Anonymous participant - They answered your questions. You can not have two valid visas at the same time. Some have been able to do this because their other visa was through immigration, but your first/valid visa is through MOFA and therefore they can see it in their system, if you apply for the DTV now or after your TR expires, either way you will need to be in Vietnam with no formal visa that lets you back into Thailand, until approved for
Are you comparing your timeline with others who applied via the same embassy or just in general, because each embassy had a different timeframe used to approve visas. Some embassies take 5 days while others take 30 days. Also, so also explicitly state that if you need to submit new documents, the processing time/clock resets to 0 days since submission. It would therefore be helpful to know which embassy you applied via.
Anonymous participant even if you entered on April 12th, they would give you 60 days stamp. The dates on the visa are the dates for when you can use it to enter Thailand, the stamp you get at the airport from immigration states the number of days you are allowed to stay.
Anonymous participant Your travel timeline doesn’t line up with this statement and immigration will see this as well. If not a DTV, at least get a tourist visa
I looked at the link. The guy posting does seem to have a DTV for him and his wife. He has been posting about the process since December and shows semi-blacked out copies of the visa, his wife’s visa, etc. he is also not anonymous in his post. He is Burmese and wonder if that is part of thr issue and immigration was specifically targeting that nationality.
Even when applying online via evisa, you have to select the embassy in the country where you are physically located. That embassy will be responsible for reviewing and each one has slightly different requirements. Where will you be when you apply?
Anonymous participant 905 - can you please elaborate, what do you mean about renting an apartment before the long term visa? Why is this specific to those avoiding their home country for political reasons?