I arrive on Saturday with a 90 day visa for the first time

Do I have to print my visa off or is it OK to show the downloaded document on my tablet.

Thankyou

Why so many questions about money on your account?

If not have enough money why stay here. Of course they want to know if you can support yourself in the future. Same in my homecountry. They don’t want to pay for hospital bills for emergency cost (just to make you stay alive) and don’t get paid for it.

You need at least 1,5 million Baht saved to have a decent life regardless what hospital insurance you have.

If not, life can be not as good as you think here in Thailand.

Maybe i am wrong, but I see “Farang” come here without savings and life can get really bad if you get sick or meet the wrong lady

I want to apply for a marriage visa what is the best process and once granted can you leave Thailand and return for say a month or so

I thought I’d share this banking experience, just in case it could help someone. Background: I have a newer US Passport, the one with the weird patterned photos that make you look like a criminal. Anyway, I’m at the K-Bank at Central, on Beach Road in Pattaya. I have all my docs in order and we’re flying along in the process when it comes time to A) take my picture, and B)take a picture of my passport photo. The K-Bank system rejected multiple attempts by their rep, each time saying the photos do not look like the same person. By the way, at K-Bank they use their iPads to take the photos - I wonder if they should upgrade that process. The rep tried and tried with no success, finally telling to go home and make my beard shorter. That night, I followed this advice and the next day went to the K-Bank located in the Big C Super Center on Central Road. Same sh!t. Just when the rep and I were wondering what to do next, another rep who had been following along at a distance ran over, saw that I have a new US passport and started shouting, “no, no, no! US Passport! US Passport!”. He grabbed it and with a big smile told me he was going to make this work. He went to a remote corner of the small branch and took photos of the passport at a weird angle. He came back laughing and gave everything to my rep saying, “go ahead, it will work now”. And just like that, when the rep took my like 20th photo….voila! it matched with the passport photo, and we sailed through the rest of the process. So if anyone has this problem at a bank, I recommend you ask the rep to call their home office and check on the best practices for taking a photo of the new USPassport.

Hello I am very confused with the immigration rules in Thailand because they keep changing I have been here twice this year it accounts to around 70 days can I still make another trip to Thailand later this year or do I have to apply for a Visa

I heard all Thai Visa fees including DTV will go up, effective now. DTV will triple to 30,000 baht. Still a good deal for 5 years. Is this confirmed true?

I just renewed my passport and went to Chiang Mai Immigration to do a visa transfer. The immigration officer advised that I don’t need to do it—instead, I just need to leave the country when it is time, return, and present both passports on arrival. Immigration will then stamp my new passport.

I was also advised to email the DTV issuing authority in Hanoi to update my new passport number in my current(DTV).

Has anyone had a similar experience recently? I’ve heard different procedures in the past, so would really appreciate hearing how it worked for others—especially as on-the-ground policies seem to be evolving.

Thank you!

Hi everyone, I would like to ask for some advice regarding my visa application.

My application was recently cancelled by the Thai Consulate, and I was told that my cooking course (10 half-day sessions) does not meet the requirement for a long-term visa.

However, I noticed that some people mentioned they successfully applied with a 6-month cooking course.

May I ask:

- Did anyone here apply successfully with a course that has around 10 topics or limited contact hours?

- How many total hours per week or month did your course include?

- Did your school provide any special documents to support the visa?

I am now considering whether to change my course or apply for a different visa type.

Any advice or shared experience would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much!

I was born in Udorn Thani, but raised in America. My mother is Thai. What would I need if I want to move to Thailand?

Hi everyone,

I’m applying for the DTV Spouse visa from Laos. I already submitted our last 3 bank statements as requested, but they are now asking for an “update” of the bank statements.

I’m not sure what exactly they want me to send this time. Should I just resubmit the same 3 recent statements again, or do they expect newer ones ?

thank you so much for your help.