What is the current status and future of the Destination Thailand Visa (DTV) for expats?

someone working at the copy shop of a strict immigration office in the South said "the boss" don't like DTV because the office makes more money from ED visa (15 month university) through the backdoor. "only visit one time for make picture, don't need go class". go figure

DTV killed much revenue for local offices. everything else is NPC virtue signaling

I think they should not give that visa at all for soft power

It doesn’t matter ‘what you all think’. It only matter either the Thai authorities changes rules or not.

Go Ask the person who's Signature appears on the Notice Promulgating the Destination Thailand Visa (DTV) into Existence on 15 July 2024 = Thailand's Prime Minister and Interior Minister!

As published in the Thai Royal Gazette and also the signed copy:

ประกาศ กระทรวง มหาดไทย เรื่อง

การอนุญาต ให้ คนต่างด้าว อยู่ในราชอาณาจักร เพื่อ ท่องเที่ยว และ ทำงาน ทางไกล เป็น กรณีพิเศษ

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Soft power DTV does give easy access to undesirables for long term stay in Thailand. I expect them to tighten up on that in the near future

I guess from their perspective they are filtering out people that can’t get together $20,000 in their bank account… for three months…

They just want people that can afford to be here and aren’t planning to do crime.

On top of that, the visa fee is pretty much a generous donation… to their entire department and supports regulating and checking up on who comes into the country and how they behave

I have it from a credible source they will stop applications for Dtv at the end of December .

Technically a 6 months course does not justify a 5 year visa, the visa is only valid when you are enrolled in a soft power activity.

A number of people here do believe when they are approved for the visa all requirements are void from that moment on, but nobody until now could point ot where that is described.

When you ask the embassy where you got the visa what are the requirements at subsequent entries they will tell you they are exactly the same as at moment of approval, and that it is up to border immigration offcials to decide what they need to check.

The checks at approval are only meant to check if it is trustworthy that you need a visa for a longer time.

So technically there is also no need to issue DTV visa for a shorter period if you have a shorter training, simply because when the training ends, your purpose of stay does not match the visa, what makes it illegal to use the visa at that moment.

At the moment there are not much checks at entry of the country, that can stay the same for years, but can also change very soon.

There is no change of rules necessary for that, only change of guidelines for border immigration officers.

I think they will become more strict in 6-12 months like they changed ED visa