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How easy is it to enter Thailand with a DTV workcation visa after previous stays?

LavenderD*********
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Just passed immigration at BKK with DTV workcation for the 3rd time, after maxing out my previous 180+180 days. I had now stayed 3 months in Sweden visiting family.

Straight through, no questions asked. The queue was maybe 1 minute at 5 am monday morning.
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The user shared their experience of successfully entering Thailand for the third time using a DTV workcation visa after previously maxing out their stay. They reported a smooth immigration process with no questions asked. The conversation sparked various comments discussing the normalcy of such entries, concerns about shared immigration experiences, and the validity of DTV visas for remote workers.
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Gerry ********
Gerry ********
well played. It's cool to stay but even cooler to still love some time at home! :-)
DaringHa*********
DaringHa*********
What's your work if you don't mind me asking?
LavenderD*********
LavenderD*********
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DaringHamster7780 I work with SEO, web page development with AI tools etc
Erik *********
Erik *********
Enjoy when you still can.
Herbert *****
Herbert *****
Could you all maybe calm down a bit and stop posting stuff like this? Seriously.

You have a valid visa. Why are people constantly posting reports about whether they managed to enter Thailand again with a valid visa? What exactly is the point? I really don’t understand all the drama around it.

And the same goes for all these “insider” details people keep sharing here. Do you really think you’re anonymous on Facebook? A little more common sense would probably be a good idea.

Regarding the Soft Power DTV: getting a five-year visa based on a cooking course that lasts only a few weeks is something I can understand authorities looking at more closely.

But for people who have a proper Remote Work DTV, genuinely work for a foreign company and can document it, I really don’t see what all the panic is about.

Sometimes it feels like people here are creating problems and uncertainty where there doesn’t need to be any.
GenuineF*********
GenuineF*********
@Herbert ****
many people on here find these kind of reports valuable. Feel free to unfollow the group.
Jay ******************
Jay ******************
@Herbert ****
According to Thai MFA, Soft Power is equally as valid as Workcation for purpose of issuing a DTV. Otherwise, they wouldn’t issue them. If you believe that everyone needs to be continuously enrolled upon a qualifying course and verified upon each entry then workcation applicants should also be checked for up-to-date contracts and payslips etc.
LavenderD*********
LavenderD*********
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@Herbert ****
people want to see them, obviously. I also like to see that things are going smoothly with the visa.
BravePers*********
BravePers*********
@Herbert ****
unfollow the group, dingus

This post is what we need and want
Jay ******************
Jay ******************
BravePersimmon1025 In reality, it’s only necessary to counteract the troll tales.
Elías ********
Elías ********
That's normal (for me as well).
Jay ******************
Jay ******************
Thanks for your report. That’s the way it should be and actually is. Belief that length of previous stays and/or time spent outside Thailand causes suspicion giving rise to interrogations and possible denial of entry etc. is due to troll tales only.

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