Anonieme deelnemer When you already live in Thailand the DTV is not the right visa for you. I can understand your personal circumstances make it difficult sometimes to do visa tourism, but it is your decision at which moment you apply, and when you don't have at least 2 or 3 weeks you better not do so.

The normal order is first making plans to travel or to move to another country, then arrange the paperwork and after that travel or move.

When you decide to do it in a different order you might run in the kind of complications you now see for yourself.

My comments are not hating, just to emphasize planning is important and getting a visa is always a bit tricky, no matter for what country and in which country you apply.

You should realize that at the moment you apply.

The fact that some people get approved in a few days, and that there is an average time is not something you can count on.

You always need to plan for a longer time, and even have a plan B when that longer time is not long enough.

So when I understand right, now 2 working days passed and you already getting unpatient?

It can take a few days, but also a few weeks or even more.

For visa tourism you need time, always easier to apply in the country you live, then time isn't that important.

Anonieme deelnemer So you did have money for emergency situations at he moment you applied, but when you enter it should not matter anymore you don't have? What kind of logic is this?

When you extend in country the chance you need to prove again is just 100 percent.

The chance you need to prove when just entering the country is less than 1 percent I think, but because it is a visa requirement the chance is not zero.

Anonieme deelnemer Since it is just the most important visa requirement it is perfectly normal that it is checked sometimes.

@Alan ***

Why does it not make sense anymore when you live in Thailand for a few months.

It just is a visa requirement because the want people who stay longer have a financial reserve while staying in the country.

So it makes no sense that you don't need it anymore after some time.

@Ryan *******

If they ask for a copy of all pages of your passport and a selfie they ask for an actual copy and selfie and not an old one you made before. I have seen questions they want to see the date on a receipt and when that date is before they ask the question I guess you have to explain someting, or maybe they don;t give you a chnce to explain because it is clear to them you are cheating.

Adnan Khairi you might get away with breaking the rules if you are back in time, but it is still against the rules of the embassy..

So telling not to listen to people who advise to follow the rules and advise just to ignore the rules seems a bit stupid to me and is also against the rules of this facebook group.

@Siggi ******

Since there is an e-visa they cannot force you not to leave anymore, but that does not mean they now have to allow it.

They still have the rule you should stay in the country the whole duration of your application, and they are just allowed to make the rules.

But you seem to know they don't have that rule and suggest they are not allowed to make those rules.

You seem to think Thai autorities don't have much rights, immigration not allowed to check financial situation of people, MFA not allowed to set rules for visa application and so on.

Where did you find these nonsense?

I think Thai authorities have much more rights than you seem to think, civil rights are less than in a lot of other countries...

I also think sending more than what is asked for is not always better. Your application shows sending just what is asked can be processed fast and easy.