I'm near the end of my 1 year multi entry visa, I have to choose between going immigration and get and extension or do a border run and get one last 3 months stamp from this visa.

The question is, if I go immigration, will they give me a 1 year extension or only 2 months extension?

I have 400k in thai bank but it's in investing account not saving account.

After the 5-year DTV expires, what are the options for staying in Thailand, excluding marriage or large investment?

Alsoo, Has any one heard reports of possible DTV extensions beyond 5 years?

(Yes, I realize Thailand visa requirements can be somewhat "fluid" 🤙)

Thanks

Anyone here, heard of this mandated urine test...?? I'm an hour away from the closest "city" I'm southern in issan...live stock country... all info I have found is about harassment type behavior by bad cops...at dui inspection...anyone know about small towns???

Hi team. I’m a Fifo (Fly in fly out of Australia) working a 2 on 3 off roster. Other than 2 years of Covid I been living in Thailand for over 13years coming in and out on a tourist Visa via Suvarnbhumi AP, never a problem…

I’m keen for a DTV for various reasons including but not limited too, long stays other than my 3 weeks off, drivers license renewal for longer than 12 months, accounts and personnal reasons.

My question is, has anyone FiFo here or know of anyone FiFo been successful with this DTV?

Thanks in advanced 💙

Advice sought please !! Will re locate Thailand in Feb ! Am looking at transferring $$ from Australian bank to "Wise" to Thai bank !! As bank & wise apparently always use/send a " verification code" for transfer authentication I cannot get this as sent as SMS!! I would really appreciate a way around this without having to resort to a " VPN!?". Cheers

hello, so I am considering alternating between Sri Lanka and Thailand. 6/6 months split perhaps.

Do you think that having the DTV would prevent you from being able to get the digital nomad Visa in Sri Lanka?

Or do you think this is something they probably haven't considered and won't even care about

As I live in Chiang Mai which has the burning season for multiple months of the year and also it's nice just to switch things up to keep the mind fresh

I am intermittently mediocre with empathy. I just got all fired up with the behavior of a tourist and my wife suggested i was maybe a culture thing.

So, are there any cultures where leaving the door to an air conditioned cat cafe open is a reasonable thing to do? I am pretty sure this is a universally shit behavior?

Edit: I love the replies. People don't need to agree with me- I posted to broaden my view. But I love the people who can't or won't actually read or who want to troll showing their dumb faces so they can be blocked. About 6 more knuckleheads I'll never hear from again! :)

EDIT 2: omg probably 20 blocked now! Let's go chums, somebody else make a comment about my wife/sex/value as a human! My block button is all warmed up and deleting you now means I don't need to do it later!

So no dtv in sight as we landed in Bkk..but happy to say that I got in easily with a 60 day free visa..the IO was a smiling guy and funny that he stamp my passport first before asking how long I'm staying and if a applied for a dtv

I showed a copy that saya pending approval and he smiled saying he was worries he stamped the wrong visa on my passport.! So it's nice to be back on Thailand, air is different and I can go back to my normal routine ..my health declined in HCMC due to my diet restriction and can't eat food with sugar..I get to rest my worries for now and will just wait for the dtv and make a flight out again..

What are the major Pro and Cons of DTV visa? I had understood that it is maximum for 5 yrs. and that you dont actually get 180 each time you exit and return.. can someone lay it out simply... thanks ( I am not looking at the money in the bank - I knw about that and it is not an issue in mny case) just if it can be applied from within thailand and its pro and cons

thankyou

File it under everything else, BOSS:

So I’ve been in BKK for the last couple of days. The weather has been Splendid. The Chang beer has been cold and flowing like the mighty Chao Phraya river and the Issan ladies as lovely as ever.

BKK has well dressed for Christmas. And George Michael’s iconic song ‘ Last Christmas’ has been blasting the airwaves.

My ponder is if Last Christmas song is really about Christmas or is more a love song. George could have sang Last Kwanzaa. or Last Ramadan and the song would have been as good as ever!

Any thoughts, comments?