays of 60 days each for 180 days total. But with 30 day extension of stay from Immigration three times that may be extended to 240 days. Immigration could say no but normally does not.

[jpinx]

Yes, you can get close to 9 months total on a triple entry visa. Each entry is 60 days, and each entry can be extended by 30 days for 1900 Baht, you just need to make sure you do the third entry before "Use by" or visa expiration date.

Does the triple entry visa have an extended expiry date? Normal tourist visas expire after 90days, which is obviously going to make 3entries of 60 days plus extensions impossible.

[lopburi3]

If they call it six month that will be the validity of the visa. It depends on the Consulate if more than 90 days is allowed.

[bobo42]

Consulates seem to differ, but I think they are indeed referring to the validity period of the visa as six months. If you play your cards right, you can get nearly nine months out of a triple-entry visa with six-month validity. You have to make sure you get the visa issued as close as possible to your arrival to Thailand, because the 6-month validity of the visa starts from the issue date of the visa, not your entry into Thailand. Each entry is allows you to stay for 60 days, but you must use any entries before the visa validity expires. Each entry can be extended for an additional 30 days stay.

Shortly before your second entry and extension expires, your visa expiry date should be up. Make sure you exit the country and use your third enty before the visa validity expires (6 months from issue date), this gives you your last 60-day entry, which you can again extend for an extra 30 days. If your first entry into Thailand was done just shortly after your visa was issued, this nets you almost 9 months.

Just about to do my third and final exit/entry in a couple of days. Got my visa issued about a week before my flight, so I'll be 8+ months at the end of the last entry/extension if all goes well.

[jpinx]

If they call it six month that will be the validity of the visa. It depends on the Consulate if more than 90 days is allowed.

Yes - I just read http://www.thaiembassyuk.org.uk/newversion/visa/visa_tourist.html :- Remarks, that seems to indicate that 6 months is the maximum. The advantage of 3 entries is you don't have to pay 1900 baht for extensions.

Does anyone have experience of the Thai Consul in Glasgow and their attitude to 3 entry tourist visas, and if they accept postal applications?