@Angela ********

I paid 15k THB for their 6-month course. I go there just once a month, this won't make me become a 'chef', obviously, but it's fun nonetheless, and it got me the DTV anyway.

Well, you can get it extended here, in Thailand, but... you probably don't want to go through the hassle and stress of doing the extension locally, at your nearest immigration centre. They'd ask for a pile of documents and updated statements that can be hard to get. It seems to be MUCH easier to simply travel outside of Thailand and then back in, you'd get a new stamp for 6 additional months, in less than a minute.

Just go the 'easy' way and contact ISSA Compass visa agency. I don't work for them, but they've been super helpful for me to obtain my DTV, 2 months ago. From Hanoi as well, but using Soft Power (Cooking school).

AuthenticPassionfruit644 nope, got mine from them, same embassy as well. But with an agent, which is worth using for 'guaranteed approval'.

Participant anonyme 547 best solution indeed. Got mine easily in just a few days, 2 months ago (Hanoi embassy). And they're also much cheaper than most other agents as well.

@Luit ****************

your obtuse words and condescending tone speak for themselves.

@Luit ****************

I'm glad you think like an AI then, and I'm relieved I don't.

@Luit ****************

so you seriously believe Thailand is currently in a position to 'dictate' its attractiveness to foreign investors and tourists? They are just trying to find ways to attract more source of incomes and investments, as other SEA countries do, and the DTV is just one of their 'tricks'. You're free to 'live in your own world' as well, but no need to always try to pretend that you own the one big truth all the time.

@Luit ****************

well, once again, allow me to disagree. We already discussed this in a previous post and our opinion simply diverge on the matter. That's okay, different opinions usually make the discussion more interesting anyway.

@Niklas *******

done.