@Sergio *****

It depends on the address you’ll use for your proof of residence. If your residence is Chicago, but you’re staying with your sister in LA right now, you’d still apply at the Chicago consulate.

I previously switched a work visa from an old to new passport. You cannot cancel the old passport before switching out the visa because once your passport is canceled, your visa is cancelled.

My embassy (U.S.) allowed me to keep two active passports and asked me to return the old one for cancellation after I got the visa transferred.

I did that and it all worked out fine.

@Brian ***

I feel like folks are being too loose with their terminology.

A visa extension happens when the term of your visa expires, and you renew it. A marriage visa is one year, so if you extend it for another year, then yes, you have to show all of the necessary documentation, financial requirements, etc. to renew it for another year.

These are not things that immigration officers deal with at border crossings.

The DTV is a 5 year, multiple entry visa. Leaving the country after 180 days, and then returning, is not a visa extension. You are returning under the terms of your active visa.

To my knowledge, there has never been a visa where people were, after the fact, forced to meet new requirements to keep an existing visa.

Yes, you may be excepted to meet new requirements to extend your visa, but not to keep an active one.

If Thailand ends up granting tens, if not hundreds of thousands of DTVs, it would create an incredible burden to have immigration officers at border crossings vetting people. There’s a reason it’s taking 10-15 business days at embassies.

It is a border officers job to see you you are entering the country legally. It’s very difficult for me to believe they’ll be forced to check through bank statements, etc. for DTV holders.

What’s the benefit of it?

People are anxious because the visa seems too good to be true. And they might stop issuing them one day.

But staying in Thailand has always required flexibility.

So instead of worrying about imaginary futures, just enjoy your time, live your life, and adjust to changes as they come.

@Roberto ******

@Don ****

The guy seriously needs a hobby. He sits around insulting people on a visa forum all day.

@Dean *******

Ya’ll might be better off getting a toastie from 7-11! 😂

@Snowing *****

I did.

@Saul ******

Washington DC.

@Myles ******

I was approved yesterday for a two week cooking course. The accredited school I found, the only one in Bangkok, doesn’t offer a course longer than 1 month.

@Anita *******

Doesn’t mean you won’t have an equally easy time with the required minimum balance. You’ll be good!