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May 30, 2025
6 days ago
James ********
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My wife and I are coming over to Thailand and then plan to visit Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Vietnam and finally Australia.

We are retired and financially very stable. We intend to enter Thailand approximately 3-4 times over 6-8 months.

Tourist visa with extension and boarder bounce or Muti entry visa????

Thank you
May 23, 2025
13 days ago
Doug *******
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I need solid advice about my current scenario. I arrived in Thailand for the first time in November, got the 60-day stamp then went to immigration and got a 30-day extension. I did a border run to get another 60 days. Then another border run for another 60 days. By the time I finally decided to get a non O retirement visa (90 days + 12 month extension of stay) I realized I didn’t have enough time so am doing one last border run in a few days. Yes I should have done things differently but I failed. I am leaving Thailand in July and returning in October. Do I need to get the non O visa before I leave so I won’t be rejected upon trying to re-enter? Or can I leave then begin the visa process immediately upon coming back in October?
May 15, 2025
21 days ago
Martin ********
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Why do people do Boarder Runs ? Why not extend at immigration offices ? In Hua Hin it takes all day to do and obviously costs money with an agent so why not just spend 1500 baht and get it done locally. Am I missing something 🤷‍♂️
May 14, 2025
22 days ago
Filipp *******
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I did 3 border runs to cambodia. Now want to apply for DTV under soft power / remote work. How high are my approval chances? Should I go for ED visa instead?
May 3, 2025
a month ago
Marshal ************
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Is there a time frame that you have to arrive in Thailand after having DTV granted?

And how close to the 6 months in and out do you have to be? As in can you leave for a while at 4 months and then re-enter.? I was hoping to avoid the burning season
May 2, 2025
a month ago
I used to do border runs for visa free entry but in February Thai customs at bkk airport told me to stop doing visa exempt runs and apply for a DTV or tourist visa. So in April I went to Manila to apply for a DTV visa which was rejected (I posted my experience with the dtv rejection in this group around 5 days ago) and then applied for a tourist visa afterwards. Attached is the email they just sent me.

Not sure what they want from me at this point but this is beyond frustrating.
Apr 29, 2025
a month ago
Philip *******
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I arrived today on a flight from Vietnam. I have not been in Thailand for about a year. The immigration officer warned me "Don't do that again." He was referring to a border run I did last year at Had Lek/Koh Kong. Has anyone experienced this? Cheers for any input.
Apr 28, 2025
a month ago
Gert *******
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how is extention of DTV visa after your first 6 months in the country? I've heard they make it hard on you, better leave Thailand and come back a few days later. What's the current status on this? Thanks 🙏
Apr 25, 2025
a month ago
Steve *****
ORIGINAL POSTER
Is there an FAQ somewhere on this page? I'm looking for a checklist of sorts which details which I need to do once I have the DTV, e.g. 90 day reporting, border runs, TM30 etc.

Also, I plan to take a hybrid remote job in Singapore which would likely require me to commute between Bangkok and Singapore regularly - am I likely to encouter any issues with such frequent border crossings at immigration? Thank you
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