Hi all, I entered Thailand on a tourist visa exemption and must leave by Jan 24. Unfortunately, I require some eye surgery and will have it done on Jan 7 at Chula in Bangkok. Can anyone advise on whether I can extend an exemption for a few weeks to get follow-up medical care, and what the process is for that? 🙏

I applied for a DTV visa in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on September 18th. On September 19th, I received a request for additional documents. I had only submitted three pay slips. They asked for pay slips for the last six months and to highlight the corresponding payments on the bank statement for the last few months. I prepared everything and submitted it on September 19th.

On September 25th, the status changed from "Pending document analysis" to "Pending approval."

But due to a problem and confusion over the dates, I applied for a Vietnam visa until September 25th instead of October 15th. So, I had to urgently return to Thailand on September 25th.

I returned to Thailand with a 60-day tourist visa exemption. And on September 29th, I received a refusal, without giving any reason.

I submitted all the necessary documents: six months' salary, a bank statement for the last six months with a balance over 500,000 baht, and certified by the bank. A letter from my employer explaining and mentioning my agreement to work remotely, also stating that we do not work for Thai clients, as well as a sample of the last job I did. The insurance certificate valid for Thailand, and the form. TM30.

I don't see what happened. Could it be because I returned to Thailand before the process was complete?

Hi everyone, I just got my DTV visa approved with Soft Power (cooking school). I got the approval while I am currently staying in Thailand with tourist visa exemption (90days). I know this is not the best practice, but I had to do that for family emergency reasons.

I guess I will just have to do a border run to activate the DTV. Looking for people who did that and were not having problems! 😂 Hope everything will go smoothly 🙏 thanks

Yesterday I submitted my application for a DTV visa which should (hopefully) be approved within 10-15 days. I have a flight booked from Hanoi to Chiang Mai on the 24th of February. I have applied under the soft power category, so will be studying Muay Thai whilst there. The problem is, I broke my foot a couple of months ago, and it still hasn't healed. I have asked my school if I can delay the start of my training until my foot is fully recovered, but they are reluctant because of potential issues arising with immigration if the beginning of training is delayed. So, my question is: would it be possible to enter Thailand on the 60 day tourist exemption visa on the 24th (I hold a British passport), even after my DTV visa has been granted? Then after the 60 days is up, I would plan to do a border run and reenter on the DTV visa. This way, there would be ample time to let my foot recover, and my school would avoid any problems with immigration. Thanks in advance for the advice.

Hey guys…

Im in Thailand for another month and a bit, still on a tourist visa exemption, planning to leave Nov 1st to a neighbouring country and apply for my DTV which Im quite confident I will be approved for.

My first question: I heard Cambodia is changing in october from in person applications to Evisa only, and apparently I have to be back in my home country to do the Evisa application. Anyone able to confirm this? Got a source?

Second question: anyone know any neighbouring countries that most likely will remain doing in person DTV applications? I heard Laos should be fine so I will probably go there, but I would like to know if theres others that I can use as a backup plan.

Thank you!

Hello everyone!!

I entered Thailand with my Brazilian passport and I am allowed to stay for 90 days.

Is there an extension I can apply to stay 30 days more? Or I need to go for a visa run?

Thank you kaaaa

Hello, i couldn't find the official list of the criteria for Tourist Visa Exemption. Have relatives with german passports without facebook and would like to provide the info to them.

I know some but not exactly sure or if they are up to date.

1. Proof outbound flight within 30 day

2. 10,000THB (or 20,000THB?) or other currency cash per person.

3. Proof of accommodation

- can they use my own valid adress here in TH even it's not an hotel?

Thanks very much

J.

Hello, as the 45 day's tourist visa exempt did not get extended, we need to extend our visa as our flight was booked for a 90 day trip. We have already done a border run. What form do we need to fill in from the immigration website? Is it the extension of temporary stay in Thailand TM7? I'd like to get the forms filled out ahead of time and make sure we have everything we need for it. Thanks in advance to anyone who knows.

Hello! I want to ask if someone entry recently to Thailand (Koh Lipe) via Langkawi? I'm currently applying for an Online TR Visa, and was asked for the travel booking confirmation. So my question is if there's valid the ferry ticket from Langkawi instead a flight ticket? Thanks in advance!!

Hopefully, this is helpful to someone in the group: if you are trying to get a visa extension in Bangkok (as I am after entering Thailand on a tourist visa exemption), then you need to go to the 3rd floor of the IT Square Mall (see attached picture). Obviously, this is subject to change. I lost valuable time at Immigration Division 1 before being redirected to this location today.