@Fia ***

You have to take both passports with you from the moment the old one expires.

@Elías *******

It is not that odd to issue 5 years passports, a lot of countries do, Thailand also issues 5 year passports and 10 years passports.

When you have no job anymore you do not comply anymore to the visa requirements. As long as nobody checks this there is no problem. Because DTV is heavily abused, there might be more checks in the future, but for now only very few are checked at the border.

@Jana *************

So when you have the printed copy, why not just hand it over together with the passport as it is meant. That is more efficiënt for you and for the IO. The fact that it also might work when yo do not hand over the printed copy is not relevant, because you cannot trust it might work this way, and as such it is not a good answer. The only correct answer to the OP's question is that he should hand over the printed copy together with the passport and that not doing so, sometimes might work and sometimes might not work. And presenting a printed copy is not difficult, so I don't understand why some people try to prevent showing it. Why don't you try to do the same with your passport? Only tell IO you have a passport? I really don't understand the fun of this game with IO.

@Jana *************

nice for you, but completely irrelevant here. Not playing by the rules, often will work, but what would you do when the officer just asks for the printed copy.

@Oswald ******

sure you have the right not to follow the instructions, but remember the IO has the right to refuse your entry in the country. All up to you if you want to gamble with that, but please don't advice others to ignore instructions.

@Oswald ******

sure, make your own rules...

@Simon ***********

evisa has nothing to with the way you present it, it only tells the application was online, and instructions onbthe website tell to print it out, but obviously some people just don't follow up instructions because they have a strong own opinion that tells them to try things different.

Anonieme deelnemer 273 Not complying with visa requirements and staying in the country means abusing the visa, which is very easy to do, and that is what

@Andi **********

also concludes. No official publications with figures needed, just read here and see how many plan to use DTV in an incorrect way.

A visa run needs a good planning, which you obviously not did.

You should not buy a ticket before you know when you can travel, and if you do, buy the ticket directly from the airline and check you get the possibility to change.

Now all you can do is hope for the best.