@Andrew ***********

Normally you don't need the stamp, so no need to not use egate.

Only when you plan to do things where you might have to prove you did exit it can be better to have a stamp.

For reentering Thailand it does not matter because your exit is registered in the system

I would send them copy of boarding pass and the remark you used egate and got no stamp.

@Peter *******

getting new passport before applying for visa is the best idea.

@David ******

but the visa is registered on the (old) passport, which means you need to have both passports for the rest of the visa validity period

@Alex ******

There are many millions of people entering Thailand, which means they can only check a very small part. Therefore they will try to check people with highest risk, and of those group still only a small percentage will be checked. Logical risk factors are types of visa which are abused much, people getting visa with visa run, people doing border runs. Using probability calculation will show how many people are checked never, and how many people are checked several times with the same chance.

Anonieme deelnemer 601 I do not really see a reason when you have non-o retirement in a legal way, why you should move to DTV, unless you are in the same situation I am in and don't like the inflexibility of the in country extension every year around the same date. And as long as you travel often out of the country the maximum 180 day stay is not really a disadvantage.

Financially the DTV is a bit cheaper in case you do workcation and do not have to spend extra money for soft power, but the differences are not very big and do not justify to have the DTV for that reason, because with DTV you have less possibilities like not opening bank account and only 2 years drivers license.

And when DTV keeps being misused the way it now does, you can also expect stricter checks

Indeed if your DTV application is genuine there should be no problem.

When they question you, that also should be no problem, because when the DTV application is genuine, you always can proove that easily.

Problems can be expected when you do not comply (anymore) with the requirements.

Anonieme deelnemer 411 I don't see why people with retirement visa should be bitter.

I have DTV myself, but when retirement visa was not that unflexible that it is now by having to extend in country every year, I would have applied for retirement visa because that just is a better visa because it is not a tourist visa.

But since I am not living in Thailand and only there for longer periods, retirement visa just not for me now, and till I retire the DTV exactly matches.

Retirement and DTV just are completely different targething completely different groups.

For specific situations you better communicate and apply in your home country, but even then it is sometimes difficult.

Asking questions to embassies that are popular by people doing visa runs like you, is almost impossible.

@Bob *********

I don't need an extension, because I do not live in Thailand, I only tell that getting all documents for extension takes far and far less time than a border run. In the time you need to prepare for a border run, I will have all documents. Maybe difficult to believe for some people that other countries might be more efficient organized. All documents needed for DTV I can receive with a few clicks online.