yes need to make chat gpt work better, and tell them what the rules are to get the right answer 🙂

so basically you will get 180 days of stay every ENTRY to thailand, and you can extend the first 180 days you have to another 180 days for 1900 baht at immigration. And then you need to make a visa run, border run...

ChatGPT said:

Yes — that's exactly correct, and here's the full summary in plain terms:

✅ DTV Visa – How It Works (in practice)

🔹 1. The Visa

Type: Destination Thailand Visa (DTV)

Validity: 5 years

Entries: Multiple (you can leave and return as often as you like)

🔹 2. Per Entry Rules

When you enter Thailand, you get 180 days of stay.

You can extend that same stay by 180 more days at a local immigration office.

Cost: 1,900 THB

Total possible stay on that single entry: 360 days (180 + 180)

🔹 3. After 360 Days

You must leave Thailand (go to a neighboring country).

Then, you can re-enter on the same DTV visa (as long as it’s still valid).

You’ll get another 180 days on that new entry — and can extend again.

🔹 4. This Cycle Repeats (until the visa expires after 5 years):

Entry → 180 days → Extend to 360 → Exit Thailand → Re-enter → Repeat.

🚫 What You Cannot Do

You cannot stay more than 360 days in a row on one entry.

You cannot extend twice on one entry.

You cannot avoid exit once 360 days are up — a border run is required.

🧠 Tip on Tax & Planning

If you're concerned about becoming a Thai tax resident, just make sure not to accumulate 180+ days in any single calendar year (Jan 1–Dec 31). Time your exit/re-entry wisely.

Let me know if you want help with a border run guide, popular crossing points (e.g., Laos, Malaysia, Cambodia), or immigration office procedures for the extension!

Of course is better just to leave the country and come back. You dont need to go to your home country, just make a visa run nearby. The 5 year visa is built like that, not to be extended every 180 days. Just leave and come back for another 180 days without a single paper work.

most important tips;

What is the point to have a 5 years visa if you looking to renew every 180 days, when you simple can go outside the country and come back with another 180 days every time?

There is some btc-atms in thailand

Who is the owner of the company?

You can only hold one type of visa at the time

hong kong have digital visa only

@Rainbow ******

dont have to pay anything to immigration when making a visa run