@John ********

The country tries to get people in who actually spend money, for that purpose they have attractive visa.

I have no problems with backpackers, but the economy does not really profit from them, and some of them also work to pay for their living, and that is something Thailand wants to prevent. Backpackers only spending a few months don't get problems with visa exempt, but living in Thailand just is a different thing.

Anonieme deelnemer 953 DTV is also not a visa for living in Thailand, and to use it you either have to pay for the soft power activity the whole period, or using an agent to do the border runs, which also will cost you money.

Paying to get things done might not be OK, but it just is the way Thailand is functioning.

@Aneek ****

Exactly, as long as you use visa exempt the way it is meant, as a real tourist, the number of times you can use it is unlimited.

Visa exempt and DTV are both not meant to live in Thailand, then you have to look for other types of visa. With DTV the limits are different from visa exempt, but it still is a tourist visa.

Anonieme deelnemer 471 It is also not Thai immigration that deal with visa application, it is MFA who decides about visa approval, and it is immigration who check you when you enter the country.

@Wayne ******

That kind of cooperation is against Thai nature...

@Wannikea ********

The TR visa is valid for 90 days, that is the period when you have to enter the country, and you get a 60 day stamp when you enter. The 60 dat stay then can eventually extended by 30 days.

There was no question "Do you need to show updated documents on re-entry", so the official did not answer that question, so you are not showing any proof at all. The fact that he says you just show your visa at re-entry does not say anything about what immigration is going to check, and a MFA official not even can tell what immigration will check and won't check because it is a different department.

You keep repeating the same over and over and over again, but he does not say requirements stop and cannot be checked at reentry again, he only tells what DTV holder has to do to re-enter the country.

That the holder has to show his visa and not need to take other actions, does not mean that IO cannot check you are complying with requirements, that is the action of IO and it is their job.

@Peter ********

He does not say there cannot be checks to see if you are complying with visa requirements, and nowhere is said requirements stop after approval.

@Peter ********

At which point in the video the official says there is no financial requirement after approval that can be checked at the border? I saw the video last year, and now just did again, because you suggest he tells there will be no checks, but I cannot find that.