I plan on going to Thailand at the end of Feb for six months. I want to get the six month back to back visa (http://www.thaiembassy.ca/en/visiting-thailand/visas/types-visas-periods-stay-fees/tourist-visa).

The official website says

2. Documents Required

A copy of round-trip ticket or itinerary

Here are my questions.

1. Is there an easy way around this?

2. Does it just require I have a ticket OUT of Thailand during the six month period (for the double entry)? Can I get a one way ticket to Cambodia scheduled for a month after I get to Thailand and that qualify?

I'd like to keep my dates flexible in case I want / need to come back early and booking with ccard miles one way is easiest.

If you are in the US, as the thread title suggest, Thai consulates there do not require tickets.

If you are in Canada, and the local consualtes confirm the need for exit tickets, you can use fully refundable tickets like on Expedia, or cheap tickets like AirAsia and other LC carriers.

You posted a link for the embassy in Ottawa.

If you are getting your visa in the states you will not need to show a ticket to get your visa.

The embassy website is down. NY consulate website has contact info for the other consulates: http://www.thaiconsulnewyork.com/

Tourist visa requirements: http://www.thaicgny.com/%E0%B8%A0%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AD-%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A4%E0%B8%A9-english-version/visa/tourist-visas/

Ooops - this was the link I intended to post. (Houston is my closest destination)

http://thaiconsulatehouston.com/touristvisa.html

Thank you for the help!

What they really want will be different from what they have on the website. Contact them for the their real requirements.

The honorary consulate in Houston is very helpful.

I want to get the six month back to back visa

"Six months" usually refers to the validity of the visa, not how long it entitles you to stay in Thailand. A two entry tourist visa would allow you to get 60 days on the first entry, which you could extend for 30 days at an immigrations office in Thailand. Then you would need to do a border crossing out and in for the second entry that would also give you 60 days, extendable for 30 days. A triple entry (if possible?) would add another 60 + 30 days. But the permission to stay and extensions do not change the expiration date on the visa you get in the US.

If the visa is valid for three months or six months, that's starting from the date it's issued in the US, not from when you first enter Thailand and your second (and/or third) entry must be done before the visa expires. Once you're in Thailand after your final entry, it doesn't matter if the visa expires as long as your permission to stay in Thailand stamped in your passport by immigrations has not run out.

i APOLOGIZE if I slightly hijack this thread....

OK, so OP does a TR 2 or something....tourist visa with double entry..... i know you can mail chicago and get that for $80 or so.

There is a date he MUST enter Thailand....and in the first 60 days he goes to immigration, pays 1900 baht, and gets another 30 days.....then after those 90 days (60 plus 30) he leaves for one second and comes back....another 60, pays another 1900 for a total of another 90 (60 plus 30)....so now he has 180 days for about $80 plus 3800 baht.....

ok, here comes my hijack....I want to stay 10 months and i can't find where to get, for sure, a triple entry in USA before flying to Thailand....if anyone knows, thanks....

I was thinking.....I just fly in and get a 30 day stay on arrival.....unfortunately, i will have a return ticket for 8 months in the future....problem???? i don't know.....I would say, "Well, I will go to Laos in 29 days and get a TR 2 there, do the 2 extensions and that puts me at about 7 months in Thailand".......i'm not really going to tell them that, so not sure what they would think of my return ticket...

Ideally I want to get back to Thailand in March(ish) and leave December (mid). thinking it through.....

I was thinking.....I just fly in and get a 30 day stay on arrival.....unfortunately, i will have a return ticket for 8 months in the future....problem???? i don't know.....I would say, "Well, I will go to Laos in 29 days and get a TR 2 there, do the 2 extensions and that puts me at about 7 months in Thailand".......i'm not really going to tell them that, so not sure what they would think of my return ticket...

Immigration doesn't care and will not ask for return tickets. The airlines can, so check the following:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/754481-boarding-to-thailand-without-return-ticket/

i APOLOGIZE if I slightly hijack this thread....

OK, so OP does a TR 2 or something....tourist visa with double entry..... i know you can mail chicago and get that for $80 or so.

There is a date he MUST enter Thailand....and in the first 60 days he goes to immigration, pays 1900 baht, and gets another 30 days.....then after those 90 days (60 plus 30) he leaves for one second and comes back....another 60, pays another 1900 for a total of another 90 (60 plus 30)....so now he has 180 days for about $80 plus 3800 baht.....

ok, here comes my hijack....I want to stay 10 months and i can't find where to get, for sure, a triple entry in USA before flying to Thailand....if anyone knows, thanks....

I was thinking.....I just fly in and get a 30 day stay on arrival.....unfortunately, i will have a return ticket for 8 months in the future....problem???? i don't know.....I would say, "Well, I will go to Laos in 29 days and get a TR 2 there, do the 2 extensions and that puts me at about 7 months in Thailand".......i'm not really going to tell them that, so not sure what they would think of my return ticket...

Ideally I want to get back to Thailand in March(ish) and leave December (mid). thinking it through.....

I think if you check with the consulate in Chicago you will find that they will do a 3 entry tourist visa. They do not state the number of entries they will do on their website. http://www.thaiconsulatechicago.org/pages-tourist-visa-requirements.html

If you only got a 2 entry visa you could make at trip to Laos for another 2 entry tourist visa.

i APOLOGIZE if I slightly hijack this thread....

OK, so OP does a TR 2 or something....tourist visa with double entry..... i know you can mail chicago and get that for $80 or so.

There is a date he MUST enter Thailand....and in the first 60 days he goes to immigration, pays 1900 baht, and gets another 30 days.....then after those 90 days (60 plus 30) he leaves for one second and comes back....another 60, pays another 1900 for a total of another 90 (60 plus 30)....so now he has 180 days for about $80 plus 3800 baht.....

ok, here comes my hijack....I want to stay 10 months and i can't find where to get, for sure, a triple entry in USA before flying to Thailand....if anyone knows, thanks....

I was thinking.....I just fly in and get a 30 day stay on arrival.....unfortunately, i will have a return ticket for 8 months in the future....problem???? i don't know.....I would say, "Well, I will go to Laos in 29 days and get a TR 2 there, do the 2 extensions and that puts me at about 7 months in Thailand".......i'm not really going to tell them that, so not sure what they would think of my return ticket...

Ideally I want to get back to Thailand in March(ish) and leave December (mid). thinking it through.....

I think if you check with the consulate in Chicago you will find that they will do a 3 entry tourist visa. They do not state the number of entries they will do on their website. http://www.thaiconsulatechicago.org/pages-tourist-visa-requirements.html

If you only got a 2 entry visa you could make at trip to Laos for another 2 entry tourist visa.

I will likely risk it with Chicago, but curious on the airline ticket statement. On the link given (great by the way) it says "if needed, itinerary or...." but on the application it makes it clear, "if required, only a copy of confirmed.........no itinerary"

I wonder if i am required (American citizen)? Let's say I buy the ticket first for departure sometime in March, send in the application, get denied (I've never been denied before for ED Visa or TR in Laos) .... I guess then i still fly and get 30 day and then head over to Laos.

If I do book my round-trip ticket (no idea when i want to come back to USA), I guess I can pay more and change the return date later. I'm thinking March/'april to December....something like that...

and what is this "name of guarantor and address of guarantor" stuff? lol.....

http://www.thaiconsulatechicago.org/pdf/visa_application.pdf

TV thread says put "self"

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/647019-details-of-local-guarantor/