My kids dtv visas didn’t finish until after our travel dates (mind you I started this processing 3 months before our planned journey) but the embassy (DC) kept taking 3 to 4 weeks to ask for more documents, by this time our flights had come. I entered on DTV my kids on visa exempt, 2 weeks after arrival they have sent their evisa dtvs.

My question is, can we go across the land border to Cambodia, stamp out but on entry stamp in under the dtv with one of these border run agencies? Or does anyone know a driver who can get take me and kids (total 6 people) to do this?

Thank you very much.

And for everyone who says I should have waited for their visa to come first, you are more than to keep scrolling.

I have confusion regarding the new E-Visa system commencing from 1st January 2025. Can it be applied in Thailand? When approved, do we need to leave Thailand and get a new stamp for new E-Visa? Or the E-Visa will be automatically activated if already inside in Thailand?

Thank you.

Wow, my visa got approved! Somehow didn't expect that anymore... Now my question is, how long do I have before I have to activate it? And can I do that from a country different than where it is issued and trough a landborder as well?

Thanks

Hello. I'm asking for advice. I applied for a DTV visa while was in Bulgaria. I arrived in Thailand with tourist visa for 60 days and two weeks later I saw that I was approved for a DTV visa as a business owner. Now I need to leave Thailand and enter on a DTV visa. Has anyone done this? Is it easy? Thank you very much for your help. I'm a little worried.😊

I applied for my DTV while in the UK 3 weeks before my flight date. It was still processing on my flight date so I arrived in Thailand on a visa exemption for 60 days.

My DTV has now been approved and emailed to me but I’m already inside Thailand for 1 week so far.

Can I just fly out and in a nearby country to have my DTV activated or do I need to fly from the UK again?

I’m currently in Cambodia while waiting for my DTV to be approved. Once it’s approved, can I go to Bangkok by land or do I have to enter by airplane in order to activate the DTV visa? When applying online, you can select to enter by land through a border checkpoint, so I’m assuming you can, but then there are people that say otherwise.

So just to be very clear...If I have the DTV visa but I do not wish to activate it upon my entry to Thailnd because I'm planning a short stay, do I get to choose whether to use it and when or does it get activated by default once it's in the immigration computer data base?

Does the evisa shows the date of issue? I saw online that some people couldn't get their visa on time and only got approved while in Thailand and then just exited the country and re-entered to activate their visa. Won't the immigration officer check the date of issue? Anyone went through this process ?

Hi,

A question on activating ED e-visa for kid...

I have applied for the visa while still in the home country in the EU. Unfortunately I did not get it before the beginning of the school year so I came with kid on visa exemption so that he does not miss the classes.

In the meantime I've got request for further documents, including a new plane ticket (which I have bought with an option to cancel, in case any issues with getting the visa). Following to that, the visa request has been quickly approved.

Now, the question, do I have to fly back to Thailand from EU (from the country of issuance) to activate the visa or any entrance to Thailand, e.g. from a neighboring country is allowed for that purpose? The plane ticket is kind of expensive, so would be happy to cancel, but I don't want to break any rules 🤔

Thanks!

After getting an approved DTV is there a requirement of when you must enter Thailand by to activate your first year 180 days?

I want to apply now but we aren’t going until December.