I plan on doing a border flight to Malaysia for my 180 days. Does anyone know how many nights I need to stay in Malaysia before returning back to Thailand? I’m on a five-year DTV Visa.. thank you all in advance 🙏😬

My partner and I (unmarried) have four children - three whom are school aged.

We each have 500kbhat in our Wise accounts and a regular monthly income each of 1,000 euros and savings of 20,000 euros in his name as well as 100,000 euros of investments (also in his name). Finances are in his name because of international politics and it’s been this way for a decade, trust is not an issue because I have access to everything so no point going down that road…

We are both building online businesses which should give us each an additional 2,000 euros a month within 6-8 months. We do not want to touch our investments for a few years at least.

We would like to live in Thailand and enroll our children in a school we have already chosen and which fits our budget… and we are depending on school to give us time to work!

But we realized recently that when applying for the DTV we may need to have 500k bhat in savings per person (1.5 million each / 3 million total) and that we are not allowed to touch that money even after receiving the visa. Is that true, and is it a strictly implemented rule in your experience ?

Are there alternatives? School enrollment visa seems to have the same financial requirements, but as we want to work online we would need the DTV, right?

We were hoping to have access to that 500k in our Wise accounts to pay extra expenses / supplement our income until it is high enough to sustain us, especially with school enrollment costs which will deplete our savings quite quickly.

I’m feeling discouraged because the plan we were building the past few months seems to have some flaws in it. Can you offer any helpful advice, insights, experience, work-arounds or options I am just not seeing?

Thank you!

Hi everyone,

I have a question regarding Thailand re-entry visa.

Is it possible for someone (family member) to submit the re-entry visa application on my behalf at Samut Prakan Immigration Office, or I must go by myself?

I’d prefer to avoid doing it at the airport due to long queues during this holiday season.

Appreciate any recent experiences or guidance.

Thank you 🙏

Hello!

I am on a METV in Thailand and leave the country some times. I think there is no need forca 90-day-report? Is this correct?

Thank you!

Extension and border run. Will I be let in?

So in 2024 I entered in july 2024 for a week.

Then in September i came back and stayed for around 80 days with an extension and then left for three weeks to Indonesia and Malaysia and finally came back for another 35 days and left in January 2025

I am planning to visit early Jan 2026. Will be previous pattern be a problem? It would have been almost 12 months since I left. No entries in 2025.

Thanks for any insight.

Hello friends!

Is it true that from January 1st the entry rules for Thailand will change and that entry will only be allowed twice per year?

Hi, I am coming to Thailand on a double entry tourist visa in January for a duration of 4 months.

I've lived in Thailand in the past and have been on a working visa so I am new navigating tourist visa requirements...

I will be staying at a friend's house while I am there and he cannot supply me with the TM-30 form though - will I need this if I simply do a boarder bounce after 60 days?

So,Im flying to bkk in 2 weeks. My passport is as follows:

2023: One visa run

2024: Two visa runs

2025: One visa run

This time(Jan 2026) Im staying 83 days,....60 days on arrival,then.extend 30 more days in immigration. Got the Airbnb booked,fly back ticket booked and the cash....

Will I.have trouble? I'm shitting me pants tbh

TIA

I'm traveling several times starting on December 31st. Going to Thailand a total of 3 times until March and then 1 more in June. Never stay more than 60 days. I had written to the embassy in Berlin whether I needed a visa. They wrote back quickly with the recommendation, for the 2. Entry to apply for a visa.

Now I have requested a tourist multi for 175 euros. The first application was cancelled because I must have set a hook wrong, I provided travel document and not passport. I thought travel was the passport.

Then I have the 2. Request submitted. Verified again 175 euros via Mastercard.

Now 2x175 Euros were marked down on the Mastercard. There is hope that the the the for the 1st Withdraw my application, because I didn't get a visa?

If not, that would be really sh.... expensive. Especially if it wasn't really necessary, as I hear from others here.lg

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Ich reise ja mehrfach ab 31.12. nach Thailand ein insgesamt 3x bis März und dann noch 1x im Juni. Bleibe nie länger als 60 Tage. Ich hatte die Botschaft in Berlin angeschrieben, ob ich ein Visa brauche. Sie schrieben schnell zurück mit der Empfehlung, für die 2. Einreise ein Visa zu beantragen.

Nun habe ich ein Tourist Multi für 175 Euro beantragt. Der erste Antrag wurde gecancelt, da ich wohl einen Haken falsch gesetzt hab, ich habe travel document und nicht Passport angegeben. Ich dachte Travel wäre der Reisepass.

Dann habe ich den 2. Antrag gestellt. Wieder 175 Euro per Mastercard verifiziert.

Nun wurden auf der Mastercard 2x175 Euro vorgemerkt. Besteht die Hoffnung, dass die die für den 1.Antrag zurückziehen, denn ich hab ja kein Visa bekommen?

Wenn nein wäre das ja echt sch.... teuer. Vor allem, wenn es eigentlich nicht nötig wäre, wie ich von anderen hier höre.lg

Sorry if its been asked loads before but here is my story/ and 2 questions.

Photo to grab your attention.

I am an around the world adventure bike rider.

Www.bikeguydave.com

I had been in and out of Thailand 4 times over the last 8 months (I am a genuine traveler not doing border runs), but due to all the "confusion and changes" I decided to get the 6 month multiple entry visa that allows upto 60+30 leave and 60+7. I am currently in Malaysia having a look around so it made sense. I applied on the 5th of December and paid the $145. I got 4 different e mails requesting a load of extra information which I gave. The last comunicación I had was 4 days ago and now nothing. I am a uk passport holder .

My first question is, has any one been in the same position and how long did you have to wait.

And the 2nd question.

On my travels I intend to go in and out of Thailand 3 more times over the next 4 months having a look around southeast asia.

I am aware of all the border closures and the current issues with the Thai neighbours

Is it worth me just getting a TDAC and try riding over with my motorbike at a land border. Current on a Malaysian bike. Will this affect my application for the multiple entry visa.

I also get Christmas is next week but that's why I want to go back to thailand to spend it with good friends from the UK

Thanks for your help

Dave