I have 3 questions on the DTV Visa.

1. Can you have a joint bank account with the 30k USD/1M Baht when you apply for the DTV visa? I don't want to give my wife 15k :)

2. Can you get a bank account in Thailand with a DTV visa? I have read you can get one in Pattaya.

3. Is the requirement of a 180 stay mean, you need to leave Thailand and come back every 180 days for up to the 5 years? Basically a run for the border every 6 months...

DTV visa is my best option. I don't have a pension or any passive income yet to apply for the other visa options.

Hi everyone,

I know this topic often sparks passionate discussions on Facebook, I’m not sure why, but I’m asking because I couldn’t find the information in official sources.

If you’re traveling around Asia and applying for a DTV or another Thai visa (following the online process in the country you’re currently in), what happens if the process takes 10 days or more and you’re in a different country by the time it’s completed?

Has anyone been in this situation and can share their experience or advice?

Please, I’m looking for factual insights and not speculation or aggressive comments.

NOTE: For those who argue that in the past, you needed to wait in the same country where you applied, I believe the main reason was that you had to pick up your passport. Even in the worst-case scenario back then, the waiting time was never as long as the 10 days (or more) that many are currenlty experiencing with DTVs or other visas.

Thanks

With our kids 90 day non-ED visa, do we have up until its expiry to apply for the 1 year extension? (noting that we're still waiting for school paperwork to be completed & their visas expire 4th Feb). I've tried to research this myself, but all that I can find that is definitive is that you can apply after 45 days have elapsed from the issue date, but then conflicting info as to what's the last day you can apply for the renewal ... with 15 & 30 days often cited, as well as, right up until the expiry date. Could someone please clarify for me? Thanks!

Hi! Has anyone successfully added their parent as a dependent to their DTV? Looking for advice and tips. FWIW, I got my DTV from the Thai embassy in Los Angeles.

Does wellness retreats and hair loss clinics qualify as “Medical Treatment” when applying under soft power?

If so, what process or agent provides a DTV outcome?

I currently have visa o (Thai spouse) which expires on 10 March. On 31st December I have reentered Thailand. And immigration only approved my stay until 10 March. I don't know whether this was intentional or a mistake. But in the past years they always gave me 3 months, even when I entered the country on the last day of my visa's validity.

Did it change or is it because I have entered the kingdom with a reentry visa (not multi entry)?

Married to a Thai for 33 years but worked abroad and visited Thailand on Tourist visas. On retirement got an O-A visa but with COVID and my Mums passing I had to leave before renewal than spent two years in the UK.

Returned last year on an O visa.

This year had intended to do the same but due to a medical issue not able to know when I was flying and by the time I did could not get a visa.

So arrived on a 60 day visa exemption and the local IO said pop back for a 30 extension.

So would it be best after 90 days to do

1. A border bounce in Loas.

2. Stay in Loas or Cambodia for a few days an return. I have a genuine ticket to leave within that additional 60 days.

Also can you get an O visa whilst in Thailand on a visa exemption.

Cheers

Hello guys, have a question regarding the border run. I was told that it is impossible to do a border run if the 60-day visa exemption is extended for 30 days, so if someone wants to do a border run and get another 60 days, they must not extend their 60-day visa exemption. Is this true??

hi, a question about tm 30 I would like to ask.

I live in bkk on a retirement visa and next Feb 2025, I am going to apply for another extension.

I returned to bkk in early Dec but I forgot to update my tm 30 till a few days later due to a flu n cold I caught. Will there any consequences I will have and especially for my application for the extension?

Thank you for your time.

Looks like WISE dropped the category for "Funds for long term stay in Thailand " or words to that effect. Just did a transfer and didn't have that as a reason. Everyone I have done so far this year had that as a reason. I believe though that isn't really necessary for a renewal on a marriage extension of stay.