Hi, 90 day reporting questions:

Do I have to go to the office that's in the district that I'm staying in? The reason I ask is that I'm in Bangkok but I just went to book an online appointment and there is nothing available for 2 weeks. The first appointment available is day 97 for me. I realize you can file 7 days beyond the 90 without penalty, but that's leaving it close?

I know I don't need an appointment, but there's nothing worse than having to wait 4-6 hours at Chaeng Wattana.

So I thought going to Samut Sakhon would be much more convenient (my GF drives there every day for work) and not likely very busy. But is this acceptable?

If not, should I book day 97 for online appt. or take my chances just showing up at CW?

Did I get that right.

Visa is valid for 5 years. 2 times a year I can stay 180 days so 360 days a year. After that I have to leave once and then again 2 times 180 days? The whole 5 years?

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Habe ich das richtig verstanden.

Das Visum gilt 5 Jahre. Pro Jahr kann ich 2 mal 180 Tage bleiben also 360 Tage pro Jahr. Danach muss ich einmal ausreisen und danach wieder 2 mal 180 Tage? Das ganze 5 Jahre lang?

Hi everyone.

What is the actual situation of the 90 days report online application? Do you recommend to do it?

I heard for months that it does not work and now that I have to do it for the first time I am afraid to try and if it doesn't work, make it more complicated to later do it again by visiting the inmigration office.

Our son and his wife are visiting Thailand soon. They will come directly to our house. Based on what I read here we will have to report to the immigration office on arrival. Is that correct?

I have retirement visa and will me going back to my country and we'll there renewing my passport, when I return to thailand or before I leave is there something I need to do for this as when returning my visa stamp and re-entry permit will be in my expired passport and the new passport will be empty?

Hey, would anyone be able to clarify the definition of ‘spouse’ in Thai visa law for the DTV visa? Can you be married in Thailand or does it have to be in your home country? Is proof of the relationship enough or do you NEED a marriage certificate?

For context, my partner and I have been together for 15 years and have a daughter. We have previously held partner de facto visas in Australia where proof of the relationship is accepted as eg; child’s birth certificate, photos and written statements, and a marriage certificate was not required.

Any guidance will be much appreciated 🙏🏽

I currently have a work permit and business visa for the last year and 1/2 through a company I recently sold my shares in. The remaining owners of the company plan to close the company soon. But I am not sure of the timetable.

I am aware that if a company doesn’t cancel someone’s work permit and then I leave Thailand without a re-entry permit which effectively cancels my non-b visa. It can flag up on the system and then they will receive a fine.

What is the process to ensure they don’t get this fine when I leave to get a DTV in about 2 weeks. Do they simply need to inform the labour department to cancel my work permit? I want to try and inform them of the process to make it as easy for them to complete. As they are a small company with limited knowledge about these matters.

DTV Approved in HCMC, Vietnam!

Workaction category.

Timeline:

October 21: Application.

October 22: finalized payment (issue with credit card getting blocked).

October 24: further document requested (proof of location)

October 25: approved

Note: Believe embassy was closed October 23 due to holiday for King Rama V's birthday, so this was a quick turnaround, less 5 business days.

Supporting documents:

-cover letter explaining my business (independent contractor/sole-proprietor) and some investment/trading earnings, attaching:

---resume

---business registration confirmation notice

---2 sample contracts*

---2 sample invoices*

---investment/trading portfolio (about 800,000 baht)

Financial evidence:

-one month bank statement* with proof of equivalent of 500,000 baht at closing date only. Transferre roughly 100,000 baht in account on October 21 (date of application).

Location document:

-vietnam visa stamp

Further location document requested:

-hotel booking confirmation email

*I redacted client names and stated this on the cover letter, "due to the confidential nature of these relationships"

Canadian Passport

Entered on 60 day visa exempt

Got the 30 day extension

Got the 60 day (visiting family) married to a Thai extension

Documents (forms);

-TM7

-The Acknowledgement of Penalties for a Visa Overstay

-Acknowledgement of terms and conditions for permit of temporary stay in the kingdom of Thailand

-TM30

-TM6 (it was issued to me at the land border crossing)

-Kor 2

-Wedding Certificate (rose border)

-Wife change name certificate (only if your wife changed her last name to yours)

-Wife birth certificate

-Wife ID card

-Wife house book

-Rental agreement (make sure it’s signed by the owner/manager)

Just wanted to give some information regarding the 60 day married to a Thai extension while here in a 60 day exempt stamp.

As I was unsure if I was going to be able to get this extension after the 30 day one. I asked the immigration office when I was there last month and she said it wouldn’t be a problem just to make sure my wife was there when I applied. I already knew this as I’ve done this many times in the past.

I got to IT Square around 6:30am and I was first in line. I did book an appointment for 8:30am but it really doesn’t matter there because you still have to sit in the queue, which makes no sense.

After the first set of immigration officers looked over my paper work about 5 times, almost as if they were looking for a reason to deny me. Little do they know, I’ve been through this many times and I’ve learned from my past mistakes. I have everything ready the day before, forms filled out, picture, photo copies etc.

After they finally gave me the queue number, I went into the main office area. Again, my paper work is looked over multiple times, just looking for a reason to refuse or make me do something over again. Once again, I’m well prepared.

I will say this, they went over everything with a fine tooth comb. I’d advise that you have copies and the originals for everything. She even pointed out that my old passport number was on one of the wedding forms we filled out back when we registered our marriage. I explained we got married and I had to get a new passport since. No problems there. She then went over our rental agreement, which I’m not on in the first place. She then asked my wife a couple of things and after all that I was told to go sit in the waiting for passport section.

We were in at 8:30am out at 8:50am. It pays to be there nice and early.

Hope this helps someone.

If I get a work permit, do I have to cancel my DTV? Hoping to keep both simultaneously