@Tim *******

Glad to hear it. Just please don’t tell people that the DTV is a 180 day visa and that the visa needs to be renewed after that. I worked hard for fils to move past such potential misconceptions over the past week. The visa is good for a whole 5 years at 10k THB. Each time you use it to enter, you only get 180 days permitted stay stamped in your passport, yes. Then you need to either leave and re-enter or buy and extension at local immigration. All good. 😊

@Todd ********

Yeah, let’s have a LTR / DTV meetup on beers one day. Would be fun. 🍻

@Tim *******

I remain with “my” version. It is a 5 year visa (as shown sharing an original DTV). Within those 5 years you can come and go and come again as many times as you want. If you come, you can stay 180 days before your have to leave. If you don’t yet want to leave after 180 days, you can pay immigration for an extension of another 180 days. But at the latest after those 360 days you will have to leave before you can return and get a fresh 180 days stamp and can start over again. The key difference you have to understand is the validity of a visa never equals the permitted stay in Thailand. The permitted stay in Thailand is determined on the entry stamp. So, while the visa has 5 years validity. Each entry based on it will only give you a (new) stamp of 180 days. Hope that this is clear. And I have dealt talking to immigration extensively before. Easy to get misunderstandings there. Sometimes they don’t even know themselves exactly (yet). Sometimes things are just lost in translation. My tip: trust what is written in law and published in Thailand - not much else. Cheers.

@Todd ********

I will leave that space. Eager to see real life experiences and reports of people gotten through with it just the same. And if you think I don’t have expertise in these matters or that only mods do, that is your prerogative. Just ignore my posts and inputs, then. The way I see it, I have contributed the most regarding the DTV in this group. And I considered to join as a mod or group expert. But I am growing tired of arguing against false information without any basis. Everything I shared had a legitimate source. Can’t say the same about other peoples speculations. I am sure you are a nice guy, Todd. Let’s just end this particular thread here - it has run its course. Have a great day.

@Tim *******

Read this to wrap your head around it:



Look here to actually see a the DTV visa:



Check this, if you care for the pure facts written and published in Thai law:



Good day.

@Tim *******

Not that tone with me, mate. But your are right in some parts. Only that you don’t have to “renew” the visa. Simply leaving as re-entering gives you another 180 day (179 nights) stamp. Unlimited times. 5 year long. The validity of the visa is clearly different from the allowed days in country per visit.

@Todd ********

As I said: How the visa works is clear - both derived from the wording of the law, publications of the foreign ministry, and now even from many consulates already having updated their websites. It works exactly as I “interpreted” it. Also as I said some (more minor) things remain unclear - but limited to who exactly can apply and what exact requirements and proof to present to be granted that visa. Now if you need an admin or mod, because it makes you more easily believe … that is your right. Just call for them or tag them here. They are not commenting on the things I researched and shared because they agree with them. Why comment if everything that can be known at this point is already shared and presented. I have other things to attend to now. Cheers.

@Tim *******

That is BS, sorry. Read the published law. Trust only official sources not some hearsay or some infographic anybody could have done. I published the original law (plus and English translation) in this group a few days ago. Search for it. I also shared an actual issued DTV visa clearly stating it’s 5 year validity - check that post, too. We have facts now - no need to speculate and spread fake news as you still do.

@Todd ********

I am not sure what you are expecting exactly this early in the game. The DTV was launched only a few days ago. There can hardly be anyone at this point having used a DTV to cross into Thailand with - and less likely so to have done a border bounce with it for you to see what the stamp after re-entering on a DTV looks like.

The basic mechanisms of the DTV are clearly described in published law. Multiple entry visa with 5 years validity and unlimited entries of 180 days each during this period. Believe it, or don’t. There is no guessing in that. 😉

Sure, some things aren’t completely known yet, as they were left vague in the law and were left for the consulates to detail out. These unclear things don’t pertain to how the visa works, but how to qualify to obtain it exactly - and how much to pay to optionally extend it in country.

People will share their experiences at varying consulates here over the course of the next days / weeks. Then we, all of us, including the mods and admins will know.

For now it’s sitting back and relax. 😌

@Tim *******

Stop spreading fake news, please. Read the published law on this that I shared. It is 10k once for the visa. No extension ever needed in 5 years unless you choose to for convenience. Border bouncing every 180 days is “free”. Sure, if YOU choose to extend your stay on each entry, you can pay for extension every year. Price of an extension isn’t confirmed yet and not mentioned in the law.