Originally Posted by
Dr. HFH
Sort of. The official policy is that they don't want people staying here long term on a series of back-to-back 30 day entry permits. There was some talk a while back of a maximum number of such entries you could have in a calendar year; but I don't know if anything was ever officially implemented. Regardless, it depends to some extent on the individual immigration officer.
Yep, and the expat boards will have stories if people get turned back or a particular immigration post is bad. Lack of consistency has been a common complaint. But the purpose is to target those who just kept going in and out to keep renewing the visa and to make them get whatever longer-term visa would apply to their situation (work, student, retiree, etc.). So while I'd say the odds are that you won't get hassled for 2-3 entries on the same trip (e.g. using BKK as a base and flying LCCs to other countries and back), I can't 100% guarantee it.