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What is the process for transferring a DTV E-Visa to a new passport in Thailand?

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Does anyone know what’s the best process of getting the DTV E-Visa transferred over to a new passport? 

My passport was about to expire, so I ordered a new one a few weeks ago and hopefully getting it in ￼three or four weeks ! (UK Passport) 

It’s gonna be a pretty quick turnaround. I may only be a few weeks in between when I receive my new passport and then when I have to leave the country and re enter for another 180 days!

I’ve read mixed advice online about whether to go to immigration and get my DTV transferred over before or after I travel in & out the country? Or if to just re enter the country with the DTV & both passports?! Surely that’s not a good idea 😅

(I’m assuming that I get to keep my old passport when I go to collect my new one?)  

Pls don’t get mad at me if I’m asking obvious questions I have heard mixed advice so idk x

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To transfer a DTV E-Visa to a new passport, many expats suggest carrying both passports when re-entering Thailand, as the visa is linked to the old one. You may not need to transfer the visa itself, since immigration can often check your visa information digitally. However, there is mixed advice about whether to visit immigration for a transfer or simply travel with both passports. It's crucial to ensure you can exit the country with a valid passport, and you will still keep your old passport with a corner cut after receiving the new one.

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Ben **********

Ben **********

Don't bother transferring it, just bring both passports. I came into Suvarnabhumi last night for the first time since getting the DTV. I also needed a new passport while I was back home and had the visa linked to the old one. Brought both the old and the new with a laminated print out of my visa. IO didn't even want to see my old passport. She just scanned the QR code on my visa print out and stamped me in for 6 months. Happy days!

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Greg ********

Greg ********

Yes you get your old one with corner cut off when you get new passport.

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Wannikea *********

Wannikea *********

You'll need to carry both passports.

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Robert *******

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@Wannikea ********

So just tell the officer I lost my old passport or it got stolen.

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Urs ********

Urs ********

Why not telling them the truth and just tell them you got a new passport?

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Urs ********

Urs ********

That's not the topic. He clearly mentioned his passport is about to expire and he is waiting for the new one. And you recommended that he should tell the customs at the immigration that he lost his old one or it was stolen. So, again, why lying?

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Luit *****************

Luit *****************

I don't know where you got your info, but for expired passports you normally have to use the old passport for the visa and the new passport for entering and exiting the country.

Immigration cannot transfer a visa.

They only can tranfer stamps of extension, and that is meaningless for DTV, because you normally don't extend a stay on DTV, and just will get a new stamp in your new passport when you enter the country again.

At that moment they might ask to see your old passport because that is connected to the visa.

They also might just stamp the new passport without asking for the old one, but that is not a guarantee.

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Robert *******

Robert *******

Dont l, just visit Immigration and transfer the stamp.

and save the old passport on a place where nobody looks.

There is NO need to bring it with you for the rest of your life.

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Urs ********

Urs ********

When your old passport expires and you get a new one, it is absolutely no problem in any country. The guy who asked the question clearly mentioned that his passport expires soon and he will get a new one soon. So, why lying?

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Robert *******

Robert *******

According some people, as above, people who lost their passport or if got stolen, are NOT allowed to travel for the rest of their life..

Some people keep on claiming that you need both passports to travel.

As they not seem to listen, i tried it in a different way, but it seems useless to explain that both passports are not needed.

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Aung ************

Aung ************

No need to transfer- they hay your data , need to fill out TDA.

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Luit *****************

Luit *****************

@Aung ***********

That might work, but if they want, they can ask for the old passport because the visa is connected to that passport.

In your philosophy you don't have to show passport, visa and TDAC, because they have all of that as soon as your biometrics are scanned.

On Abu Dhabi it indeed works like that, but Thailand still asks for all documents.

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Aung ************

Aung ************

@Luit ****************

my own exp- (Jan 2026 )

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Luit *****************

Luit *****************

@Aung ***********

As I said it might work, but I think better safe than sorry, if they ask for your old passport and you did not take it with you, they might just stamp you in as if you don't have a visa.

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Robert *******

Robert *******

You will get mixed advice again.

You can visit Immigration with both passport and get your entry stamp transferred into your new passport with a stamp that you are holder of a DTV.

Than you can make your border run with only the new passport.

Some will tell you that you have to go back home country, using both passports, apply for a new visa using the new passport. Yep, it sounds as crazy as it is.

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Adrian **********

Adrian **********

I tried to do this a month ago and was told cannot. Was told when I leave thailand check out with old passport and when I come next time to use my new passport.

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Robert *******

Robert *******

@Adrian *********

You can not check out with an invalid passport.

This advice was not from an Immigration Officer.

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Adrian **********

Adrian **********

I assure you it was, at the info desk at jomtien. I'll have both passports, so will see, but he defo wouldn't transfer my stamp over.

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