I’veI just been granted a non O visa from London Embassy through an on line application. On the application I put my arrival date as 31st August, but the start date on the visa is 7th July and end date 4th October. I was expecting the visa to either become active on entry. This means that I would still need to get a visa agent involved as I would not have time to open and put 800k in a Thai bank account. Any advice would be appreciated.

Q: Do you have to do a border bounce to active an Ed Visa from a visa exemption or is there any alternative?

My DTV visa was approved, but I have already left my home country and come to Thailand. In order to activate the visa, I need to leave Thailand, and re-enter. Has anyone done this, or had any issues doing it? Asking because the Dtv visa application asks for last Port of embarkation, flight number, etc.

Hi everyone,

I received a DTV visa earlier this year (in May), but due to personal circumstances I had to cancel my trip. I'm now planning to travel in October instead.

Does anyone know if there's a requirement to “activate” the visa within a certain time frame after it’s been issued? Or is it simply valid from the date of issue, meaning I can still travel later and I’ve just lost the months in between?

Thanks in advance for any advice or experience you can share!

Hello,

Let's say I get the DTV via email (not happened yet 😞 ) at something like 3pm. Can I take a 7pm flight the same day to Thailand or is the DTV only activated the next day?

Quick update on my DTV journey:

I applied for the DTV visa and flew to Thailand while the application was processing. I stayed for about a month on a 60-day tourist visa. Around day 20, I got the approval notice.

So I did a quick visa run—flew to Kuala Lumpur for a day, then straight back to Bangkok. At immigration, no questions asked. The officer already knew what it was about. I just mentioned I had to fly out to activate my DTV, and she stamped me in for 6 months with a smile and a “have a good stay.”

Smooth and easy.

Passport is Germany.

After submitting the DTV application, can we back to Thailand , and once we get the DTV visa go out of the country and activate it ?Anyone did like that ?

Thanks in advance for the response

Has anyone entered the country via a land border on a DTV visa for the first time (aka "activating" the visa from via a land border)? I was wondering is it's hassle free, or one has to enter the Kingdom via air to have it activated for the first time. Thanks!

Hi, I applied last week for an METV from UK which has been approved and issued today ( only took 3 days) I am not arriving until 8 June (which my documents showed that were submitted) however my Visa states valid from 24 March until 19 September 25.

Does the Visa mean I have between the dates to arrive in Thailand and my Visa will be ‘active’ from the arrival stamp date and I can travel in and out of Thailand as a tourist for 6 months from that arrival date (8 June) or does it mean it’s ‘active’ from today until September?

Thanks

Hi,

When you receive a DTV visa

do you have to visit Thailand to activate it ?