What are the requirements for re-entering Thailand with a DTV visa?

I got my DTV at the end of 2024. It was a different world back then.

Better more official one:

Since 1932 Thailand has already had 20 constitutions and charters, many military coups, and just in the last 20 years we have had around 10 different prime ministers. We had military coups in 2006 and again in 2014.

So if our constitution, government and prime minister can change this many times, I really wouldn’t expect a visa rule or something an immigration officer said in a video years ago to stay exactly the same forever.

I understand people spent a lot of time and money applying for DTV based on the information they were given at that time. But that doesn’t mean immigration cannot change how they enforce it later.

Your DTV can still be valid for 5 years, but immigration can still become stricter and ask for more evidence when you re-enter Thailand.

Things change here quite often. Especially when it comes to visa and immigration rules.

2 years old. Might as well be a lifetime with how many changes to the visa rules

The problem is each Immigration office in Thailand interprets the laws as they see fit and the MFA officials around the word in various countries do the same thing.

Welcome to the reality of dealing with Thai officialdom.

In Thailand the only consistency is inconsistency.

Learn to live with that or be very frustrated.

Nice boobs

XD

Ah chis Parker is an OG YouTuber like his stuff.

But as others have said it’s an old video things change…

I’ll be prepared for (hopefully) water the IO wants to see.

Lol there's a massive difference between... the law, the IO, reality and the weather

It's a 2 year old video, it really doesn't mean anything in 2026. You're talking about the most schizophrenic country. I know of no other country on earth with as unstable of laws and policies that change by the week, most other countries once you become familiar with the rules you don't need to check again - they won't change for 5-10 years+

As we saw just this week, things can change in the blink of an eye. This video is just a historical record right now.

Unfortunately, he is not an immigration officer. He works for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which oversees embassies and visa process. When you enter the country, you come in contact with the Department of Immigration, an entirely separate government organization, not even in the same division of government (e.g. US immigration reports to Secretary of Homeland Security while Embassy staff report to Secretary of State). So he really can’t be deciding what immigration will/will not do. Immigration was never involved with designing this visa and never liked it. Furthermore, the government has completely changed since then. This guy, since he was a senior level guy, probably doesn’t even have that role anymore)

I don't know why everyone argue about leaving and coming back, i had my dtv back on August

I leave and come back every 60 days, each visit is 2 weeks

Entered and exited nearly 6 times no question asked, last time only they asked to show them money in cash, i showed 2k and they just let me in

Things have changed.

This is a 2 years old video and was made exactly after DTV was released. Not actual

Two entire years old video...smh

The video is 2 years old when there was a different ruling political party, now we have a different party at Centre, and their policy is different to that of the previous government.

As others have said, I would not be relying on the information in this video at this time. Much of it may still be correct, but if an immigration officer was questioning me, I certainly would not be saying, "Ah, but the MFA guy said something in an interview in November 2024."

Can just do what some people in here do; walk around with a binder with all their printouts, application, mortgage and their bank statement for the last 3 months updated continuously. Oh yeh and present the laminated A3 as well.

The go-to vid back In the early DTV days. He is correct on the reentry for 99.5 % of DTVERS.

1. He's not an immigration officer, he was working for the MFA headquarters. MFA doesn't control borders, it issues visas.

2. He got moved to Sydney's consulate. As everything here, things could change quickly. His government got replaced by a much stricter ones when it comes to immigration. Read the daily news. I'm not saying what he says is all wrong but plenty of things may change.

Look, it was a completely different government back then, and for the majority of people it is still like that. But times are changing and Thailand changes all the time, even before the DTV. It's just how it is. At least the visa is still available...