What are the implications of the current changes regarding the DTV visa in Thailand?

Wondering what happened to soft power dtv holders these days on re-entry.

Yes ❤️

DTV is the easiest way for people with money to stay and spend their foreign income ... most people cannot qualify as it requires cash in the bank, unlike old school education visas which I think is where they are really cracking down.

I was saying all the time that the DTV is just a tourist visa and was never designed for people to live in Thailand permanently. Yes, it is a multi entry visa and yes you can stay to up to 180 days per entry but that doesn’t mean you should stay the whole 180 days , leave for 1-2 days, return and stay for another 180 days. Those who do it, are clearly abusing the visa and immigration thinks the same and starts asking questions. There will be more and more questions in the future. I’m sure they will ask more and more about the 500k in your bank, about an active Muay Thai or cooking course, proof of remote work and so on. Just mark my words, the visa did not change nothing has changed but the requirements when applying for the visa remain the same also when entering the country and immigration can ask about them at any time

Historically, most Thai visas end up being involved in a crackdown. All it really takes is one high profile incident of criminals using the visa or people being caught using fraudulent documents for there to be more scrutiny on everyone else.

I strongly doubt that the DTV would be fully discontinued but they can change requirements for issuing it and add scrutiny upon re-entry.

mja 😕

I returned today in phuket on dtv and they asked me to show the website I work for, I showed it and also showed the "meet the team" page, with my face on it, and he stamped 6 months....

It's a matter of time before they start denied some people entry on DTV. It's gonna start with people on soft power who obviously can't show a 5 years plan, and it will extend further soon after. I've said it from the start, they want people to use agents for everything these days. Everyone get a cut.

I think he has put 2 and 2 together and got 5

I can see that there are winds blowing towards tightening up the rules for most visas, and entry in general. I remember in 2019 when it was quite similar.