Had a really strange immigration experience coming back into Thailand a few days ago, and I’m curious if anyone else on DTV has run into something similar.

For context, I’ve been in Thailand cumulatively for about a year, but during that time I’ve also been traveling a lot. Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, and elsewhere. My passport has stamps from all over. This has never been a case of staying in Thailand for long continuous stretches and doing border runs. I’ve never done a border run in my life. I’ve always left the country properly, traveled normally, and applied for the correct visas when I wanted to stay longer. Everything fully by the book.

This time around, I had been in Phuket for about two and a half months, left to travel, spent five days in Japan, and then flew back into Phuket.

At immigration, the officer started flipping through my passport and counting entries. He looked genuinely confused and concerned. A lot of staring at the passport, then at me, then back at the passport.

I told him I’m on DTV. He said he knew, but didn’t seem confident. He turned around and asked another officer about my passport and the number of entries, then called over his supervisor.

From what I could understand, she immediately recognized it as DTV and explained that multiple entries are normal and expected. After a couple minutes, she said okay and walked away.

Even after that, the officer still seemed hesitant. He didn’t stamp my passport. He wrote the date in by hand instead. Before letting me through, he said something about “long stay” and “one year,” and then told me that next time I come back I’ll likely be interrogated or sent to secondary or tertiary screening.

That honestly caught me off guard. I’ve followed the rules exactly. No overstays, no border runs, no working locally, no Thai clients. I travel because I want to and because I can, not to game the system.

I’ve entered Thailand many times over the years and this was the first time I’ve ever had any issue at immig

Hi I holiday In Thailand 5 times a year. Staying 23 days each time.with the new visa rules will I get refused entry ?

I have a DTV. When I arrive at Suvarnabhumi, can I use the "long term stay" immigration line instead of the normal long line that is shared with visa-free entry passengers?

Would be nice if possible :)

After reading some post where people got questioned I got waved through without being asked anything.

My history was a longer overstay back during Covid and plenty of tourist visa before getting the DTV.

Arrived Bangkok a few days ago with a new DTV Visa issued in Vancouver.

Thirty Seconds until six month entry stamp. Zero Questions. Female IO.

I am curious. Despite some people getting thouroughly questioned upon entry, has anyone had FIRST HAND experience of actually getting rejected from entry at the border with a DTV Visa, or are these concerns unwarranted?

Also does anyone getting thoroughly questioned or verified come from what might be labeled a first world country or travel on a top tier passport (ie. Western Europe, Five Eyes Nation, Japan/S Korea…

And if questioned thoroughly, or asked for extra information, was your visa issued in Laos or Vietnam?

Curious if there are any patterns of inquiry.

(Please keep this thread kind. 🙏🏼)

Can i get correct info on visa for multi entry that suits my , , i visit few times a year never over stay and want to do things above board i have 3rd trip planned for xmas but am worried now because of obvious reasons on here and press ?

Little information immigration and visa exemption.

A friend of mine was taken to the infamous room at BKK airport because he was entered on visa exemption quite often this year. Immigration gave him the warning and told him it is ok for then if he stays no longer than 5 MONTHS and 2 WEEKS in each calendar year on visa exemption.

Edit: he entered on the 27th october 2025 and they demanded he has to buy a return ticket to Italy on 7th april 2026. He actually wanted to leave 10th of april 2026 but thy insisted it has to be the 7th. And they also insisted it needs to be a return ticket to Italy and not an onward ticket.

Left Thailand and returned for the first time on the DTV.

Flew down to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and back into Hat Yai, Thailand.

Zero issues. No questions.

Just a big smille when I handed the cute border guard girl my passports size, laminated DTV visa.

She stamped my passport with a date 180 days from today.

Easy

Arrived into BKK (Suvarnabhumi) this morning. There was a long queue. When I reach the IO, from me giving her my passport to her handing it back to me: took less than 2 minutes! Unbelievable. She was super fast. Zero questions asked! This was my 10th entry (3 entries into DMK, 7th entry into BKK, yeah I'm in and out a lot) and all 10 entries have had ZERO questions asked. Pro tip: give the IO your passport+visa printout+boarding pass all at the same time. That pretty much guarantees you won't be asked anything. TDAC is auto-displayed on her monitor when she scans your passport.

This will be my first 6 months exit on my DTV visa. When I fly back in to Thailand, will I be asked to show 500,000 bath savings in my account once again? Has anyone experienced this?, or will it be no issue at all?? Please advise 🙏