Hi guys,

Could you recommend what type of visa I should apply when:

- I want to stay from 3-6 months or longer in Thailand

- I'm a freelancer with Vietnamese passport

I've read about tourism and education visa, but it seems that I could stay only within 60 days with tourism one, while education visa requires some paperwork from a education center.

Thank you very much for your kind help!

A Multi Entry Tourist Visa lasts 6 months and gives multiple entries of 60 days.

Enabling you to stay up to 9 months.

A Single Entry tourist Visa gives a stay of 60 days and can be extended by 30 days at Immigration.

Edited March 12, 201610 yr by Eclipse

A METV would be your best option.

There are no visas available for a "freelancer" to live/work in Thailand.

Many thanks! METV seems my best choice.

P/S: Sorry for causing any misunderstanding with redundant info. I'm totally aware that there's no visa for freelancer. Anyway, thanks again!

Edited March 12, 201610 yr by anguqin

Since HCMC is close to Thailand and flights are cheap, I would talk with the Thai consulate there on whether they would be willing to issue you back-to-back SETVs. Since you would need to leave Thailand periodically anyway on METV, this might be a simpler solution costing no more in practice.