Hi all currently I'm in Thailand on a visa exempt I had planned on doing 60.days plus extension then a border run and repeat and home yet I got pulled by Immigration in sauvurnhabumi on entering I'm from UK under 50 I'm thinking of going home beginning of December and stay home for December and return to Thailand January 2nd with a 60 day e visa is this risky as in may be denied entry here in January thanks all

I have my first 0 retirement visa and it comes up for renewal in April 2025. I left Thailand on June 2024 due to medical issues I wasn't sure if I would be returning so I withdraw most of my 800,00 B. I will be returning in late November and I will be re depositing 800,00 back into my bank account. When I go to renew my yearly visa in April 2025 will I be able to renew my retirement visa?

Anybody had this? 🙂

Some years in a row i stayed in Thailand with tourist visa and border runs. And some years i was here more than 180days a year 🙂 now emmigration dont like this and i want to make DTV visa 🙂

It will not be an issue? Anybody done it?

Also if somebody stayed 180+ days, dont you have any problems with tax system (becoming Thailand tax residence)? 🙂

Thanks a lot for any advices

My Muay Thai gym is being advertised on another website as DTV available.

I'm not sure who these guys are or weather it's just an information website, visa service or scam. But for sure if you want to go the Muay Thai route contact the gym website direct. Will definitely be cheaper and more legit

I have been here visa free for the past 110 days left for 3 days after first 60 days were up came back through DMK, a young IO wasn't happy for some reason and passed me on to her boss who asked me why I had come back I said I had a girl friend and he seemed happy to allow me in I will be leaving again in 9 days but returning 1 week later this time through BKK should I get a tourist visa or will I be ok visa free?

Are the Thai embassies aware that their checklist for required documents for the tourist visa is a long time out of date?

It's already been 3 months since DTV launched.

All DTV visa holders are still having trouble opening bank accounts here.

I emailed all the banks every week and there were no updates from the bank of Thailand. I guess we just pay agents to do this 😭😭

Gday all.....applied and recieved 3 month eVisa from Canberra before l left for Bangkok on Oct 22.....absolutely useless as Airport immigration officer saw no merit in it ..and stamped for a 2 month Tourist Visa only.....am getting married on November 10...so in order to meet the Marriage Visa requirements of having 400k baht in a Bangkok Bank for 3 months...l went to open a Bangkok Bank Account today......NO CAN DO...will not grant a Bank account on a Tourist Visa only...so where do l stand here....and any optiobs please....lve been on this forum and have been very impresses with the wealth of knowledge....l am 59...and have retired after 31 years at Qld Health ..,thx all in advance

Seeking advice for my Son who is currently stopped at immigration inside the Chiang Mai airport after a border run.

Immigration said he’s come and gone to many times and they won’t allow him back in to get his belongings from Lanna Muay Thai, where he’s been training. They made him buy a flight back to Malaysia.

How do I get my son back to Chiang Mai, Thailand? He has to get his stuff and use his return flight home.

Any advice helps.

Hopefully this post gets approved.

I am dealing with a gym that tells me they can accept my application and proof of funds and forward it to the Foreign Department in Thailand and they approve and forward to my embassy. And then I suppose I go to embassy for a stamp in my passport ? Sounds like they are acting as an agent ?