Hi. Today I am leaving Thailand to go to Malaysia after 9 months on a Triple entry visa that I got in my home country and arrived here in July 2015. I extended all 3 entries by 30 days.

My intention is to get a Tourist visa this week and return.

I would like stay in Thailand for a further 12/13 months until May of 2017.

To do this I had planned to get 4-5 Tourist visa's back to back, and extend each by 30 days. Alternating which country i get the visa from.

Will this possible?, I have read another post whereby somebody stated that after 4 extensions in a 12 month period you are flagged for questioning.

I will be here living on savings, on the final Tourist visa entry I will probably not have a lot of money left - should I have a minimum amount with me in cash when I enter the kingdom?, somebody has told me that on those final entries when I am low on money I should enter with 20000 baht cash as they will not accept bank statements

Alternatively, would it be best flying back to my home country for a week, applying for a METV, and then flying back immediately (would they allow me to return so quickly?)

Thank you

There has been only one post about the 4 extensions being a problem. IMO that was an immigration officer giving some incorrect info.

Getting 30 day extensions of your tourist visa entries should never be a problem on entry.

The is no restriction on returning back in a short period of time.

• You should have no problem getting 30 day extensions as there is currently no limit/restriction.

Getting 4/5 SETV's shouldn't be a problem, but it is unlikely that you will get more than 2/3 from the same Embassy/Consulate as they have limits on issuing back to back visas.

You are supposed to have 20K min in cash on you when entering with tourist visa but Immigration Officers rarely ask to see it. A bank statement wouldn't be accepted.

You can return as quickly as you want once you've acquired the METV, but your plan should work using SETV's as long as you apply at a couple of different Embassies/Consulates.