Er Kan all I'm saying is that the DTV is classed as a tourist visa and you only get stamped in for 180 days at a time. The fact you can leave the country and return the same day doesn't change that
I couldn't even renew my 5 year licence despite living here 8 years on a Non-O visa. Why? I'd recently had a short trip out of the country and my entry stamp only had 9 months on it. My years Non-O extension of stay and re-entry permit were on the left page and the entry stamp on the right. But still they would only give me 2 years
Bobby Dell Haney you can try to extend each entry one time by a further 180 days but effectively its similar to applying all over again, immigration make it very difficult to get the extension. You can not stay 5 years and never leave that is totally wrong, you can only extend once per entry but see above
Chris Pul I doubt that's what they are trying to say. Reads more like they are suggesting transferring money to a friend and the friend withdrawing the money and giving it to you
No, you show up at the immigration office that serves the area where you live ie where your landlord or hotel has filed a TM30 registration in your name