What are the long-term visa requirements for expats in Thailand regarding 90-day reporting and leaving the country every 180 days?

Most DTV holders find it much easier to leave the country every 180 days than it is to get an extension.

And personally I’d rather travel than spend half a day or longer in the immigration office and be told to come back the following day cause I’m missing some paper that no one has ever asked for.

No, the 90 day reporting is also a requirement for you if you stay longer than 90 days. And of course all the visa requirements

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PRINT OUT THE EMAIL THAT HAS YOUR DTV VISA.

That's what you should do... print it out.

You may have to show PROOF of your DTV Visa to airline staff on check-in for your flight ✈️ to Thailand...even to the connecting airline staff. Or to the land border crossing entry Thai Immigration Officer.

Upon arrival into Thailand, show the DTV visa to the Thai Immigration Officer and look at the STAMP placed in your passport to be sure you are STAMPED in for 180 days.

Yes the 90 days report is required

Assuming you are entering on a multi-entry long-stay visa (like the DTV):

TDAC: Complete the online Thailand Digital Arrival Card (TDAC) or THIMS App up to 3 days before entering.

TM30 (Address Registration): Hotels file this automatically. If renting a private condo/house, your landlord must file a TM30 within 24 hours of your arrival. Ask them for a copy/screenshot of the TM30 receipt for your records.

90-Day Reporting (TM47): If you stay in Thailand for 90 consecutive days without leaving, you must report your address (Form TM47) in person, by mail, or online of it works. Note: Exiting the country resets this 90-day clock back to Day 1 upon re-entry.

180-Day Limit: Each entry allows up to a 180-day stay. Before 180 days, you must either exit and re-enter Thailand or apply for a 180-day extension at local immigration (1,900 THB).

Depending upon where you live, 90 day reporting in person can involve considerable time and travel expense. If you wish to avoid that, consider Thai Visa Centre. They charge 500 THB for single or 375 THB for bulk 90 day reports. Their reporting counts as 'in person'.

It is your job to make yourself aware of legal obligations in the country you are going to 😉 that is not accurate: legally, at any given time, all deciding factors for your visa should still be present: the course you are following, the budget in the bank ,.... factually they will only check it upon entering the next time, and even then only if you're unlucky. You are however always obligated to leave before 180 days are over, to report at immigration after 90 days in the kingdom, and to file taxes if within a given year you spend more than 180 days in thailand

You can get an extension once every 12 months which you do at immigration. The only thing is, if you are in the kingdom longer than 180 days you are subject to taxes.

Reporting every 90 days: the first timeust being person. The others can be online. Now, when you leave the country and come back in, you start over and your first report after re entry must be in person.

Each time you enter Thailand you will be stamped in for 180 days and you will either have to leave on or before the 180 days mark or extend through a local immigration office once per entry for a further 180 days.

Ideally you should always physically present your DTV upon entry to prevent immigration from making a mistake and only stamping you in under something like visa exemption and always check your passport stamp before leaving the immigration booth.

90 day reports are legally required on the DTV but they aren’t exactly arduous.