Bit of a dumb question, but if I go to Thailand with a normal visa, spend days at Songkran, and then fly out to Hanoi to apply for the DTV, would that affect my process of being accepted or nah?

Hi, we entered Thailand on a non o Visa (retirement), our visa’s expire before our funds have matured in Thai bank account. We understand that we have to leave the country so we are going to Vietnam for 2 weeks, can we apply for another non o in Vietnam?

We have UK passports.

The other alternative is to come back visa exempt but will we need onward travel proof?

TIA

I'm in Bangkok and need to leave the country to get a non-immigrant O Visa come back to Thailand and apply for a retirement visa. Where's the nearest and the easiest place to go?

Planning a trip to Vietnam to apply DTV workation. Hanoi or HCMC, which is faster and better choice recently? Are they about the same recently?

Hello! I have a DTV visa question

On the 3rd (tomorrow) I’m traveling to Vietnam to reset the visa for another 180 days. However, every 90 days a report must be submitted, which is the TM47. I already submitted that report 90 days ago in person, and from now on it’s supposed to be possible to submit it online.

My question is: since I’m going to Vietnam now, do I need to submit another TM47 report? It has already been 90 days since the last report. I checked with ChatGPT and it says it’s not necessary, that simply leaving the country resets the visa and that the next TM47 report should be submitted 90 days after my return.

I’d like to confirm this with someone who really knows, please! Sometimes ChatGPT gets things wrong 😅 Thanks!

Happy New year 2026

I'm from UK

Got 60 days on arrival if I go out of the country has I want to visit Vietnam and Cambodia around 10 days. then go to Chang mi do I have to get a 30 day extension still.

Thanks in advance

Rules keep changing

I entered Thailand Dec 11 got till Feb 8

Planning a trip to Vietnam for 6 days when I return will I get 30 or 60 days again?

USA passport but my return ticket is March 25 longer than 30days

I’m in Thailand, Vietnam, probably for close to 3 months Jan / march.

I plan to visit Vietnam in late feb be for the visa runs out,if I enter Vietnam for 10 days, do I need to extend Visa to 90 or can I just reapply for a online travel visa. Thanks.

I'm going to Hanoi on Tuesday to apply for DTV, and since I'm not sure how long I'll stay there (depends how long they are going to make me wait for getting the work done), I didn't book a return ticket to TH. Could it be a problem at Vietnamese immigration when entering the country Tuesday ? How did you guys manage that part ?

Thanks.

Applying in Hanoi (soft power):

If I arrive in Hanoi on the October 26th (Sunday), can I apply on that day or would I wait until Monday to submit the paperwork?

Does it matter that my booking reservation would show that I just arrived, and that I only have the reservation for 2 weeks?

Or do they not really scrutinize that part of the application?

Thanks in advance!