No issues for me when I came in through Nong Khai on my DTV last July.

Anonymous participant So Actually your partner could apply for a Non Immigrant O visa, based on his Thai children living in Thailand. He has to apply for this online at the Thai embassy in Australia.

Proof of funds 400,000 THB or foreign equivalent - 3 months bank statements.

Copy of your Thai ID card and Thai passport

Copy of your children’s Thai passport or Thai ID card

Copy of Your children’s birth certificates.

Copy of your house book in Thailand.

Invitation letter to your partner saying he can live at your address during his stays in Thailand.

He will get a 3 month single entry visa. When he wants to go out of Thailand, he has to allow enough time to get a re-entry stamp so he can come back in. He can do this as many times as he wants to whilst the visa is valid.

After 60 days into this visa, he can then apply to extend the visa for 1 year, at the immigration office in the province you will be living. If the extension is approved, he can get a multiple entry stamp as well, so then it’s much easier every time he wants to go back to Australia and come back to Thailand

Doing it this way is far safer than hoping to get a visa exempt stamp every time he comes back into Thailand. It’s far from guaranteed these days.

Anonymous participant if his type of work cannot be done remotely, then DTV will be a problem.

Your children you have with your partner, do they have his family name, is your partner on their birth certificates?

If your Australian partner is employed by an Australian company, and his company agrees for him to work remotely in Thailand, then DTV is absolutely the right visa for your partner, provided he can meet all the application conditions.

My experience, I only file online TM 30 if leaving Thailand and coming back in. I never file the report, when returning from a holiday within Thailand. Of course the hotels have to file the report, but I never file again when I return home.

I have never had a problem with this at immigration, with 90 day report. I print off the report I filed when I last came into Thailand, and that has been accepted every time. Never a question, about the hotels I stayed in.

@Jef *******

absolutely agree

Funds can be in a Thai Bank account. Thai embassy and Thai immigration know exactly your track record in Thailand, and in your case it’s works for you not against you

@Greg *******

Yes, exactly my point.

@Greg *******

I think it’s only a matter of time for increased checking on soft power DTV holders. The Visa only became available just over a year ago,

It’s better to be prepared than encounter problems on re-entry

@Greg *******

No, but the Author said left Thailand in April, and plans to return to Thailand in October. That may well raise a question with the IO as to whether the original soft power course is still valid after 6 months out of Thailand. Hence my point he may need to book a new course to prove upon reentry