Can someone just confirm that you can only have 2 extensions per calender year on an exempt visa

Where to fly cheaper to reset DTV?

I’m in Pattaya

Hi everyone!

I know it’s much easier to just do a border bounce, but does anyone know the current requirements for extending the DTV visa in Koh Phangan, Koh Samui or Surat Thani?

I’m traveling with my infant and feeling too lazy to go abroad right now, so I’d love to try the extension route first if possible.

Has anyone successfully done it recently? Any tips or updates would be super appreciated!

So done all paper work required to open bank account with non o retirement 90 days need to put 800k in bank to get 1 year visa extension but no bank is allowing me to open an account, I am being told it's only work permit or married to thai visa that they allow , does anyone know if this is true , I am being told this is new thing in last 2 weeks

Advice please !! I have entered thailand twice already this year on visa exemption I am coming again in dec for 6 weeks. I am reading that now I will have to get a tourist visa if I come again. Is this true?? Also I am a lodger here in the uk so don't have utility bills in my name so how do I get a tourist visa if needed ? Thanks for any advice 🙏 also I do have my driving license which has my marital address on it still so a copy of that would be ok I guess.

I’m planning the DTV Soft Power visa and trying to figure out the best place to apply. Which city is the easiest right now with no “seasoning” requirement for the 500k? I was thinking Ho Chi Minh, but open to changing if another embassy is smoother.

If anyone’s done it recently, would love to know which city is the most straightforward and not picky about how long the money has been sitting there. ( Will have it for about 3weeks by then)

Thanks a lot.

Has anyone applied for the DTV in Thailand and then left and come back to activate it? I probably won’t do this, but wondering if anyone has had success. Since I’m already here would just save a lot of time and money. I know there’s a risk that they ask for all my passport pages or proof of flights, etc.. I’m just wondering if anyone else has done it.

My friend applied outside the country but then came here and got approved while here and it was fine. She just left on a border run and stamped back in with six month DTV yesterday.

Do I need to have 500,000 baht per person for the DTV because me and ny husband with our 3 kids are planning to apply and was not sure if we each need 500,000 baht?

Hey all, I’m heading to Hanoi on Monday and was hoping to find out if bank statements can be a few days old by the time I submit them? I prepared all my documents last night hoping that I can send them in soon after I land in Vietnam.

Appreciate any help, thank you ~

Good morning,

So i finally got my non-o retirement visa at Jomtien, based on 800k in the bank.

It says admitted on 10 november 2025 and valid until 7 february 2026.

They said I can apply for the one year extension after the 7th of january.

My last bankbook update is from the 28 october. This is an account i use only for the visa.

At what dates should i do bank moves and updates so the 800k appears correctly for the extension in January. I am afraid to screw it up...

Hope i am clear. Thanks