Hi, I'm a French citizen, I am currently in Thailand with an EDucation visa which ends at the ends of the month, when I'll go back to France for a month.

I already have my plane ticket back to Thailand for July, and I was thinking to apply for a Tourist visa multiple entry (METV I think in English). It seems that the requirements are reasonable and I match all of them. Do they ask for a reason of stay in Thailand, or is tourism already a sufficient reason ?

From what I understood, it would allow me to stay in Thailand for 6 months, every time for 60 days. Which would allow me to stay for 9 months total if I manage well.

Can I extend every time for 30 days more without problem ? As long as my visa is valid, during those 6 months, there is no issue when entering back to Thailand ?

Thank you very much for your kind answers and advices.

Has anyone had the experience of getting a new passport issued, having already been registered for online 90 day reporting on a Non O visa based retirement with their old passport number?

I will do my first report at immigration with my TM30 updated to the new passport number.

Just wondering if they update the online TM47 on the old account (passport number) so that it can be continued to be used.

Or whether a new registration is required

Thank in advance.

For those on the DTV wanting a tax ID, I went into the office in my district today with google translate in hand (no one speaks English in any revenue office) they were extremely nice I had my Tax ID in 5 minutes. I had filled out the form in advance and used google to translate it, and my girlfriend was on standby to talk to one of the reps in case things didn't go well. They couldn't have gone better. I already had "need tax ID don't speak Thai" translated on my phone when I walked in. The guard and rep who got my ID was very interested in English, how I used Google Translate and the United States.

Completed the TDAC yesterday successfully. Printed off the initial notification from the Web page but have not received an email notification in either inbox or spam folder after 24 hours.

Anyone else having an issue?

In general, what kind of job documentation do they require for workation DTV if you are a freelancer?

For a DTV starting in July, can I return to UK for 6 weeks after being in Thailand for July and August, and then return to Thailand middle october? I didn’t really want to do 60 day tourist as I want to be in Thailand to study commencing school in November…

I applied on the 3rd of May here in Bali . Anyone else waiting on DTV in Bali? I applied as a freelancer. Is there any more holidays or is yesterday it?

My 13 yr old son was recently approved through the NYC embassy. One thing I did which they told me I should not have was submitted the application three months before his flight into Thailand. They said about a month before the flight is enough. They didn't reject it but held on to it till there were about 5 weeks left to his departure and approved it.

One other thing that happened early on was that I gave them a screenshot of my US bank account balance for proof of liquid assets but my name wasn't on it, I completely overlooked that. They responded and asked for a bank statement but Chase only gives the previous month's statement and that made me think that even though there was more than enough in there last month, they'd reject it simply because it was last month's eventhough my name would be on it. Luckily I had a Bangkok Bank account with more than the required funds and BB gives a current statement with your name and so I sent them that and it worked. Otherwise it was smooth and he'll be here in a few weeks now. Flying alone from NYC to BKK via Tokyo. If anyone has any experience with summer camps in BKK, pls let me know. Planning that right now. STEM is the focus with some outdoor activities too. Thanks to all. This group has been very helpful!

I got my DTV witf softpower, Muay Thai.

Now Im in Spain but I’ll be back soon

I know I need to fill this form but I do not have a job and The 500k I have it across many banks.

Do you guys know if they will be asking me to show the money or something? What’s your experience?

Also when doing the DTV i had my mom as my sponsor i’m not sure if that could affect it aswell?

Thanks for your help!

I will start off with the positive: arrived at DMK yesterday morning and handed the cute lady officer my passport and A6 size laminated print out of my DTV. After a few minutes she stamped me in and handed me back my passport and DTV and said "this is very cool" referring to the A6 laminate. I blushed and quickly walked away lol. Absolutely zero questions were asked though, which is nice.

My unpleasant experience was at the airline check-in desk with Air Asia stuff, who were, for lack of better words, suspicious of my DTV. I waited for quite a while at the check-in counter while they "verified" it. Eventually, after some 30 minutes or so, they printed my boarding pass. I'm from a poor African country if that matters (you bet it does). Anyway glad to be back in TH.