Am thinking of applying for a dtv. Is the requirement tk have 500k baht in a Thai bank or in a foreign bank to that value - as I understand you cannot even open a bank account over there with dtv.

Could someone please advise of a reliable visa agent that would be able to help me get a retirement visa. I am married to a Thai national but I believe the retirement visa is easier than the marriage one to get.

We have property in Uttaradit and plan to live there

Any advice would be appreciated

Hi everyone, I’d love to hear your experiences regarding a Non-B visa extension in Chiang Mai.

I currently hold a 1 year Non-B visa being the director of my own company here. My current permission of stay expires on November 14th, and I would like to extend it for another year.

However, I have a long trip planned during October-December, so I’m trying to figure out the best timing for the extension.

I know that I can submit the extension application up to 45 days before the expiry date but I'm not sure about they giving me a 30-day “under consideration” stamp first, followed by the full 1 year extension after review a month later...

Does anyone have recent experience with this process? Is the 30-day under consideration stamp the standard practice or they can give me the 1 year right away? How flexible are they if travel is involved during the renewal process?

Any tips or advice would be super helpful. Thanks in advance!

Hello everyone ,

I am in the situation where I did a mistake on my application for a Thai e visa ( non b visa ).

I have 2 options :

Option 1 : still going to ventiane to pay the fees and try to get the visa even if it might be denied/ rejected because of this mistake ( and loose then 200 e of flight tickets for nothing).

Option 2 : wait until the Thai e visa application online expires after 14 days for not paying the fees at the Ventiane embassy. Then do another Thai e visa application with no mistake. ( I'm just not sure, if they let you do another application after one that has expired )

Did any of these situations happened to anyone here and how did it go ?

Thanks a lot for your help🙌🏻 🙌🏻

Ok with all the lovely info shared by members of this group, got my starter pack ready lol … am I missing anything??

*Charles Schwab debit cards - for zero ATM FEES

*REVOLUT debit card- used mainly in Thailand?

*Wise debit card- main way to make payments without a Thai bank

*International Drivers License-

*DTV printed in A6 format.

*Passport

Am I missing anything ? -

*Health Insurance to be purchased when I arrive

* SIM card- will be purchased at arrival.

Got approved for DTV workcation yesterday which I am very happy about.

Now I want to ensure a frictionless entry. I've been reading of being being questioned intensely on entry - even with the visa.

I'm coming off 3 weeks outside the country after a very long stay on visa exemptions and extensions. As far as I'm concerned I'm fully legit with my visa now, do I just have the visa and digital arrival card ready when going through or do I need to be practicing my story, detailing plans etc. ?

Did anybody apply in Brazil for the DTV and can share experience about time and documents? 🙏

Any recommendations for retirement visa please

Hello to all, any news about this ongoing war in Thai border, has it started effecting travel to Thailand and around the country?

Hi have just booked my flight to Thailand arriving 19th October, when would be best time for me to apply for non o visa from London, have most paperwork ready thanks