I left Dec 27 to Vietnam came back Jan 3, on staying 97 days on my first dtv stay. Pretty cheap to fly just 1:40m away and the country itself is cheap but USA requires a $35 usd visa. If you’re purely bottom cost KL you might be able to do a same day flight run but you’ll need to book separate flights

After hearing your paperwork story I think bouncing in n out of the country might be easier.

Anonymous participant so they just pick a date and presume you to be available? when is it?

Kinda idiotic when the whole visa process for tourism was done in person before and they moved it online, and now moving it back to in person.

Was it an actual interview? What was the exact request/email, and how was the experience?

@Stephen *****

DTV might sound more complicated, but marriage visa has more requirements no? bank account ?

@Stephen *****

You considered marriage visa vs DTV?

since DTV has only been available 4-5 months ago.

@Craig ******

it's an extension of the maximum 180 days you can stay, which gives you another 180 days, without leaving the country.

@Stephen *****

why? the extension is IF you want to stay longer than 6 months, without leaving the country. Anything else, you'd be doing more work, and possibly spending more.

I once applied twice for a tourist visa to Thailand and had my passport number autofill - and twice had it denied over wrong passport info. I had one extra digit duplicated I missed twice. Both times visa fee used up.

Anonymous participant 702 also did it from LA online while not being in the US.

Given the stories it seems the embassy seems to care less than people in this group care about it.

@Andrew *******

i think the OP is asking if u gotta justify whatever u came to do here, when you come back every 6 months.