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What was the experience of arriving in Thailand on a DTV visa from New Delhi?

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DTV arrival report at DMK.

I’m Indian and my wife is from Latin America. At New Delhi airport, I assumed check in staff (AirAsia) would bother us for return ticket since I didn’t book one but they just looked at our DTV visas and only asked how many days we’ll be in Thailand, I said 6 months and that was it, we were given boarding passes.

At DMK immigration, I handed over my passport and printed DTV - no questions , 180 day stamp given.

My wife was directed to first go to a medical counter and get her yellow fever vaccine verified (Certain Latin American countries need to do this). She got that done and returned to same immigration officer and got her 180 day stamp.

Overall pretty seamless. Excited to be in Thailand and call it home ☺️!

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The user shares their seamless experience arriving in Thailand on a DTV visa from New Delhi, mentioning no issues at check-in or immigration. Their wife, coming from Latin America, had to verify her yellow fever vaccine upon arrival, but everything went smoothly. The comments provide additional insights on immigration procedures and personal observations.

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James ********

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Thank You for your helpful report 👍

Welcome to Thailand and enjoy your 180 days... and more 😊

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Tommy ********

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But you’re on a DTV. It’s not really home, more a base.

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

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It fits in my definition of home.

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Tommy ********

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Anonymous participant if you’re not on a legit work or long term visa, it’s not really your home. It’s a base. Or you could call it a temp home. But in reality that visa is for people who remote work and base in many places, not just one place. The government even said it themselves, it’s not a long term visa and if you want to live in Thailand, you need to get other appropriate visas.

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Tommy ********

Tommy ********

Anonymous participant I take it your British with that attitude?

Point is, remote workers usually refer to a place they work as a base, not a home. It’s that simple if it’s not a long term or work permit.

Refer to it as you like, why are biting and why do you care?

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

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Who hurt you mate? Chill and learn to be positive in life. Don’t try to change other people’s perspective. I’ve been in Thailand 15+ times in last 10 years and I feel good living here on this visa and I do feel at home. I work remotely and I don’t need bank account. I have Thai driving licence, a nice apartment and soon buying a scooter. I don’t see any problems in living my life and feeling like home. When I get bored I’ll move to another country and call that my home. That’s what I’ve been doing my entire adult life. Don’t be such a vibe kill!

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Yeah landed in DMK today and no fuss. I overheard immigration officers questioning others, but there seemed to be valid reasons for everything. If you come to Thailand and then cannot answer a simple question - “What are your travel plans?”, then you got a serious problem.

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Had your wife traveled directly from Latin America, she would have needed to fill out the TM8 form.

However, how did they pick her out from the queue, having arrived from New Delhi? Normally, flights that don't originate in Latin America or Africa (there aren't any direct flights from the former anyway) shouldn't have anyone waiting for you to direct you to the quarantine counter unless you're already in line, or based on your appearance, immigration officers call out "black guy" or "Latino" (in Thai) and tell you (in English): "you go see doctor".

I've seen that happen. Several African men were pulled out of line and asked to go to the quarantine counter.

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

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Nope my wife hasn’t been in LATAM in more than a year. We travelled from New Delhi.

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Christopher ***********

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TM.8 is for Re-Entry Permit. You refer to; T.8 Online Health Declaration Form for Yellow Fever. I once arrived at Suvarnabhumi from São Paulo (obviously indirect flight). I had my Yellow Book in my hand but wasn’t asked. Guy stood next to me from Buenos Aires told me he had to show his. He was of European appearance also. I’m guessing checks might be random?

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And no, checks are NOT random. It's an absolute mandatory requirement for arrivals from the 45 yellow fever countries to be vaccinated for yellow fever to enter Thailand. Nowadays, they're doing the checks through the website/app, rather than checking again on arrival. The on arrival check may still be conducted if you're a national of a yellow fever country not arriving from a yellow fever area.

In such cases, technically, the requirement shouldn't apply, but citizens of these 45 countries may still be hassled regardless.

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No, you're confused. The T.8 form asks you to upload your yellow fever certificate in electronic form. You will be REFUSED boarding if you are beginning your journey from a yellow fever region. This new rule was strengthened in August of last year.

No ifs or buts about it. It was all over the news.

So to fly to Thailand from one of those 45 countries, proof of yellow fever vaccination is MANDATORY.

There may be ways of getting around it; by flying on separate tickets via Vietnam or Europe or something, but if you insist on flying direct (with a transit in somewhere like Dubai) proof is needed. In fact, it may be required just to get to Dubai!

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Christopher ***********

Christopher ***********

You appear to be confused. You’re talking about two different things. One being a health declaration form and the other being possession of a Yellow Book containing a Yellow Fever vaccination certificate. Have you actually flown via Yellow Fever endemic countries to Thailand?

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@Christopher **********

No it isn't.. the T8 form is now MANDATORY for departures from the 45 yellow fever countries. You're not getting on a flight from those countries having not filled out the form. Period! Airlines are checking this.

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Christopher ***********

Christopher ***********

Checking for possession of a Yellow Fever Certificate is absolutely random in my experience. Unless you are suggesting Thai immigration have online access to various National Health Service and private vaccination clinic records? Their criteria is; ‘arrived from or having transited for a period of 12 hours or longer a Yellow Fever endemic country’.

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@Christopher **********

No, the T8 (OK just checked not TM8) is mandatory for all flights departing from yellow fever regions heading for Thailand. The rules came into effect last August. You have to fill it out or you won't be issued a boarding pass.

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Christopher ***********

You refer to this?

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