Question I have related to the new DTV visa. Does this 5 year window begin upon approval / issuance of the visa while the applicant is still residing in their home country, or does it begin when the applicant first sets foot on thai soil (which then initiates the first 180 visa stay period)? Hoping that anyone with DTV experience can answer this question. Thanks very much.

I am from the USA and this year my wife and I visited Thailand 🇹🇭 and family there for just short of 4 months. 1/10-4/25/25. We entered under the visa exempt and got 60 days twice, once on arrival and then after visiting Laos 🇱🇦.

When we were leaving there has been talk about this being done away with.

So for this years visit after Thanksgiving at the end of November I am looking at getting us either a multi entry tourist visa or a multi entry non o visa.

Can someone tell me the length of time you get per entry for each type tourist/non o visa.

I looked on the site and could not find the answer anywhere.

Thank you in advance.

Hey folks! For those who don't fit the criteria for DTV but want to stay a few months, is there an option for 6-month tourist visa? I've heard of this and it feels like an urban legend because I'm not sure I know anyone who has actually gotten it (maybe I don't know anyone who has applied for it). If yes, which countries can successfully get a 6-month tourist visa? Thanks!

Has anyone here gotten their DTV visa but their dependent got it for a shorter period of time?

If so, did you find a way to work around that?

Anyone knows what the 60 means please

Quick question for those that have been to thailand/phuket recently.

Are they still giving the 60 day visa exemption? I heard they wanted to cut it back to 30 days.

Got my flight soon I'm wondering if I should buy flight for the 30 day limit just in case.

Thanks

What routes have people taking to obtain this visa?

I'm thinking of the Muay Thai fighting gym route but I'm interested what else there is and what others have done

Being honest, I don't know if I could sustain that much training for five years

But I'm also confused about the five years. Can you stay ALL five years or do you have to leave for a fixed amount of time - like stay 180 days and leave 180 days before returning or can you return after 1 day, 30 days what ever?

I'm new to this so all and any info is helpful. Thanks!

For Americans, you got 6 months in Europe and got 2 months in Thailand without a visa, that doesn’t mean Thailand is less friendly to you than Europe, mostly because Thailand wants to generate more revenues from tourism by forcing you extending your visa or jumping back and forth, cutting the staying from 2 months to 30 days also aiming the same, generating more revenues, but this will bring more inconvenient for travelers and may affect their plans.

I have just received my Non-Immigrant 0 visa. I filled out the application form, and told the embassy my date of travel 01/06/2025 that then gives me 3 months, they have issued the E-VISA from 18/04/2025 until 16/07/2025, can I get it changed or should I go to immigration and explain when I arrive, and Brandon what are the complications.

Hello,

Me and my family (husband and three years old son) will apply to DTV on next days. We are from Portugal and have remote jobs. I have a few questions:

- the visa fee of 10000bth is for person? My son will have to pay?

- How long will it take us to fly if we apply now?

- every 180 days we have to leave and re-entry and show all documents again? And pay fee visa again?

Thanks a lot