How many days of 2025 will you have spent in Thailand by the end of the year?

Even though the visa grants a 180-day stay with each entry, is there a kind of unofficial upper limit on the number of days spent in the country that makes de facto resident status interpretable?

My visa was approved as a remote worker. I work for my long-standing EU employer in my rented flat in Thailand with two screens, a LAN connection and a fixed desk. Leaving the country regularly is not realistic.

By the end of the year, I will have spent about 315 days in this country. Next year, I plan to return to my home country for 1-3 months, in addition to a shorter stay in a neighbouring country.

Got all my stuff. Tm30 visa bank account. Went 2 immigration noticed I needed pi tures went downstairs had pictures taken. There was a lady there with passports and bank books there filling out tm7s. She said she could do mine even though my 800k was only in for a couple days. What's up with that? Should I wait or pay her 27k baht to expedite?

Was fined 2K THB today for missing 90 day reporting by a one day. Lets say I arrived on the 1st, I thought 1 day in Thailand would be on the 2nd. But the first day is included. It ran late due to a family emergency over the past few weeks. Immigration were very rude.

I'm wondering if this is a big deal to have this fine in my passport going forward. I have a DTV.

Hi,

is it easy/possible to rent a condo for 12 months on a DTV (on the basis you have to leave the country ever 6 months and may not return) now that its virtually impossible to hold a Thai Bank Account?

thanks

I need to go to Laksi immigration next week - but even when I arrive early - the security guard won’t let me in until 8am.

When I’m finally allowed in there’s already a huge number of people waiting inside.

Is there a secret entrance somewhere?

I’ve tried other doors but all the automatic doors don’t open until 8am.

Thanks for any help

For UK Expats. Today I received a message from Halifax bank informing me my credit card account will be closed within 65 days. This comes right out of the blue. Just a heads up for Halifax/Lloyds TSB/Royal Bank of Scotland customers that you might be getting a message in the near future...

***Update. Just called Halifax and have been told a review has flagged you are not a UK resident so do not qualify for a credit card. Shame they told me 4 years ago it was fine and have happily updated my address to a Thai one 3 times, used my Thai number for their app and sent new credit cards to my Thai address 🤣

hi my wife and I been coming for 4mths Nov to March do 30days go to immigration get another 30days, leave Thailand for a week then come back for 30days go to immigration again extension for 30days. Just been told by friend their stopping people doing this,is this correct thanks for any help

The information in this group helped me a lot. Got mine in Laos (workcation category).

Documents prepared.

1. Work Portfolio

- Cover letter explaining why I want to apply DTV and my remote work is completely outside of Thailand.

- Recommendation letter from my employer to work remotely in Thailand also indicating I won't do any kind of employment or business locally

- Notarized employment contract and Company registration

- Screenshot of Company website and link to website

2. Financial evidence

- 6 months of Bank statements with highlighted salary transactions + Salary payslips (although I heard 3 months is enough)

- Currency conversion to THB (screenshot of conversion tool in Google search)

3. Proof of location

- Flight ticket & Hotel booking (Vientiane)

- Laos eVisa and entry stamp

- House contract in Bangkok

- latest TM30

Arrived Laos on weekends, submitted application and received payment QR.

Next day - went to Embassy and paid visa fee in person (beforehand print out the QR and go early if you want to avoid long queue). Received document check status in the afternoon.

Next day - pending approval status.

Next day - received email to come for interview (interview date is a week later)

Enjoy vacation for the week and then go to interview and received eVisa the next day.

For the interview, just got asked a few questions about my work experiences and previous travel history. Also asked me to show my mobile application and confirmed the bank account profile and my salary transactions.

The process as a whole is quite smooth, thanks to the previous posts with helpful information.

Good luck travellers 😁

For cancelling a non o visa do I need to pay a fee to leave within the next 7 days or do I need to leave same day?

Can we request a dtv with an activity of apartment renting?

In France, you have to open your own company to rent a furnished apartment so I have company identification. Could it work?

I have the 500k.