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The Truth About Thailand's New Entry Rules | It's Not as Bad as You’ve Been Told

Baan Thai Immigration Solutions

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Thailand has changed its visa-exempt entry rules and yes, the 60-day free stay is being replaced with 30 days on arrival. But before you cancel your trip, watch this.

In this video we cut through the clickbait and break down exactly what changed, why it changed, and most importantly, how you can still stay in Thailand for 60, 90, or even 170 days legally and affordably.

WHAT'S COVERED IN THIS VIDEO
What the new 30-day visa-exempt rule actually means
How to extend your stay to 60 days with Form TM7 (1,900 THB / ~$55)
The Multiple Entry Tourist Visa (METV) — stay for 170 days for ~$150
Step-by-step METV application guide (what documents you need)
Where to extend your visa in Bangkok (IT Square Lak Si — NOT Chaeng Watthana)
The real reason Thailand tightened its visa policy
What happens if you were already stamped in for 60 days
DTV visa overview for remote workers

🔗 USEFUL LINKS
🌐 Thailand e-Visa portal: https://www.thaievisa.go.th/
📍 IT Square Lak Si Immigration Office: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RUWXbMiChgZT2...

📩 Need Help With Your Case? Contact Baan Thai Team
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Timestamp:
00:00 Visa Change Overview
00:56 Extend to 60 Days
02:19 Extension Tips Bangkok
02:56 METV Long Stays
04:22 METV Requirements
05:10 Processing Timing
05:46 Why Rules Tightened
06:00 Wrap Up Subscribe

20 Comments

@djwashx 4 months ago

Nice and thanks

@paolagrechi5186 2 months ago

Thank you so much

@jhumphre 4 months ago

If you're doing the 30-day extension in Bangkok (near Don Muang Airport), absolutely get there right when it opens. Even then, be prepared for a 3-hour ordeal (Mark is a little optimistic saying one hour). Note also, they close for an hour at lunch. If you're still in line at lunchtime, they will give you a marker to keep your place. There are restaurants throughout the building. But make it easier on yourself, get there early and avoid the lunch break.

@jimdou4617 19 hours ago

Thanks for your presentation on this visa. Can you comment about timing reentry into Thailand on the last or second to last day for a new 60 day period? Is this common where you can depend on this extension? Options available? I appreciate what ever you can offer

@omarjohnson3411 4 months ago

I have yet to see or hear the 60-to-30-day change published in the Royal Gazette. Therefore, it is not a done deal!

@henrywhite8202 4 months ago

I follow your vlogs for long time. This is my first post here. I arrived Bangkok on May 30 with valid METV!!!! I was polled over to the side office at Suvarnabhumi airport. Two immigration officers talked to me, they finally let me in!

@hhyperdd 3 months ago

Sir, I love the way you present the information on here. I am really glad I found your channel. Who knows… maybe one of these days I will be an actual client of yours.

@cabovermike 1 month ago

Why no mention of the retirement o visa's ?

@trevorinthailand 1 month ago

Went to immigration in kantharalak in sisaket and i was the only one in the line!😅😅😅

@anthonysun3785 2 months ago

any one have their bank account examiined

@MANGOSTICKYRICE5555 4 months ago

Thumbs up 👍 Baan Thai

@pdeforest 2 months ago

The IT Square Laksi line starts filling up around 6am ir earlier. You get to sit on the concrete floor (no chairs), in the unairconditioned dark. If you show up after 7 you may be out of luck. It took me from before 6am until around 11am. It was a pretty awful experience.

@certainpeace 4 months ago

I thank you for the useful information. I arrived three days ago. I plan to file for a 30 day extension while in Hua in a few weeks.

@ralphmayers608 4 months ago

30 day extra extension on Koh Chang Island is 2500 Baht with a receipt of 1900 Baht immigration corruption in your face

@roadtriprob8442 4 months ago

Thanks for the video. My wife and I were planning on vacationing in Thailand this winter using the METV but if that means 200,000 Thai baht in each or our accounts thats basically $17000 cdn combined for 3 months...which we would never leave in our bank accounts as there is no return ... that amount is easily probably in a TFSA ( Tax Free Savings Account) which is a non locked market invested account...not sure if that would be acceptable. Bu to expect people to carry that in a bank account for 3 months means the METV will have very limited value for most

@EvolvedBonobo 4 months ago

So, if one arrives on a 30-day stamp and plans to extend 30 days, does this mean they would first need to prebook an outbound flight 30 days from arrival in order to succesfully board the initial flight from their home country in order to successfully enter the kingdom, and then reschedule that outbound flight for 60-days from initial arrival when it comes time to extend? It seems like way too many hoops to jump through when comparable neighbors like Malaysia offer 90 days visa exempt, and Vietnam offers 90 days via evisa application without all the headaches and frictional costs of Thailand, and often at an even lower cost of living given the recent strength of the baht 🤔

@TrevorSmith-z7q 3 months ago (edited)

The tourist visa also offers a much-cheaper (£38/฿1,667 in UK), single entry than the pricier, multi METV. But it is only valid for only 3 months; not the 6 months of the multi. Overall, would you say the tourist visa, usually applied from one's home country, is the easier, bureaucratic option for a 60-day stay? The multi offers 60 + 60 + 60 days (via single-day, return, border runs), plus 30 days (฿1,900 in-country extension) -- making a total of 210 days -- if one's timing is precise. Khun Yai can comment on >180-day tax obligations, if any.

@trevorinthailand 1 month ago

This is only a holiday tourist visa for a very limited time😮😮😮

@christopherkaialani5916 7 days ago

20 000 baht not a 200 000

@417-y2n 3 weeks ago

But now,I'll stay 30 days (or maybe less)then move to Laos and probably Vietnam... I just don't want to extend my exemption visa for maybe one or two more weeks...