Do I need a DTV visa or METV for multiple trips to Thailand each year?

Because you are returning back to your home country each time it shouldn’t be a problem, but you can make sure that it won’t be an issue simply by securing a three entry tourist visa that allows for three entries and extensions.

I travel for holiday and to meet friends every two months from Australia for a week.

Most recent visit last week. No issues.

Return ticket to home country. Hotel stays.

Genuine tourists will have no issues in my opinion and experience.

You only report if you’re here consecutively for 90 days.

Unless you are a digital nomad or wish to sign up to an expensive soft power course, that you probably will not attend, then a DTV is not really right for you. You could get an METV (multi entry tourist visa) because that is what you are. A tourist who enters multi times. The visa lasts for 6 months from date of issue (not the first time you enter). Each entry gives you 60 days which can be extended by 30 days at immigration for 1900 baht. If you enter just before the visa expires you get another 60 days which can also be extended so you can get nearly 9 months from this visa. If you want to enter again after the visa has expired then you can enter visa-exempt, and this will not be a problem as it will be your first visa-exempt entry in that calendar year. You could also do it the other way around and do two visa-exempt entries and then get an METV.

Definitely get a visa,

If you will be coming 4 times a year for 5 weeks a time the best is DTV.

Thats literally what it was designed for people to come and go as they please

Or get the elite visa

Education isn’t really a good idea because that’s for people who wanna live here without leaving

WHO cares about 90 days report when leaving

According to the new rules if your returning to your home country for a period of time amd not just doing the border runs should be ok. What siam legal are telling me

90 day reporting is only if you are in the country for 90 consecutive days. It finishes when you leave and resets when you leave. If you stay under 90 days per time then youll never need to do it. Dtv visa holders that stay the max 180 days per time will only do 1 each time anyway.

Do you return to your country each time and for how long ?

How much was the condo? If 10 mio thb plus u can get the investment visa...

You could be targeted for questioning, so best get a proper visa DTV if you meet the criteria GL