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Does extending a tourist stay in Thailand count as having applied for a visa?

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Oct 2, 2025

7 months ago

Conny ********

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I was completing the DTV application, but a question came up: “Have you ever applied for a Thai visa?”

I was there as a tourist, and later I requested a 30-day extension. Does that count as a visa?

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The question is whether a 30-day extension granted to a tourist in Thailand counts as a visa application when completing the DTV application. Comments clarify that if the individual entered Thailand under visa exemption, then the extension does not count as a visa application. Instead, it is considered a visa-exempt entry. Only individuals who entered Thailand with a tourist visa (TR visa) would respond affirmatively to the application's question.

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Lee ***********

Did you apply for a visa. No. Hope that helps.

7 months ago

John **********

Depends, did you have a tourist visa or did you enter visa exempt?

7 months ago

Elías ********

No, if you entered on visa exempt. Yes, if you actually got a TR (tourist) visa to enter. If you are from a country that is not on the visa exempt list, then you might have gotten a regular TR visa before. Did you remember applying and paying for one? If you didn't pay anything, then, no, it was a visa exempt.

7 months ago

Nick ******

No.

7 months ago

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Nick ******

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