What happens to a DTV visa if you lose your job in Thailand?

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Hi! What happens to your DTV visa if you get laid off from your job?

My work has been heavily financially impacted by the tariff changes. What happens to your 5 year DTV visa if you lose your job during that time? It’s getting harder to find remote work.

Ask Thailand · Answer

If you lose your job while on a 5-year Digital Nomad Visa (DTV) in Thailand, you generally do not face immediate consequences as long as you met the visa requirements when you applied. The current situation allows you to maintain your visa while traveling and not seeking extensions or 90-day reporting within Thailand. However, if you attempt to extend your visa while in the country, it could become problematic. Some suggestions include leaving the country and re-entering to manage your visa status without complications. Overall, Thai immigration is not actively monitoring job statuses for DTV visa holders.

Steve ******* · Answer

As long as you don't tell immigration, they won't know. And as of now, they don't check any details when entering the country, so just don't do extensions.

Davis ****** · Answer

Get a grip, Pal. You think Thai immigration is monitoring your employment status?

Johnny ********* · Answer

You completely lose the visa.

Anna ********* · Answer

To extend leave the country and return Don’t try and extend within Thailand

Joe ***** · Answer

Go back to home country and get a job. But, Sadly, getting a job seems to be very tough now and employers are giving up offering remote work. Those days are dissapearing. Start a YouTube channel and be like the other 40 million ex oats here and live off if that..anywhere from 0 to 5000 usd a month.

Beatrix ********** · Answer

well they aren’t monitoring everyones jobs so get it now while you can with a current job. and then find a new job. shouldn’t be an issue

Andrew ******** · Answer

Dont extend .. just leave the country come back get new stamp

Jeremy ******** · Answer

If you keep traveling internationally and never go for a 90 day report or visa extension in country …nothing you will keep your 5 year visa

Now for you personally and financially that’s a whole other situation and problem that you need to deal with

Stephan *********** · Answer

Right now it would only hit you if you try to get an extension inside the country. Getting a new stamp by leaving/reenter doesn't require the complete paperwork... not yet... 🙄🤔

Stuart ********* · Answer

Currently at this stage nothing would happen. You met the requirements at the time of applying for the visa so you’re good for the 5 year run of it.

That’s not to say in the future they may move the goal posts and require things down the road.

What happens to a DTV visa if you lose your job in Thailand?

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