Can you get a Thai visa approved while already in Thailand on a tourist status?

They can use the TDAC (digital arrival card) to track your location

Sigh....

Can't you just repect the rules?

You're dumb as hell , you'll get booted for this stupidity.. its morons like you that have made complications for decent people ..

Cannot do.

There no way they don’t change this visa. Or continue denying applications

Or denying entry if on soft powers

Such stories are also used by Thai Immigration as an argument for stricter visa regulations. Farangs (foreigners) haven't grasped that it's no longer so easy to obtain a visa based on lies and fraud.

FAAFO, you people are insufferable

May I remind us of the Rules we Agreed to when we applied for this DTV forum membership...

See Rule #2....

We are here to help others obtain the DTV visa... suggesting workarounds is NOT 🚫 helping those who seek our helpful advice. And can place risk on those who don't follow the rules in applying for the DTV visa.

I did it and mine was cancelled😅

I would say it is a bit of a grey area in the system.

It is not illegal to be in Thailand while the process is going on if you are here legally like on exemption, what is important for Thailand is that by the time you apply for the visa you are out of the country and now that can be taken seriously if you can not prove you were outside while you applied. You have to at least be outside Thailand once you hit submit.

Now you might get rejected if they find out you went back to Thailand in between the process, but that depends a lot on the Embassy too.

This rule that you have to stay in the application country for full processing is made by Embassies not Thailand.

For example, UK has a requirement that the applicant has to stay in the country for full processing and they even let you write a letter for it.

Indonesia on the other hand has approved visas knowing the applicant is not in the country anymore as they ask for all passport images and people have had Indonesian visas overdue while they got approved and one person even had a stamp he went back to Thailand and they still approved the visa.

How you could get a ban to Thailand tho, is thinking your DTV activates while you are inside Thailand while it gets approved. But if you get approved while being om exemption, you have to leave and come back with the DTV to activate it.

But to he honest, its always all fun and games until an immigration agent starts questioning you, they have the right to always deny you.

So best and safest is to stay in the application country until you get approved cause in case you get rejected, at least you will have another 60 day exemption to use and you did not lose any days in Thailand from waiting on the visa answer.

Different outcomes have been reported in the past. But its likely that your visa application gets denied or that the embassy will request you to come in for an interview. last thing happened to people that i personally know.

some embassies now even require you to upload all passport pages so they will see your current status… but they could also check the system. or do you think your entry into thailand is not in the system? 😅😅

Immigration are now checking to see if you got approved while in Thailand. Visa cancelled and one year ban.

Both outcomes have been reported. Some got it while already in thailand. Others were denied.

Do not leave a location covered by the consulate you applied through. Leaving the area can result in your DTV being cancelled, Leaving it to enter Thailand is double trouble

Yes, there are plenty of people here who tried to do what’s not allowed and ended up being denied right away or had to provide proof of location or attend an interview and got caught later. Not a clever move! Your entries are recorded, your DTV issuance date is known.