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Can you leave your country while a DTV application is pending, and does it affect processing?

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Can you leave your country while a DTV application is pending? Can they see that you left the country dies it effect the processing? Especially if you in a country with no interviews

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Leaving your country while a DTV (Digital Visa Thailand) application is pending is generally discouraged and may risk your application's success. While some embassies may allow it, others can track your movements through digital entry and exit records. If they discover you left while your application was in process, it could lead to denial. Some applicants have left without issue, but this is unpredictable, so it's advisable to stay put until a decision is made.

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Dave ********

Dave ********

I've always heard that it's not allowed but my friend did it in Australia and his visa was still approved.

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Sam_Wh*******

Sam_Wh*******

Not supposed to and you agree to that. However know cases people left (especially when passports are not stamped cross border) and got dtv no problem. I don’t think website sees it either.

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WEF-w******

WEF-w******

"sawadee KrubGPT, find all farang that were inside Kingdom while MFA database said DTV was processing and start blacklist process under new Aug 28 deportation laws. make no mistakes"

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MysticalAs***********

MysticalAs***********

Depends on embassy. NY Embassy (USA) explicitly ok'd it.

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WEF-w******

WEF-w******

MysticalAsparagus5854 good to know!

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DTV_Be*******

DTV_Be*******

MysticalAsparagus5854 can you share that?

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Knowledgeabl************

Knowledgeabl************

One guy from Australia was approved to leave also

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Jay *********

Jay *********

They can and have requested copies of every single page of your passport to show what your most recent location was, as well as asked for dated and time stamped images of you in the country. It's very important to stay in the country that you applied in until you have received the decision. Many people have left and wasted their application fee over not being able to prove they were currently in the country.

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A. ************

A. ************

You are supposed to remain. Your country may not do interviews, but the embassy could ask for time and date stamped photos along with copies of all the pages of your passport. Unless it is an emergency, don't risk your application fee by leaving.

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Positive********

Positive********

Embassies mention that you can’t leave the country with the risk of your application being denied. They can see that you entered Thailand, but it’s highly unlikely they can see your travel history to other countries.

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Elías ********

Elías ********

Not allowed in theory. If they find out, you risk a rejection.

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Yung *****

Yung *****

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How would they find out?

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Kool *******

Kool *******

by immigration records. If you leave, you were stamped out of that country. If they suspect you did that they will ask for a copy of every page in your passport, including blank pages.

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Kool *******

Kool *******

WEF-waf-WEF and easily accessible on immigration computers all over the world, including Thailand.

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Kool *******

Kool *******

@Elías *******

and all those exits, and entries, into most every country, including Thailand, for over twenty years are digitized in the computers, and accessible to them.

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Elías ********

Elías ********

90% of countries don't stamp anymore, neither for entrances neither for exits. My passport has only Thailand stamps despite having traveled to a dozen of countries since I got that booklet.

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WEF-w******

WEF-w******

stamps not needed, entry/exit records are digital

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Elías ********

Elías ********

they might ask you for an interview, or ask you to send (again) all the pages of your passport and/or an certificate of entry/exists issued by your country Immigration. It's just luck of the draw.

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John **********

John **********

some consulates can ask to see proof of location just before issuing the visa

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Greg ********

Greg ********

You are not meant to leave the country. I doubt they can see if you have but they can probably see if you have entered Thailand

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