Can I apply for a 180-day extension on my DTV issued under Soft Power with Workcation documents?

Anonymous participant to be honest that is not very clear. Theoretically if the purpose of your visa it’s not fulfilled anymore, there is no reason for you to enter the country using that visa. The truth is nobody knows

Barnabas Collins even though DTV is considered a tourist visa, just lime any other visa has it’s purpose( workcation, Soft Power or dependent). The IO is entitled to check if you are using the visa for the purpose it was released for and can require a proof of an ongoing course if your the purpose of your visa is Soft Power

@Za ******

No contradiction. An extension is just that. Reference is made to the original application route plus updates. That's been made very clear. What you can do with your DTV doesn't make reference to your application route. Having applied due to enrollment upon a cultural course or undergoing planned medical/dental treatment (DTV2) doesn't preclude remote online working (DTV1). Vacation is a permitted purpose of entry naturally relating to both. There are no listings of permitted or prohibited activities for DTV.

Barnabas Collins did you ever asked yourself why a soft power extension is possible only by the same route? Exactly because it is not interchangeable with workcation. You are contradicting yourself in the same phrase, old man🙄

@Alastair *******************

I thought that was clear. An extension is simply extending your stay. You must use your original application route. Thus, a DTV obtained via the soft power route would have to be extended via the same (soft power) route. However, a DTV is a DTV. For purpose of entry, soft power route and workcation are interchangeable.

@Kaylie ***************

No. If application route was soft power, any extension would have to be applied for by the same route. However, for purpose of entry (what you do with your DTV) soft power route and workcation route are interchangeable.

@Kaylie ***************

Your best option is to ask at immigration instead of a bunch of people with no idea. It will hopefully save you a lot of stress/work.

My personal thoughts are that the visa doesn't seem to prevent you from working remotely (workation restrictions would apply) however I have no idea.

Barnabas Collins

@Za ******

If you claim DTV holders have been denied entry for the sole reason of not currently being enrolled upon a qualifying course or not currently employed/in contract for remote online working you need to point the group to verifiable reports. You can't because there haven't been any.

Barnabas Collins scroll up 2-3 comments and put your glasses on

@Za ******

You're unable to backup your claims.

Barnabas Collins I don’t need to supply anything, the fact that you were banned from the group 3 times already is talking by itself

@Za ******

If you claim my information is incorrect you need to supply evidence. The reality is; No DTV holder has been denied entry because they weren't currently enrolled upon a qualifying cultural course or had future medical/dental appointments booked. Nobody has been refused entry due to currently being unemployed or between contracts for remote online working.

Barnabas Collins says a guy who was kicked out 3 times from the group for spreading false informations and who is using a burner profile with a vampire as profile pic🙄

@Za ******

There is no reality about your posts. No DTV holder has been denied entry because they weren't currently enrolled upon a qualifying cultural course or had future medical/dental appointments booked. Nobody has been refused entry due to currently being unemployed or between contracts for remote online working.

Barnabas Collins just do a simple search on google man, it really helps,and you will see who wrote it🙄. You are clearly living in a different world and I also don’t understand why are you acting like you would be someone important here since you are not even a member of the group. You were banned already 3 times from the group and for good reason. Because you are spreading false informations, your believes are not matching the reality. How would you even know about any report, you are nobody and no one is giving you any report. Just go get some treatment, this is not even funny anymore🤦‍♂️

@Za ******

Who wrote those four paragraphs? Was it yourself? Need sources. Also verifiable reports where this has/is happening. There are zero reports of any DTV holder denied entry for not currently being enrolled upon a qualifying cultural course. I'm sure you already know that search engines and AI pull up outdated, opinions only, mistakenly incorrect and also maliciously posted misleading information. Anyway, in the third paragraph; 'planning to resume' covers that. Fourth and final paragraph; refer the IO to MFA. Point out that applies to all cultural courses and dental/medical treatment.

Barnabas Collins

@Za ******

Not sure what your misguided obsession with what visas others have and their identity has to do with reading, comprehension and experience. I'm agreeing with you that an extension is simply extending your stay. It isn't a fresh application. Therefore, the docs required for an extension must be based upon the original application route which is soft power in this case. However, a DTV is a DTV. For entry purposes, there is no such thing as a soft power or workcation DTV, they are interchangeable. There is no requirement to be currently enrolled upon a qualifying cultural course or currently employed/in contract. Purpose of entry doesn't require either. DTV being a tourist visa, tourism is and has been accepted as a valid purpose of entry. Other sporting activities within Thailand (not necessarily of a cultural nature) have been accepted. There is a verifiable report of a guy who gave up his Muay Thai Boxing course and reverted to his main sport of marathon running. He was granted entry upon that basis.