Answereda year ago

What happens to my Soft Power DTV visa if I stop training MMA after six months?

Soft Power DTV Visa Thai Visa Rules MMA Training Visa Visa Validity Re-Entry Regulations Immigration in Thailand

Anonymous *************

asked Aug 13, 2025

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Hii everyone,

For the Soft Power DTV visa, you need to leave the country every 6 months, and then you can return and stay for another 6 months. But if I no longer have a membership to train MMA after the first 6 months, my DTV visa will no longer be valid, right? Even though the visa itself is valid for 5 years.

Does anyone know how this works?

Answer summary

The Soft Power DTV visa allows holders to stay in Thailand for 180 days, which can be reset by leaving and re-entering the country. Although the visa is valid for 5 years, there are currently no strict regulations about continuing the course associated with the visa, such as MMA training, after the initial six months. Participants have reported varying experiences with how qualifications are monitored upon re-entry, leading to some flexibility regarding compliance.

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VZ ****

Still valid 🙂 the DTV visa is granted on basis of the 6 months course and can be extended for 5 years

a year ago

Anonymous ******************

It's all good. I got my DTV on account of five dental appointments. I attended one for a check-up, then cancelled the rest! I've been out and back in three times since! It's a laugh! 😂😂

a year ago

VZ ****

Anonieme deelnemer 842 dont say this here , the're also anonymous people in this group who actually work for the immigration (no joke) they might change it bc of too many of these statements, be discrete ;-)

a year ago

Anonymous ******************

@VZ ***

But that's how the embassy accepts it. If I'm queried I'll just make a few more appointments. No big deal. Most digital nomads just sit in internet cafes leeching free WiFi playing on their computers. No difference

a year ago

Anonymous ******************

Your entry stamp allows you to stay for 180 days. You can either leave thailand then come back in, or extend it in country (which requires all the documentations again, so people may choose not to go this route). Every re-entry resets a new 180 days stamp

The visa is valid for 5 years. For now, there are no written rules to say what happens if you should continue the course or not after approval.

a year ago

Anonymous *************

Anonieme deelnemer 929 Thankyouu, very clear

a year ago

DTV_Be*******

It’s a 5 year visa

Stop overthinking it…just sabai sabai

a year ago

VZ ****

DTV_Begpacker so true hahaha the biggest risk is people thinking too much sometimes not too little....

a year ago

DTV_Be*******

@VZ ***

one thing is for sure with immigration

When it changes it changes

You know everything on Monday and on Tuesday you learn a whole new system

Sabai sabai

a year ago

Gil ***********

DTV_Begpacker stop overthinking only think after something bad happens, right? That’s why the forum exists - to ask questions and avoid bad things from happening. Your “sabai sabai” approach might work for you, but not necessarily for others.

a year ago

DTV_Be*******

@Gil **********

it’s Thailand and you must be new here

Sabai sabai and treat it the Thai way

Stop overthinking it

a year ago

Elías ********

You don't need to leave every six months. You can stay one day and leave, then come again and stay one month, and leave two months. It's totally free and up to you. Each entry grants 180 days.

a year ago

Pete *******

Currently no one is checking the qualifications on re-entries only on extensions.

a year ago