According to Bangkok shuho (Japanese paper) Thai government is considering

new type of visa and coming soon

http://www.bangkokshuho.com/article_detail.php?id=5050

let's hope that visa won't be "Japanese only"

for japanese people? or everyone

Not only Japanese.

This makes a lot of sense and would remove the need to do stupid visa runs to nearby countries for a stay longer than 90 days.

How many back to back 1 year visa runs will they allow?

It is depends on Ministerial meeting.

I hope it will be endless

But will it come with brown-nosing service at the airport like the 500,000 TE visa?

All too confusing. What would be the advantage of a non "o" visa compared to 1 year tourist?

Me thinks they should come up with a simplified visa / permit to reenter / or even stay system.

I think the info is a bit misleading. They are talking about a multiple entry tourist visa which does not exist now they are issued by the number of entries.

A Google translate of the article mentions they cost 2000 baht now which would be a 2 entry tourist visa and that the new one year would be 3000 baht that is a 3 entry tourist visa. Perhaps a tourist visa with a one year validity is what they are writing about but if was a 3 entry visa it would not be any better than what you can get now.

Another article said thai government is trying to start new visa

before Chainese new year.

Japanese writer who write this article

got the info from thai news paper.

http://thai.news-agency.jp/articles/article/9360

As ubonjoe points out there is no such thing as a multi entry tourist visa.

Tourist visas only come in single entry, double entry, or triple entry now.

In my humble opinion, if the article doesn't show they know that elementary fact ..... then the people starting that rumor lack credibility.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I'll withhold belief for now until I see more reliable info.

original source is leak from กระทรวงมหาดไทย、Ministry of Interior to Thai news paper

but never tell name of thai paper need time to cear

http://sunbeltasia.com/contents.aspx?page=14c4cb68-abf1-48b4-a1b2-bea9978b22cb

Time will show how far that comes if at all and how long it will last -amazing Thailand always good for a speedy release of unfounded news.

http://sunbeltasia.com/contents.aspx?page=14c4cb68-abf1-48b4-a1b2-bea9978b22cb

Seriously?! I guess most foreigners in Thailand spend 10-20k THB just for visas every year, now 1 year for 3k THB. They will NEVEN do that!

Seriously?! I guess most foreigners in Thailand spend 10-20k THB just for visas every year, now 1 year for 3k THB. They will NEVEN do that!

They obviously see much more to it. This will attract tourists to stay longer, and spend more money while in Thailand. Buying motorbikes is mentioned as one thing, and much more. It will also attract more tourists imo, even if officials are not sure of that. I believe it will, more people will choose Thailand as their destination, if they could get these multiple (4?) tourist visas, and stay one year at the time.

Neighboring countries has gotten their share of tourists moving from Thailand, now I am not surprised if this will make them consider coming back.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs are reported to have submitted a proposal to the NLA to allow all foreign visitors to Thailand the ability to apply for a “Multiple Visa”.

The new visa class would allow tourists to stay for up to six months for a fee of 2,000 baht or for a period of up to one year at a cost of 3,000 baht.

The details of the visa have yet to be revealed but the Ministry is hoping that the NLA will approve the proposal before Chinese New Year next month.

The Association of Thai Travel Agents believes that while the project would definitely help facilitate tourists’ stay, they are unsure if it would actually bring more visitors to Thailand.

It should be noted that this is nothing more than a proposal at this time and government departments submit many ideas that never get rubber stamped, most recently the New Year alcohol ban.

http://www.stickboybangkok.com/news/proposals-submitted-6-12-month-tourist-visas/

By the Way we See Chinese New Year passing and hopefully everybody who felt tempted to comment on this and other breaking news learnt a lesson to keep calm on news of this kind

By the Way we See Chinese New Year passing and hopefully everybody who felt tempted to comment on this and other breaking news learnt a lesson to keep calm on news of this kind

I managed to stay calm despite my comments