svaldezi Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 So since it seems that Thailand is moving to become more strict with the double entry tourist visa process. How will people who stay here on long term tourist visa make it now? Do you think maybe people will have to go to Vietnam for a month or 2? Do you think this is just all talk and then back to business? Do you think us farang (with out the other visas ) will have to find some other loop hole. Or is it still a wait and see situation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post oncearugge Posted October 30, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted October 30, 2015 Waiting until full detail of the planned changes are revealed rather then speculating would be advisable. My own belief is that remaining in Thailand by using serial tourist visas will become very much more difficult. There are other, legitimate, means of securing a long term stay in Thailand. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ubonjoe Posted October 30, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted October 30, 2015 There will not be a double entry tourist visa anymore. Same for 3 entry visas. The only tourist visas available will be a single entry or the multiple entry tourist visa. The multiple entry visa apparently will give the same total stay that is possible with a 3 entry visa. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksam Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Future will tell. My uniformed guess will be that you will be able to do back to back METV at the consulates that currently do double and triple tv. So business as usual. Relax 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkidlad Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Every time it looks like this is the final nail - it isn't. Corruption and greed haven't gone and won't be going with the tourist visas. Where there's a will there's a way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KhunBENQ Posted October 30, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted October 30, 2015 (edited) Future will tell. My uniformed guess will be that you will be able to do back to back METV at the consulates that currently do double and triple tv. So business as usual. Relax Sure not. The foreign ministry website as well as all embassy/consulate websites where the METV surfaced confirm that the METV will only be available in your country of residence. Just today a thread about Cambodia: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/866652-thai-embassy-website-metv-requirements-starting-13th-nov-2015/ Edited October 30, 2015 by KhunBENQ 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aneliane Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Future will tell. My uniformed guess will be that you will be able to do back to back METV at the consulates that currently do double and triple tv. So business as usual. Relax Sure not. The foreign ministry website as well as all embassy/consulate websites where the METV surfaced confirm that the METV will only be available in your country of residence. Just today a thread about Cambodia: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/866652-thai-embassy-website-metv-requirements-starting-13th-nov-2015/ Cambodia is last week news, and since Washington has announced accepting non-residents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aneliane Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Future will tell. My uniformed guess will be that you will be able to do back to back METV at the consulates that currently do double and triple tv. So business as usual. Relax Sure not. The foreign ministry website as well as all embassy/consulate websites where the METV surfaced confirm that the METV will only be available in your country of residence. Just today a thread about Cambodia: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/866652-thai-embassy-website-metv-requirements-starting-13th-nov-2015/ Cambodia is last week news, and since Washington has announced accepting non-residents And so has Canberra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Future will tell. My uniformed guess will be that you will be able to do back to back METV at the consulates that currently do double and triple tv. So business as usual. Relax Sure not. The foreign ministry website as well as all embassy/consulate websites where the METV surfaced confirm that the METV will only be available in your country of residence. Just today a thread about Cambodia: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/866652-thai-embassy-website-metv-requirements-starting-13th-nov-2015/ The MFA website has no info on it other than the first press release. The embassy website in the US just requires you provide a copy of a valid visa. Most of the countries that have posted the requirements were only doing visas for citizens and residents of the countries where they are located before the METV.. Others were only doing single entry visas before the METV so no real change at them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post oncearugge Posted October 30, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted October 30, 2015 Future will tell. My uniformed guess will be that you will be able to do back to back METV at the consulates that currently do double and triple tv. So business as usual. Relax Sure not. The foreign ministry website as well as all embassy/consulate websites where the METV surfaced confirm that the METV will only be available in your country of residence. Just today a thread about Cambodia: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/866652-thai-embassy-website-metv-requirements-starting-13th-nov-2015/ Cambodia is last week news, and since Washington has announced accepting non-residents THAT is a misrepresentation of fact ......... This is what is stated. "7. For non-US citizen, a copy of permanent resident alien card or a copy of valid US visa" I do not believe those using serial tourist visas will be obtaining US visas to secure another Thai tourist visa ! http://thaiembdc.org/tourist-visa-category-tr-multiple-metv/ 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aneliane Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Future will tell. My uniformed guess will be that you will be able to do back to back METV at the consulates that currently do double and triple tv. So business as usual. Relax Sure not. The foreign ministry website as well as all embassy/consulate websites where the METV surfaced confirm that the METV will only be available in your country of residence. Just today a thread about Cambodia: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/866652-thai-embassy-website-metv-requirements-starting-13th-nov-2015/ Cambodia is last week news, and since Washington has announced accepting non-residents THAT is a misrepresentation of fact ......... This is what is stated. "7. For non-US citizen, a copy of permanent resident alien card or a copy of valid US visa" I do not believe those using serial tourist visas will be obtaining US visas to secure another Thai tourist visa ! http://thaiembdc.org/tourist-visa-category-tr-multiple-metv/ They accept non-residents despite what Ministry says and thats what counts. It shows that as per usual each consulate decides what they like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Future will tell. My uniformed guess will be that you will be able to do back to back METV at the consulates that currently do double and triple tv. So business as usual. Relax Sure not. The foreign ministry website as well as all embassy/consulate websites where the METV surfaced confirm that the METV will only be available in your country of residence. Just today a thread about Cambodia: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/866652-thai-embassy-website-metv-requirements-starting-13th-nov-2015/ Cambodia is last week news, and since Washington has announced accepting non-residents THAT is a misrepresentation of fact ......... This is what is stated. "7. For non-US citizen, a copy of permanent resident alien card or a copy of valid US visa" I do not believe those using serial tourist visas will be obtaining US visas to secure another Thai tourist visa ! http://thaiembdc.org/tourist-visa-category-tr-multiple-metv/ There might be people visiting the US that would want to apply for a visa. The US issues 10 year visitor visas, Many would not need a visa because they get a visa waiver which I am sure would be accepted by the embassy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oncearugge Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 aneliane Clearly you are better informed than most Where.is the link to "what the Ministry says" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aneliane Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 aneliane Clearly you are better informed than most Where.is the link to "what the Ministry says" ? No.... I just focus on information rather than trying to troll people that's all. I am referring to the official announcement, surely you spend 24/7 on this forum, I am not going to offend you by posting the same announcement we all seen dozens of times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksam Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Blind Freddy can see that after the introduction of METV nothing much changes. Will suit some more than current double and triple. I fly in out los every few weeks would suit me perfect. Don't then need reentry permit. For many others they will just obtain the new METV when required at consulates nearby. What's the fuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BritTim Posted October 30, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted October 30, 2015 THAT is a misrepresentation of fact ......... This is what is stated. "7. For non-US citizen, a copy of permanent resident alien card or a copy of valid US visa" I do not believe those using serial tourist visas will be obtaining US visas to secure another Thai tourist visa ! http://thaiembdc.org/tourist-visa-category-tr-multiple-metv/ There might be people visiting the US that would want to apply for a visa. The US issues 10 year visitor visas, Many would not need a visa because they get a visa waiver which I am sure would be accepted by the embassy. There is a lot of room for doubt, but I suspect those entering the US on short visits using an ESTA will not qualify for an METV. I think we will find that green card holders and people with "H" visas, for instance, will be OK but not casual tourists. Time will tell. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thai006 Posted October 30, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted October 30, 2015 if in lao they say only lao people can apply what you gonna do ? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksam Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 if in lao they say only lao people can apply what you gonna do ? Loas will issue them. Vientiane for example. If they do not I will drop my dacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritTim Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 I am waiting to see two things: What happens in Laos. Will the METV be available there for non residents? Will double entry toutist visa be scrapped? Whether they work out a reasonable scheme for frequent visitors like 3 weeks on / 3 weeks off oil workers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrendsd Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 if in lao they say only lao people can apply what you gonna do ?[/quote Loas will issue them. Vientiane for example. If they do not I will drop my dacks You are posting your assumption that Laos will offer the METV on multiple threads and while I hope you're right no one knows anything about what Laos will do 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMA_FARANG Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 (edited) I am able to qualify for a retirement visa/extension anyhow. But I could also do a METV if I wished. I am a U .S. citizen, so no problem getting a METV in the states. I have the funds to show to stay in Thailand, I currently live in Thailand, and can show a contract with a place of residence monthly in Thailand. I pay for my apartment in Thailand monthly and can show receipts proving that I get a monthly pension paid to me in my Thai bank account monthly and I can show I have funds to live in Thailand for 6 months easily with no problem If I wished to I could easily qualify to stay the 6 cold months of snow and ice in my U.S. home area in Thailand on a tourist METV visa. In fact, if the Thais looked at it carefully I am exactly the kind of "quality tourist" they should be trying to attract with their 6 month multi entry tourist visa. 6 months every year in Thailand, and 6 months back in the U.S. in the summer......I could happily do that. If they would just see the opportunity a 6 month tourist multi entry visa is just the thing for me, as well as a nice profit maker for Thai immigration. All they would have to do is to market it to the right group and they can have a good money maker. All Thai immigration has to do is think about it clearly and see the METV as the profitable money maker it could be if marketed properly. Just make it available to the "six month annual tourist" who want to live in Thailand and escape he cold winter in the U.S. and Europe. by making it available in Thailand with some restriction on funds and of course not allowing the METV holder to work in Thailand. Am it he only one who sees this? I am not a marketing genius, but I can smell the opportunity here. Wake up, Thai immigration, and see what a fantastic opportunity you could have here. Edited October 30, 2015 by IMA_FARANG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksam Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Who cares what a USA chap thinks about the METV that suits him. It has not been solely designed for 6 months los and 6 USA. Despite the fact apparently your a quality tourist. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksam Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 if in lao they say only lao people can apply what you gonna do ?[/quote Loas will issue them. Vientiane for example. If they do not I will drop my dacks You are posting your assumption that Laos will offer the METV on multiple threads and while I hope you're right no one knows anything about what Laos will do In all posts I have stated exactly what you just stated. Such as ......cannot be 100% sure......'......imo......etc . Side bets welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asiantravel Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Future will tell. My uniformed guess will be that you will be able to do back to back METV at the consulates that currently do double and triple tv. So business as usual. Relax but how do you reconcile your uninformed guess with the fact that METV can only be obtained in your home country? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrendsd Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Future will tell. My uniformed guess will be that you will be able to do back to back METV at the consulates that currently do double and triple tv. So business as usual. Relax but how do you reconcile your uninformed guess with the fact that METV can only be obtained in your home country? Not true regarding some countries, as posted by other members Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuketrichard Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 I am able to qualify for a retirement visa/extension anyhow. But I could also do a METV if I wished. I am a U .S. citizen, so no problem getting a METV in the states. I have the funds to show to stay in Thailand, I currently live in Thailand, and can show a contract with a place of residence monthly in Thailand. I pay for my apartment in Thailand monthly and can show receipts proving that I get a monthly pension paid to me in my Thai bank account monthly and I can show I have funds to live in Thailand for 6 months easily with no problem If I wished to I could easily qualify to stay the 6 cold months of snow and ice in my U.S. home area in Thailand on a tourist METV visa. In fact, if the Thais looked at it carefully I am exactly the kind of "quality tourist" they should be trying to attract with their 6 month multi entry tourist visa. 6 months every year in Thailand, and 6 months back in the U.S. in the summer......I could happily do that. If they would just see the opportunity a 6 month tourist multi entry visa is just the thing for me, as well as a nice profit maker for Thai immigration. All they would have to do is to market it to the right group and they can have a good money maker. All Thai immigration has to do is think about it clearly and see the METV as the profitable money maker it could be if marketed properly. Just make it available to the "six month annual tourist" who want to live in Thailand and escape he cold winter in the U.S. and Europe. by making it available in Thailand with some restriction on funds and of course not allowing the METV holder to work in Thailand. Am it he only one who sees this? I am not a marketing genius, but I can smell the opportunity here. Wake up, Thai immigration, and see what a fantastic opportunity you could have here. NO you could not get a METV just from the bold they would turn u down for a new METV ur NOT a tourist ( you state ur living in Thailand) so why would they give u a tourist visa? are u employed in the states? Can u provide air tickets into an out of the states? Tourist do not; have bank accounts in the country they are visiting do not have homes/apts there do not have driving licenses are not employed their etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksam Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Future will tell. My uniformed guess will be that you will be able to do back to back METV at the consulates that currently do double and triple tv. So business as usual. Relax but how do you reconcile your uninformed guess with the fact that METV can only be obtained in your home country? Incorrect. One example .....if I was in USA with a visa I will be able to obtain an METV . My thinking in many posts that this will be available in some thai consulates. Yes just an opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrendsd Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 (edited) I am able to qualify for a retirement visa/extension anyhow. But I could also do a METV if I wished. I am a U .S. citizen, so no problem getting a METV in the states. I have the funds to show to stay in Thailand, I currently live in Thailand, and can show a contract with a place of residence monthly in Thailand. I pay for my apartment in Thailand monthly and can show receipts proving that I get a monthly pension paid to me in my Thai bank account monthly and I can show I have funds to live in Thailand for 6 months easily with no problem If I wished to I could easily qualify to stay the 6 cold months of snow and ice in my U.S. home area in Thailand on a tourist METV visa. In fact, if the Thais looked at it carefully I am exactly the kind of "quality tourist" they should be trying to attract with their 6 month multi entry tourist visa. 6 months every year in Thailand, and 6 months back in the U.S. in the summer......I could happily do that. If they would just see the opportunity a 6 month tourist multi entry visa is just the thing for me, as well as a nice profit maker for Thai immigration. All they would have to do is to market it to the right group and they can have a good money maker. All Thai immigration has to do is think about it clearly and see the METV as the profitable money maker it could be if marketed properly. Just make it available to the "six month annual tourist" who want to live in Thailand and escape he cold winter in the U.S. and Europe. by making it available in Thailand with some restriction on funds and of course not allowing the METV holder to work in Thailand. Am it he only one who sees this? I am not a marketing genius, but I can smell the opportunity here. Wake up, Thai immigration, and see what a fantastic opportunity you could have here. NO you could not get a METV just from the bold they would turn u down for a new METV ur NOT a tourist ( you state ur living in Thailand) so why would they give u a tourist visa? are u employed in the states? Can u provide air tickets into an out of the states? Tourist do not; have bank accounts in the country they are visiting do not have homes/apts there do not have driving licenses are not employed their etc etc. You are wrong on that, people visiting for the first time will not have all you have stated but did you know and actually as bizzare as it seems that people spend 6 months in their own country and 6 months here? And they do this every year on a Double entry Tourist Visa? That they actually rent houses or buy Condos and even have the cheek to buy a car? These people are classed as tourists even if they never venture out of the Thai Town they reside in Anyone who does this will able to get a METV from their own country every year Edited October 30, 2015 by darrendsd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 It is not the end of Tourist Visas as such. If you are a genuine tourist which the OP has confirmed he is not, you can obtain a single entry tourist visa from your home country Thai consulate. This is more an end of an era for illegitimate tourists. Should have been in place years ago to stop visa runs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksam Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Geezus except for the people that have obtained residence status or citizenship (very few) .....we are all tourists. I suggest that the main criteria to be a tourist is that your not working and abide by other conditions. Where exactly in thai immigration act does it state how long you can remain in los as a tourist. Where is stated limits to back to back tv 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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