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What is the process for entering Thailand on a DTV visa, and what should I expect at immigration?

Aug 17, 2025
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Jason **********
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Recent experience entering on my DTV visa 3rd entry. I was returning from Vientiane Laos by land before flying from Udon Thani Airport. During my land crossing I was asked to go to the back and see the supervisor. No questions about purpose of my trip just looked through passport and sent back. I walked to the back room sat down handed the supervisor my passport. He looked quickly and said do you have a visa? I said yes it's in my passport. Apparently both him and the first immigration missed the physical copy of my DTV inside my passport. I asked him to hand me my passport opened and showed him the DTV. He took my passport back stamped me and told me have a good trip. Zero questions about current activities or purpose of visit. I had my TDAC done as well and they didn't ask for my QR code. So all in all if they had seen my visa most likely would have just waved me in. Next time I'll just make sure my passport is open to the DTV page not my bio data page when I hand it to them.
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TLDR : Answer Summary
The user shared their experience re-entering Thailand on a DTV visa, detailing an incident at the immigration checkpoint where officers overlooked their visa, leading to a hiccup during processing. They emphasized the importance of presenting the correct page of the passport and mentioned not being asked extensive questions about their visit. Comments provide additional advice on visa visibility and suggest having a printed copy of the visa handy.
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Paul ********
Why was the visa number not entered on the TDAC?
Jason **********
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@Paul *******
it was they didn't look at the tdac or ask for it.
Anonymous ******************
You will find they switch back to bio page automatically anyway even if you hand over opened on visa page, its reflex for them. Better to print and laminate visa page copy to size of passport and just tuck it in
James ********
And if you had printed out a copy of the DTV Visa and placed it in your Passport, the Thai Immigration Officer would have seen it.

Thank You for your helpful report.
Christopher ***********
Thanks for your report Jason. Sounds like the first immigration officer didn’t look at your entry record upon the two previous occasions either.
Ian **********
So you have the visa stamped in your passport? Where was it issued?
Jason **********
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@Ian *********
I have a visa printed sticker because mine was issued earlier when you could apply in person on site. Mine was issued in Taiwan last year. So yes the document is attached to a page in my passport.