@Re-Angelo *******

3 months is over 90 days.

@David **********

Since extension always is designed as an exception, thousands extensions as you claim on only 35,000 total applications is cleary a sign that the visa is not used as designed.

When they wanted the group that wants to live in Thailand on DTV they would have created a visa that is valid for 5 years where you come and go where you want and no need to get out of the country.

But that group is not the group of visitors that spend a lot.

Now DTV attracts a lot of people who want to LIVE as cheap as possible in Thailand.

The fact that a lot of them not applies at their home country, but just do some visa tourism as short and cheap as possible in neighbouring countries is a also a clear sign for that.

The intention of the visa obviously was just as you say to attract returning visitors for flexible period up to 180 days, bringing in a lot of money in periods as small as possible.

Seeing border runs as an intended thing is just $tupid, why would you send people to the border and back? What is the advantage for the country?

Borderruns are never intended, but is a loophole which occurs because otherwise you have to make complex rules as some other countries do.

There also is not one single guideline that says you should do a border run, is just is using an existing loophole, so unintended use.

@David **********

When there are already thousands of DTV holders who tried to extend, that is a good indication the DTV is misused.

When you use DTV as intended you rarely need an extension and never need a border bounce.

The extension is meant as an exception when for some reason your stay needs to be longer than expected, and does not cost THB but just 1900 like all other extensions.

I can understand the by you called "outright hostility toward non-tourist stays" on a DTV, because DTV IS a tourist visa, so immigration does not like that it is used creatively in another way.

Nomads don't need borderruns, they normally don't stay over half a year in the same country, that is why they are called nomads.

Border runs are NEVER INTENDED, they are just used to circumvent the intended use.

When it was meant you stay longer than 180 days in the country, the default stay just would be longer.

You don't need to renew anything at immigration office, only TM47 report every 90 consecutive days you stay in the country

@Pete ******

indeed facts matter, not your opinion, because that just is laughable nonsense, good for entertainment, but not for useable information.

@Pete ******

I just live in reality, not an alternatve reality, don't worry. It is just funny how people like you try to interpret rules in a way that fits you best, like saying attendance of soft power activity is not required. You seem to forget you apply for a visa to get possibility to attend a soft power requirement. So it surely is required to attend, just maybe not enforced, which people like you and other abusers might like.

@Sean ******

I am not crying, just laughing about your funny reactions, popcorn at hand.

@Sean ******

of course I have fun, it's quite funny to see how people like you try their best to interpret rules in such a way as to try and justify the improper use of the DTV visa.

@Sean ******

Tell that to the IO when you get asked about it, very naive to think IO can only look at the copy you have.

@Sean ******

Why do you tell that to

@Elías *******

? His post was before I posted anything. I know your posts are of no use anyway, but please keep it in context.