The main reason why it has become more difficult to open a new bank account.

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Has anyone had issues re-entering Thailand after they left on day 92 without doing their 90 day report?

Hi, I found out I can’t convert my tourism visa to a o visa, I want to go to Laos to go to the Thai embassy, when I go to the website in Laos to make the appointment to meet like the website says to do, the website provided comes up blank? Does anyone know how to make your appointment at Thai Embassy in Laos how I can do that

I (m) and my two teenage kids want to stay long-term in Thailand. I’m employed by a european company and work remotely. We had been in Thailand for over two years on education and guardian visas, but since my kids stopped going to school this term, we needed another solution.

In July/August 2025, I applied for the DTV visa in Vientiane, Laos - and got approved. I’m sharing our process here in the hope it might help someone going through the same.

* Day 1: Created an account on the DTV online platform and prepared my own visa application.

* Day 3: Flew to Vientiane on a Friday, added missing information (proof of location), submitted the form.

* Day 6: Monday, paid the 10'000 THB fee in person at the embassy (cannot be paid online in Laos). Bring the printout with the QR code - it will be stamped.

* Day 9: Received email for an in-person interview in two weeks. They said to bring all original documents and that they would review online banking. (Note: everyone applying for a DTV visa is interviewed according to an information at the embassy.)

* Day 23: Attended the interview. Basic questions about my job, then I had to log in to my online bank to show recent salary payments and my WISE account. My Bangkok Bank account was not of interest.

* Day 23: Got email with approval notice and visa (PDF).

* Day 24: Flew to Bangkok to activate my visa. Prepared dependent visas for my kids.

* Day 25: Returned to Vientiane with my kids and submitted their applications (dependend DTV visa).

* Day 26: Paid 10,000 THB each. One visa approved by noon; the other was canceled because I had selected the wrong country in one of the form field.

* Day 26: Resubmitted the canceled application.

* Day 27: Paid the fee again. Embassy requested an English version of the birth certificate (it was already multilingual). I re-uploaded the same document but highlighted the English labels.

* Day 28: Visa approved.

* Day 29: Flew to Bangkok, showed the visa at immigration, and got the passport stamp.

So now, "officially" any income tax on foreign-remitted income will be waived AGAIN. They even plan to apply the new law retroactively, according to this news piece.

Hello all,

After 18 months in Thailand on exemptions and extensions I'm feeling great being back in on the DTV. I will need to transition from travel insurance to proper expat health insurance in September. How much is this going to cost me? My main priority is direct billing to Bangkok Hospital. I'd appreciate any pointers as I continue my research. Curious what products other DTV folks have selected.

Hello! I received my DTV visa by enrolling at House of Taste Thai Cooking School as a soft power! The school was super friendly and helpful in providing me everything I needed from their end quickly. Approved first time with NO ISSUES!!

So after waiting for more than 3 months I finally see the status as ‘cancel visa application’ can anyone guide how to go about this it didn’t say rejected but I wanna know if anyone faced similar issue

I'm thinking of using the issacompass see vice to verify and submit my documents, does anyone have any experience with them.

Just an update - I obtained my DTV through Ankara (it took one week, was very easy and simple), and I entered through Bangkok last night. He just asked to see my passport, DTV (for me and my child), and our TDAC. He stamped them all, said welcome and smiled, and gave the full 6 months on our stamp. Super easy!