Anonieme deelnemer no, you present old passport, new passport and visa, and they will stamp the new passport.

Some people say an offical remark in the new passport referring to the old passport number also might work.

The transferring of stamps is only for other type of visa where you get an extension of stay each year and need a re-entry permit.

Because those extensions are done by immigration, they can transfer.

DTV is multi entry so you get new entry stamp of stay every time.

Visa will not be transferred, only stamps for a stay can be transferred.

You will need to take old and new passport for the rest of the visa validity period, so for your conveniance it might be better to apply for a new passport first.

Anonieme deelnemer I understand you are intrigued, but visa approvals are always decided by embassies and it just is not exact science. They will not give any insight in how they decide and have a lot of freedom.

It can be quite difficult for them to decide, especially when it is about visa tourism and not people who apply from the country where they are resident.

Applying for a visa in a country where you are only a tourist to apply for a visa, just might be a red flag, which might influence the rest of the process.

Anonieme deelnemer This must be your first visa then. I had visa in different countries and they all are the same: no refund and no reason for rejection given.

You can like this or not, but it is the way it works.

You act like a customer, but in this case you are not a customer, but just somebody who has to pay a government for processing a request.

@Elías *******

When I paid with creditcard for the embassy in the Netherlands the money was earned through a HK organisation, so certainly not direct by embassy, but at some embassies you still have to pay locally I understood.

And indeed since everybody applies through the same website, there will be a central administration which should make it difficult for embassies to withold money for themselves.

Anonieme deelnemer You not fulfill expensive requirements, you only pay a fee.

The 500K on the bank is not something you pay, it just should be on your account, and stays on your account.

Padkrapow4549 I think by doing a visa run there might be a higher risk they not approve for the DTV.

Padkrapow4549 Of course the future plans are important for use of the visa, but they cannot check this at the embassy, and as you say they are not mindreaders, but maybe your application gives them the feeling you are not needing DTV.

If you only plan to do a 6 months course you don't need DTV.

The visa is meant to be used while you do a soft power activity or work remote or undergo medical treatment.

Because a lot of them live in Thailand on other visa or visa exemption, and just look for a possibility to keep living in Thailand. Because DTV actually is a tourist visa it is not available in Thailand itself, so these people have to do a visa run to a country nearby to get the visa.

This is called visa tourism, travel to a country with the sole purpose to get a visa for another country.

Mine was rejected because of first of stay, but you can always try, when they reject you already have a filled in TM47 form you only have to print and deliver.