Can you enter Thailand with tourist visa before the DTV is approved?

This is probably not the right place to ask but bear with me.

I’m here on a DTV but my boyfriend is here on visa exempt status. He has already flown in twice this year to Thailand but not stayed the full 60 days. Due to some family stuff he is having to fly out again for a week and come back.

Could someone please enlighten how many times a year he can come here on visa exempt status. He wanted to apply for DTV but he doesn’t have the full 500K yet.

Nationality: Central European.

Thanks for any advice whatsoever. Khap khun khaaaa

For those wishing to open bank accounts on a tourist visa the process may be scrutinised a little more and become more challenging.

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Someone please refresh my memory. If I go to Thailand on a tourist visa and after 90 days I fly out, when I come back does my tourist visa renew or do I need to go somewhere to apply again? US passport

Hi just received DTV from New Zealand. Took about 4 weeks as I had to add some more details, work contract CV etc.

Question

do you need to do 90 day reports? also opening bank acc is possible at all.

Thanks

Hello again every one. 🙂

I want to extend my 60 day visa exempt for another 30, is this still possible?

I don’t have a TM6 form or TDAC because when I entered Thailand it hadn’t started yet.

I was advised I might only be able to extend for 7 days, can anyone clarify?

Thanks in advance for any input.

Edited: excuse my confusion, I thought it was a sixty day visa on arrived an turns out it’s “visa exempt” thanks 🙏🏼

I did my drinving license 2 years ago on a tourist visa (still have tourist) and wanted to get the renewal done for the 5 year one so i can get an IDP. They say with a tourist visa you can only extend for another 2 years, not 5 - therefore they wont give an IDP. Anz idea on how i can get an IDP from thailand with a tourist visa? And if not, any idea which visa would be fast to acquire so i can make an IDP? Thanks

Hello; new here and hopefully this is a simple question. US citizens, first visit to Thailand, arriving by air to BKK 1/11/2026 staying until 1/31/2026 flying to Luang Prabang from Chiang Mai and flying back to Chiang Mai on 2/5/2026 with plans to visit the southern area of Thailand for at least three weeks. Have not booked our departure flight out of BKK to Hanoi yet. On the government website, what would be the correct tourist visa to apply for? When we fly to Laos and back, does that "reset" the clock? Will we need to show our onward ticket to Hanoi, or somewhere else outside of Thailand? Thanks.

Hi guys . Thanks for adding me. I'm new here.

I applied for a thai tourist visa 3 weeks ago and I haven't gotten a response from the Thai embassy. My intended travel date is 28th of July 2025. I was contacted by the embassy through my agent that the photograph of my passport book needs to resent as the one I sent wasn't clear. I had to resend it alongside a copy of my passport which they accepted. That happened 5 days after submission.

They said it would take them 10 extra days to process it but I've been waiting for 3 weeks now and nothing yet. Could anything be wrong? Why could they be taking so long when in reality they only said it takes 5-10 working days. I'm so so nervous 😓 😟.

I did everything they asked for as a requirement, and I've been waiting but no answer yet.

I applied through an agent, and I'm Nigerian. I don't know why they haven't given me a response yet.

I read that Thailand is now requiring financial proof when applying for tourist visas. This is for visas applied for in one's home country, but does it also include visa free entry into Thailand?