What are the challenges in renewing a DTV visa extension in Koh Samui?

DTV Vista Extension Koh Samui.

Thought Idd write my experience as other posts on this site have helped me before.

Getting a six month extension on your DTV is not for the faint hearted, my advice would be to factor in a trip to another country around the time of your extension as it would be far easier to just renew your DTV on re entry.

After five separate trips to Samui Immigration I finally got my renewed vista stamp, I basically had to represent my whole DTV application again plus updated financial statements and business portfolio, including my UK tax affairs… as well as this I had to prove my accommodation for at least three months on Samui and my landlord had to update all his landlord papers and ID card as the laws on leasing properties has changed in Thailand recently.

I presented about a 30 page document in all including a TM7, STM2 and updated TM30.

So if it wasn’t for my excellent and helpful landlord plus the excellent staff at Samui Immigration I wouldn’t have got anywhere and would have been forced to take an unwanted trip to Singapore as an emergency get out clause.

So a big up to the fantastic staff at Samui Immigration, it’s not their fault that renewals of DTVs have been dumped on them by federal gov, to even communicate whats needed for all the different aspects of a DTV is difficult enough let alone implement them to the government guidelines so I am indebted to their patience and professionalism.

In short bounce out the country, forget the masses of paper work and don’t give yourself, your landlord and the immigration staff the headache. Lesson learnt. Peace. 😊