What are the requirements for extending a Digital Nomad Visa (DTV) in Thailand and are border runs a better option?

Anonymous participant Your documents would have needed to be translated just to apply for the visa in the first place. They only accept documents in Thai or English.

匿名互动者 got it.Thanks

Anonymous participant Correct. Also, once you leave the country, the system "resets" and does not allow for another online report.

I'd suggest DTV holders do mail-in reports. These can be done whether it's your first 90 day report or your 2nd or 3rd one. In practice, the second one will only be done if you do an in-country extension and will be submitted in person at the same time you go for your extension.

Yes, if you leave every 180 days, I don't think anything will happen if you miss the 90 day report. So far at least, nothing happens at the border as any fines levied are only done by your immigration office.

That being said, they might get stricter on this in the future (or they might not). So far, it doesn't seem to be an issue provided you don't deal with in country immigration.

As soon as you need something from them, even verification of your address to extend a driver's license or buy/sell a vehicle, then you could be fined if the system shows you didn't do one.

They might waive this is you left the country after 91 days and didn't do a report but if it's been 180 days and you didn't do one, chances are, you'll be fined 2000-5000 Baht.

Anonymer Teilnehmer thanks :)

Anonymous participant I'm worried about how the financials will be interpreted. I'm sure there will be immigration offices saying things like "you can't just have the 500K deposited yesterday. You need to show it's been in there for 2 or 3 months".

If that happens, off to the border you go.

I think the whole extension process will be more cumbersome than many are making it out to be.

Also, though I can't say for sure (we'll only know in around 12-18 months from now), but I think down the track, immigration stationed at the borders (land borders, airports, sea ports) might hesitate to grant re-entry to those who, after say 1 or 2 consecutive extensions are seeking to come back in after spending no time outside of the country.

By contrast, those who do border runs and do not seek an in-country extension are likely to be granted re-entry without question.

This is just my own hunch; Benjamin Hart from Integrity Legal believes that those who are attempting to use this visa to live in the country full-time may not be easily granted re-entry.

From my own experience living in Thailand on non-B and non-O multiple entry visas, sometimes with work permits, other times without, generally speaking, I haven't been hassled.

However, I also travel so frequently that immigration wouldn't be able to give me a reason why I have not complied with the terms of those visas. I rarely stay the full 90 days. I've never gone for a visit wife extension, because I need to travel on average once every 60 days, sometimes more frequently. 150 days in country (90 + 60 day wife extension) is more time than I need on any one stay.

However, down at Ranong, if you show up with any sort of mutiple entry visa, immigration will ask you for Baht and talk about a plane ticket out and accommodation proof. You can talk your way out of the latter 2, especially since a DTV visa allows for a long stay and a non-B and non-O visa are for business/work and visiting your wife respectively. They might try to insist on the Baht in cash though, before letting you stamp out to go to Myanmar.

Anonieme deelnemer Well as long as I do not get a new contract from my employer I can not hand in a new contract, but a monthly pay slip is always easy to prove you still have the same contract.

Applying for DTV first time was a 10 minute job, so it would not be difficult to do again.

@Paul ******

I would never have known about the 90 day reporting if it wasn't for this group. I am suprised it's not mentioned on the DTV information unless I've overread it

@Paul ******

Are you sure there would be no consequences of not doing the 90 days report? Not even if for example when after 100 days stopped by the police on a traffic check?

I just read it again. There was a misunderstanding. He did the 90 days report and asked there, what was needed for the extension (after the whole 180 days). I first thought, the documents are needed for the 90 days report, already.

@Dave ****

Agreed. Unless one is old and infirm and/or has no connections to back home then pretty much all of us have a reason to travel occasionally.

How many of us don't go home at least once a year to visit family?

Then there are so many excellent destinations right next to Thailand to explore and even if you've been before, there's always something new to discover.

I've been to Laos around 50 times and Cambodia perhaps 40 times, Vietnam around 30-40 times, Myanmar around 50-60 times, Malaysia 10 times, Singapore 15 times, China 25 times, Indonesia twice, Taiwan twice and there's always something new to discover in each of these countries (and many more).

@Dave ****

I would rather not go for an extension and have to re prove everything plenty of cheap destinations in SE Asia you can go to for a quick trip then come back.

@Luit ****************

No, it doesn't. It depends where you live. Even if you're in Bangkok, which is 200km from the nearest border, it's an easy day trip.

Of course, there's a little more nuance to it than that; you don't want to do a same day turnaround at Aranyaprathet/Poipet, though nearby Ban Khao Din/Phnom Dey, which has hardly any people crossing will likely permit it without issue.

You can also use a border run service; it's a same day trip, you'll be picked up around 5am from On Nut (or Pattaya) and they'll take you just slightly further away to Ban Laem, where they do everything for you and you'll be back in Bangkok (or Pattaya) by mid afternoon.

A better option is to make a holiday out of it, which obviously costs more but when it comes down to it, how many DTVers are trying to live in Thailand using this visa by doing as few border runs as possible?

Most of us have to travel at least sometimes, if not for business or work purposes then certainly to visit family back home.