Is the gym you’re currently training at able to assist with DTV applications? If so, you might want to prepare paperwork from them if you intend to extend your stay rather than border bounce.

It also might be prudent to do that anyway in case you’re questioned at some point during the potential five years of your visa.

As for your 90 day report, just a TM30 at your local immigration office is enough.

@Mark ********

small spanner in the works here mate.

Anonymous participant People border bounce all day every day. It’s not unusual at all.

Anonymous participant they might question you but I think it’s unlikely. If they do just tell them the truth. You thought the DTV wasn’t going to be approved, you got here and it was.

Anonymous participant any border.

There’s more risk if you’ve been living in Thailand, pop over to Vietnam, lodge an application then head straight back to Thailand on either visa exempt or whatever you had previously. Once you get your DTV then you bounce to activate it there’s a chance you’ll get questioned as it’s obvious what you’ve done.

Someone recently posted they arrived on visa exempt from a European country because they thought their DYV application would be denied. Then it was approved.

With the stamps in their passport I would imagine that that DTV activation bounce would attract less scrutiny.

@Greg *******

That would be the only reason I can think of to ask for that. Easy enough to scan all those pages before you did leave though, just in case 😊

Print out the pdf file (that is your visa) leave Thailand and re-enter. Show the immigration officer your DTV and you’ll get a 180 day entry stamp.

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

well, mainly because other extensions aren’t. Proof of funds, letters from Thai banks, updated bank books, seasoning of funds. These are all requirements for other extensions.

DTV are mainly obtained with funds shown in foreign bank accounts. Issued by embassies and consulates. Immigration aren’t likely to accept foreign account statements.

People are reporting difficulties opening bank accounts.

These things lead me to believe it won’t be simple.

Plus they won’t bend over backwards to get ฿1900

@Sefton *******

probably because the extension is unlikely to be ‘simple’.

Going shopping for the day in Kuala Lumpur, for example, is quite straightforward.

Obviously that’s location specific, if you’re in Nakhon Nowhere surrounded by chickens and dogs, and a good slog from a land border, then an extension may be more attractive.