Heading to Thailand for a while, are you able to apply for DTV inside of Thailand or does one need to be outside.

Does Thai cooking classes also get covered under this visa and where would one take classes in the Hua hin area?

Thanks in advance

What's all this dribble on Bangkok Bank and visas? Is this going to affect renewing my Marriage Visa with the 400k in the bank for 3 months? But BKK Bank is only providing the certificate/statement if it's been there for 4? Is this Thailand wide? It's great that there's a crackdown on people abusing the system with dodgy agents, but is this going to affect people doing it correctly with the immigration 3 month rule?

Creating a pdf document with jpg images for uploading to the visa website using google docs.

This is how I get my bank statements or passport in to a single pdf file to upload as one document. (for free)

I would discourage anyone from using the 'free online' pdf tools to do this.

Google is bad enough with your private data but at least it's a known website.

Would you honestly trust your bank or passport details to a completely random website?

Top tip, delete the document from google once you have downloaded it.

Just to let others know if you didn't already know, ref you Retirement visa stamp or other stamps and the 90 day report.

I got my retirement visa stamped in my passport dated 2nd July 25 ok. Put the small bit of paper they give you to tell you your next 90 day report was dated 19th May 25. Now this confused me as I thought the stamp in my passport was the time the 90 days would start from (Wrong) it's the small bit of paper that was dated 29th May that the 90 days works on. They told me you need to go by this date and not your visa stamp. So as you can see my next online report now is the 16th Nov.

Hope this helps anyone out as it was a bit confusing for me.

I am trying to change my tourist visa to a non-o retirement visa.. I live in Nonthaburi but was going to try Bangkok, has anyone done this? I will be a walk-in appointment since there are no appointment’s available online.

How long was the wait to see immigration officer in Bangkok?

Hello everyone, yesterday I got a notification from Bangkok Bank so that I have to visit the Branch within 30 days where I opened my account. My account is locked and I can't do any payments or transfers .

The problem is I am not in that city anymore. I went to a Bangkok Bank branch where I am staying now and they said there is no way and I should go there.

I don't want to comment on the stupidity of this rule but I want to ask you all if you had this issue and what did you do? Is there a way to avoid going to the city where my branch is?

Thank you in advance for your advices. 🙏😊

*update* My bank has opened the account for me and I can freely transfer the funds in and out online. I will transfer the funds once Ive entered Thailand in a few days. Thank you for everyone's input.

Hello fellow DTV holders,

I am a Canadian currently in Canada visiting back home. My bank has informed me that I can place my funds in a high interest savings account where I can get a 4 or 5% interest rate. This account will be accessible online and I can transfer funds immediately to my regular checking and saving accounts in the event I need the funds right away. However I do not have access to this account with my debit card.

Question, if I transfer my funds to the high interest savings account will Thai immigration accept this like my regular account in the event I am asked to show proof of funds?

For obvious reasons getting a 4-5% rate on my 500,000 baht equivalent would be preferable but what I want is not what Thai immigration wants and fairly so.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

TIA 🙏

I am US citizen I will fill out  online form for non-O  tourist visa

The purpose is to get a non-O retirement visa inside Thailand

My question is, do you know how long it will take for this first visa to go through?

I know it depends, but does anyone know a good average timeframe I can expect so i can better plan?

So yesterday I lost the end of my 3rd finger down to the first knuckle on my left hand.sniped off when someone closed my truck hood on it If I remember right they make you do a hand scan at customs when you arrive. I can't remember is it both hands or 1 and which one? Because now it's sure not going to match previous scans I've had. There is no finger print left at all . And I'm sure is will still be bandaged when i return in 2 weeks. Has anyone had any thing like this happen or know of someone? I'm hoping it won't be a big issue

Hello! Wondering if there is any way to change the effective dates of a non-o retirement visa... mine currently will expire on 29 Dec - I plan to renew it towards the end of November, within the 45 day window, however, I see this being a problem every year as I typically travel back to the states for the winter holidays. If I renew it in November, will it then expire the following November, or will it still be December? Ideally, I would like to be able to renew it in October beginning in 2026. Thank you in advance for any advice!