How do I activate my DTV visa after coming to Thailand before its approval?

You have breached the conditions about having to apply and stay outside Thailand in the entire visa processing period, so you are in risk of getting your DTV canceled and loose the whole 10.000+ baht visafee fee.

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It's fine. Once a dtv is issued you can come and go as often and from any country. You're over thinking this

Just go to your local immigration office and ask them to activate it

Seriously don't over think it. You will be fine. Fly out and back in. Nothing is going to happen. I've been fine and nothing has been said.

Congratulations on getting the DTV visa...

Lucky you 🍀... your were not asked for a personal INTERVIEW or ASKED for COPIES of EACH PAGE of your passport be before approval granted.

You were to stay in the country where you applied for the DTV visa... but chose not to follow the rules 😔

If the immigration officer has a bad day someone can say "Sayonara" to the DTV and "Hello, Welcome" to a fresh, crispy, visa exempt stamp. Som Nam Na... 😁

You are far from the first person who came to thailand BEFORE their DTV was approved.

Just print out the PDF they emailed you <- because that IS your visa 🙂

Then fly out and back, stamping out on the free stamp entry you're most likely here on and give the PDF along with your passport to the officer when you stamp back in

You can fly to KL in the morning and right back that afternoon (don't even need to go thru Malaysia passport control just stay in the transit area if you want) you just have to show your boarding pass from KL to Bangkok when you stamp in if you don't get a Malay entry stamp

What you filled out when you APPLIED for the DTV has no bearing on how you actually enter the country, it was a proposed flight plan 🙂

Don't forget to fill out a TDAC when you come back in to the country (either online before your flight back OR at the aiport at the kiosks when you land here

There is another guy in the group reckons you can activate it just by going to immigration at airport or an office - give it a go and let us know how it goes! 🙂 🙂

Just go find out yourself... 😂 I mean you've already tried your luck when coming back during application.

Dont worry its OK.