Ok, you have the DTV, what about the lack of a bank account. Someone mentioned the K bank TAGthai card or ewallet. A quick look at there site basically said visit a branch of the bank with cash and deposit into your TAG. The exchange rate looked a little light on and having to carry cash for the purpose, in my mind, defeats the purpose. How have others worked this out. Cheers Wazza

Are DTV applications in Jakarta taking very long?

It has been total 3 weeks from application date and status is pending approval. My visa here will be expired on 28th Dec.

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Hello, any recomandation for cheapiest soft skill enrollmemt in thailand?

Just looking for a piece of advice . I made a slight cock up of my departure from BKK next March. I have a Non O visa (marriage) and with an extension I will be 1 day over on departure.

In all the decades I have visited here I have never overstayed.

I will be going for my extension next month. Is it possible that Immigration could allow me that extra day?

Hello ,

I want your advice.

I am going to Thailand from Sweden on January 6 .

Then I am going for a short trip to Penang Malaysia, on January 10 to January 15 ,then going back to stay in Thailand til March 15 returning to Sweden again.

Should I apply for Tourist visa now, or can i go without visa getting 60 days as a Swede , renewed 60 days when returning from Penang Malaysia on January 15th??

Or what is your advice?

I plan on doing a border flight to Malaysia for my 180 days. Does anyone know how many nights I need to stay in Malaysia before returning back to Thailand? I’m on a five-year DTV Visa.. thank you all in advance 🙏😬

My partner and I (unmarried) have four children - three whom are school aged.

We each have 500kbhat in our Wise accounts and a regular monthly income each of 1,000 euros and savings of 20,000 euros in his name as well as 100,000 euros of investments (also in his name). Finances are in his name because of international politics and it’s been this way for a decade, trust is not an issue because I have access to everything so no point going down that road…

We are both building online businesses which should give us each an additional 2,000 euros a month within 6-8 months. We do not want to touch our investments for a few years at least.

We would like to live in Thailand and enroll our children in a school we have already chosen and which fits our budget… and we are depending on school to give us time to work!

But we realized recently that when applying for the DTV we may need to have 500k bhat in savings per person (1.5 million each / 3 million total) and that we are not allowed to touch that money even after receiving the visa. Is that true, and is it a strictly implemented rule in your experience ?

Are there alternatives? School enrollment visa seems to have the same financial requirements, but as we want to work online we would need the DTV, right?

We were hoping to have access to that 500k in our Wise accounts to pay extra expenses / supplement our income until it is high enough to sustain us, especially with school enrollment costs which will deplete our savings quite quickly.

I’m feeling discouraged because the plan we were building the past few months seems to have some flaws in it. Can you offer any helpful advice, insights, experience, work-arounds or options I am just not seeing?

Thank you!

Non O 90 days visa is it possible to get one once a year?

I am now on non O 1 year extension until September 26 2026.

After 3 months in Thai, on that extension, I do not really see why would I be in Thai for longer than that.

While on that Non O extension, I got my Yellow Book, Thai Pink ID (for foreigners), Thai Driving licence and Kasikorn bank account.

I own our condo in Bangkok, no rent. Never change my address, no new TM30.

The scenario would be: stay in Thai July-August-September (on the current Non O extension), return to Japan (where we own our condo) and come again (after that Non O exipres) for 60 days visa exempt (January-February).

Then, apply for another Non O to stay in Thai 90 days (July-August-September).

My wife, (local marriage in Thai) is Thai national.

Can I get a new Non -O every year, once per year , and then return after several months absence from Thai, on a 60 days exemption?

That way, I think, my 850K THB in my Kasikorn account could be used for daily expenses, might last for years. Not frozen with the bank and Immigration, while I do not want to be in Thai for the whole year.

We live in Japan, the place is as central as the Lumpini park in Bangkok, a desirable place to live at.

Hi probably a silly question but are the immigration offices open on Christmas Day and the 26th of Dec please? Thanks

Preparing documents for a Non-OA visa from California and the most frustrated part is the FBI/State criminal record clearance letter. Went to get fingerprinted and the letter received was just a print out and now we have to figure out how to get a certified letter from the state (CA) or FBI. Any advice?