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Can I wait 6 months before entering Thailand after my DTV is granted?
Nov 26, 2025
5 months ago
Monica ********
ORIGINAL POSTEROnce the DTV is granted can I wait 6 months before entering Thailand? (family commitments).
TLDR : Answer Summary
The DTV (Digital Nomad Visa) allows holders a maximum of five years to enter Thailand after it is granted, meaning one can delay entry for up to nearly five years without issue.
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Date it was issued
Nick ***********
Related question for people who have been issued the DTV: was it valid from the date of approval for 5 years or was there a start date later (perhaps related to the flight info you told them in the application)?
Andi ***********
@Nick **********
valid from date of issue, no relation to flight.Reply to
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Pete *******
You can wait up to nearly five years before entering Thailand.
Monica ********
ORIGINAL POSTER@Pete ******
and its a one off fee of 10,000B for the 5 years? Not annually?Pete *******
@Monica *******
one off fee.Anonymous ******************
@Monica *******
up to immigration officerReply to
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Andi ***********
Yes, you have 5 years to enter.
Toni *******
@Andi **********
correct. Btw how do the visas work, when you enter you get the days visa gives you, or only until it expires? Say, coming here 1day before the dtv expiresAndi ***********
@Toni ******
In theory, the days the visa gives you, so you enter one day before your visa expires you are stamped in with 180 days. In that unlikely case though, IO would question why wait 5 years and there is a chance of being refused 180 daysToni *******
@Andi **********
was asking for myself, im gonna be here whole time and if given the opportunity, take the 6months extra, after that only 1year so i can get retirement visa 😝 so maybe ED for that lolIvan ************
@To**
it could work either way. Elite used work this way, and you could get an extra year by stamping in right at the end, but they changed it a few years ago and if you re-enter in the last year they now only stamp up to the end of the visa.The legislation introducing DTV isn't clear on what happens with entries but it does explicitly say extensions cannot go past the validity of the visa.
If I were to guess, I suspect they will only stamp up the end date of the visa. But as Adam says we'll have to wait and see what happens.
Andi ***********
@Toni ******
ok, that could work, very likely the current retirement visa will change within 5 years and also other options available.Reply to
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Adam *****
@Toni ******
no one really knows since the DTV has been out for less than 5 years, but based on the METV, you'll get stamped in for the full duration even if you enter the day before expiry.Toni *******
@Adam ****
yea i was asking about it in general, thank youReply to
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