What should I say to immigration when entering Thailand on a DTV visa?

Wait til September comes loads of 60 plus arriving DTV , on soft option , cooking courses, Thai Culture etc, and the odd Muay Thai. Can't blame people really, no Snowbird options when eventually the 60 day on arrival finishes.

She has done a job, that all

The problem with antedoctal reporting is that it represents a,biased self-selecting report. On average though it appears that the majority of negative DTV stories are anonymous posters...if you are ruling out the possibility of bots or human manipulation on social media, than so be it. Visa agencies, certain govt employees don't like the DTV because it has a 5 year validity, so less tea money is earned. Casual observation suggests that most problems arise from muaythai or cooking classes approaches, and those not waiting for visa in the country that they applied. So,apologies to those who actually were delayed.

You’re here on a dtv that allows you to work remotely and stay for up to 5 years for 6 months a time. that’s the visa and the rules. So what if you have a Thai girlfriend as well. That’s irrelevant, do they expect you to be a monk ?

Last time I entered Thailand on my DTV, the immigration officer asked about the visa, my reasons for staying, and what I do for work. I explained everything in Thai—I've lived here for 12 years on various different visas and speak it to a conversational level.

I told her it's a 5-year multiple-entry visa for digital nomads like me. I'm the director of an overseas company, so it allows me to stay in Thailand while managing my remote business abroad, with up to 180 days per entry—just need to re-enter every 6 months or so to reset.

She listened, said 'Ah okay, welcome to Thailand,' and stamped my passport right away—no drama.

These questions are just routine checks: they're required to ensure no one's misusing the visa by working for Thai companies or taking local gigs (which is strictly not allowed—it's only for remote/foreign work). A lot of the minor hassles people report come from officers still getting trained on the new DTV rules and how it works for genuine remote workers.

I think speaking Thai really helped too. Explaining in English might not have come across as clearly due to language barriers—many immigration officers have only A2-level English (or sometimes less), so being able to chat in Thai probably made everything smoother and quicker for both sides.

As long as you're upfront, stick to foreign/remote work, and can explain clearly, it usually goes fine like it did for me. In cases where your DTV was approved for things like cooking courses, I'm guessing they will look into it deeper. They want to ensure your funds to continue to live in Thailand are coming from abroad and not the local economy. In that case you just need to prove that you have income to support yourself and where it comes from.

I came through Phuket 2 days ago and had a female officer. Zero questions asked, she even pushed aside and ignored my dtac info when I handed it to her. She stamped my passport and then just ignored me.

Touched down at 00:45am at Suvarnabhumi last night. Holding DTV with Thai nature course as well. Went through a female custom. Not a question been asked.

I think it’s depends on luck as well

Listen up everyone. The DTV was designed by the MFA and immigration do not like it, but it is a tourist visa and the only reason you can enter Thailand is for a holiday. So, even if you are on a soft power course it is still a holiday. The information on the screen does not show anymore details than the information on your actual visa, so the IO does not know if you're workcation or soft power. Your answer should always be "I'm here for a vacation. Is there something wrong with my visa. It was issued by the Royal Thai Embassy, so do I need to contact them?" There is no obligation for an onward flight or 20k baht, but all entries must be able to supply an address for the first 24 hours. This is because they may need to contact you due to a virus outbreak on the plane etc. After 24 hours you will have been registered using TM30, as that is the law. :D

No Engrish - *stamped*

From all accounts there's been increased strain on Thailand's immigration system since the Iran War began, and that seems to be leading to stricter controls at the airports.

actually I agree I happened to visit Vietnam because it’s warm in Thailand now so I went for a mountains and it was my first time coming back on DTV and girl officer was very rude and asked about my employee paycheck I was very confused because I’m the ceo of my own company on workcation Dtv and she asked for my salary she thought some agency send me and than she called someone and they let me go when I explained I did found it very rude an unpleasant because there’s nowhere in description written that I’m required to show anything like that also they have in the system all the necessary info too so yeah some of the officers definitely try to stir trouble for no reason and that’s just very unprofessional especially from an officer

Whoever wrote this needs an AI to fix it. M

she was making a joke, but you didn’t catch it.

Don't trust this BS post! Never saw immigration officers act like that.

You should of said i am a content creator .

I do onlyfans videos 😂

I’ve entered multiple times 10+ on DTV, never had issues. However 4 weeks ago I had a long process of 15 minutes before being stamped.

Then I re entered 2 days ago in 30 seconds no issues.

It happens. Who knows why maybe IO bad day. And it could happen to anybody.

I had no issue two nights ago at bkk. Really long line but stamped and in. I’ve had my dtv a little over a year and entered 4 times with no issue other than the first time being asked some valid friendly questions 🤷

I call BS

Calling bs on these anonymous posters, most likely visa agencies stirring crap

I always choose a male officer. They are more chill

She was obviously flirting with you

Then she got jealous once she saw your GF

it happens

There are more and more reports about people struggling at borders, even on a visa.