Is it possible to leave Thailand after completing a 3-month cooking class on a DTV and still re-enter under the 5-year visa?

That’s what the graphic tells, if it is to good to be true, then be aware, that may not be the way it will be administered.

Nobody will know until about 6 month from now.

Where and how you can apply for cooking class?

Think we need a DTV group. This has a lot of interest. I assume 3 day cooking class doesn’t get you visa. But I could be wrong. Let me know if anyone gets a visa with 3 day classes. 6 month classes are not cheap either Muay Thai or cooking. We are only one month into this new visa. Nobody has posted leaving and returning experience. I read (which can be wrong 90% of the time). The immigration officer at airport can ask for proof of money in bank to get visa exempt stamp. I am sure not very often if true because would slow down the processing at airport. But like someone said the embassy and IO are not always on same page. But how much information is in the computer for IO to review. I would guess not the company you work for. But if requirement is 500,000 they could ask to see that every time. But based on the interview by Chris it didn’t appear likely. But that interview seemed to good to be true. I am sure there will be changes because this is one of the easiest visa in Thailand and could be higher abuse levels. I am truly surprised they did 5 years and not one or two. Seems like retirement visa should be 5 years. They already have 90 day check in so all they do is look to see if you have 0baht. I am sure they could make a system to have bank report any accounts dropping below acceptable level and then email visa holders.

Yes, once this visa is issued, it is a 5 year multientry visa regardless of the length of the program you are approved for.

The idea would be to encourage you to return again over the 5 yrs.

The only exception is that if you intend to do an incountry extension, you will have to qualify again for finances and possibly courses, (that is unseen yet).

As well as the extension fee of 10k.

It would make no sense to extend in country, just leave and reenter requires nothing.

If you qualify get it NOW before they tighten the qualifications.

Nobody knows for sure yet. But very unlikely. It’s not logical. It would look like a visa abuse. Folks struggle to understand this : people who advertise and grant you the visa are from MFA (ministry of foreign affairs) , people who let you in and extend your visa are from Thai Immigration, which belongs to Royal Thai police. And there are often more than dissonances between these 2 …

Well, logically, does the immigration officer know that? Seems to be some dissonance between the embassies and the people who actually let you in.