Anonymous participant 577 so you consider it the same amount of inconvenience to take out baht and top up your True Wallet once every month or two or however long it lasts vs. carrying baht around until it is used up, or withdrawing multiple times to get cash as you need it? You do know True Wallet holds 50,000 baht maximum, right?

Anonymous participant 577 you must not understand the extreme convenience of being cashless and cardless, as everyone always has their phone on them. Since QR/Promptpay is universally accepted, it is much easier than carrying cash. My guess is that you must come from a country like the USA where people still commonly use cash rather than topped up QR codes, as cash transactions are more and more rare in many countries.

@JD *******

there is no 2 week or 30 day pass on visa exempt entries. As I said, immigration officers in Thailand don't issue varying stay lengths or decide which entry method you use. If you present a visa granted by a Thai consulate prior to arrival, that's the visa they stamped you in for. If you don't have a visa, and are from a nationality that is entitled to 60 day visa exempt entry, that's how long you are always stamped in for. You are comparing it to other countries where immigration stamps you in for different lengths of stay based on your reason for entry. That system doesn't exist in Thailand.

@JD *******

there's no "granted max visitor stay" which implies that immigration officers vary the length of stay depending on each visitor. Unlike other countries that do this, visa exempt entries always grant a 60 day stay (extendable once for 30 more days). The risk is being denied entry, not that the officer will grant you less time.

@Tommy *******

both visa exempt entry and tourist visa entry grants the same 60 day stay, and both can be extended once per entry for 30 more days. Your reason doesn't make any difference.

@Rei ****

Do you realise the visa-free entitlement to enter almost any country does not mean you can use it to stay in any country long term or as a resident? You seem to think your Singaporean passport means you can just go move to the USA or France or anywhere else. The point is that people get visas that fit the purpose and length of their intended stay. So if you got such a long stay visa, of course you must make sure immigration officers grant you entry via that visa versus just as a visa-free short term visitor. Also, as others pointed out, almost all DTV visa holders will be from one of the 93 countries (the extremely vast majority of visitors to Thailand) that get visa-exempt entry already to Thailand. Your Singaporean passport is not that special when it comes to entry to Thailand, despite what you think. It's no better than passports from Guatemala, Fiji, Ecuador, Tonga, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Philippines, Kosovo, Jamaica, Sri Lanka, Jordan, and many other countries that you probably assume your nationality is better than.

Like any country, if you have a visa, you present it at immigration when you enter, to be let in under the conditions of that visa. People are being critical because this seems pretty common sense. I see you are Singaporean. Even if you are entitled to visa-free access to visit the USA or the UK, but say you have a work visa, or a marriage spousal visa, that allows a long stay or residency, don't you think you would naturally present that visa, rather than be stamped in for a short stay like a tourist?

@Andy **********

I can't believe you would trust AI about this type of question. It's already wrong. There's no twice a year cap on land entries. That went away quite awhile ago.

@Area ************

2 different things. TM30 should be filed by the possessor of the property you are staying at within 24 hours of your arrival to stay there. It notifies the government that a foreigner has arrived to stay somewhere. This is done by the hotel or homeowner. A 90 day report is done by yourself to tell immigration where you are staying every 90 days you stay continously in Thailand. Both are required.

It's TDAC actually, not DTAC. DTAC is one of Thailand's mobile carriers.