@Allan *************

Exactly, and you got a visa granted because you needed to stay in Thailand for a purpose, in this case a course. When course is ended you have no reason anymore to enter Thailand.

Anonieme deelnemer Why should I? No problem if you don't believe, just ask embassy or immigration office yourself.

Visa requirements are all perfect logical.

Anonieme deelnemer 556 Visa validity is not different on where you did get the visa.

What maybe is a difference is that when you are a visa tourist, they just might check more often.

@Dane *******

What category of DTV you have and what were questions about?

When you have a valid visa, comply to the visa rules, nothing very special in your files, entering should be easy.

Anonieme deelnemer The visa requirements for DTV are always 500K, soft power activity including medical, remote work/digital nomad or dependant.

Dependant on which of these three you apply one of these three are required.

When you choose for a course that is the reason you are admitted to enter Thailand, no course simply means no reason to stay in Thailand.

When there are other reasons to stay in the country, you just need a visa for that.

Choosing a visa for a special purpose, and not a general visa like METV means your purpose of stay should match your visa.

Catathome Nothing to worry about as long as you comply to visa requirements.

Only the number of days will make you tax resident, but that has nothing to do with the visa.

If you have to pay Thai tax or file tax completely depends on your pwersonal situation and DTA between Thailand and your home country.

@Andrew ********

If you want to comply with requirements, yes of course, if you take the risk, most likely you will not get in trouble either.

@Winston ***********

Nobody says the visa is not valid 5 years, you just asked them the wrong question. Chief of which Immigration bureau you did ask. Do you have contact info from Thai Foreign minister or do you just make up this story?

I did ask embassy and did ask Immigration office and both confirmed all visa requirements are in place the whole valid period of the visa. When you read official info at e-visa site, there also is no remark indicating the opposite.