@David *******

𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝟲𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝗢 <- that was the best advice EVER from an immigration officer 🙂

I give that officer three thumbz up (y) (y) (y)

Just run this 5 year stamp down, bounce out/back to get off it and on to a 60 day free entry stamp THEN apply for the in country 90 day Non-O visa for 2000baht and after you get that apply for the year extension for 1900baht

@David *******

you shouldn't have even GONE to immigration to transfer your stamp 🙁 you weren't on an extension you were just on an entry stamp FROM a valid visa. You should have just exited showing both passports and then come back in with both and they'd have stamped you out and back in on the new passport referencing the VISA in the old one.

I'm actually surprised they even transferred an entry stamp only to a new passport. (as you'd still need the visa in the old passport to get in/out of the country)

To my knowledge no one has EVER gotten a 5 year extension on an OX visa, not at any immigration office in the country ever 😮

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗜’𝗺 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟲𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝟯𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝟲𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

And who or where is telling you that if you get a 30 day extension on a free stamp entry you can't get another visa exempt entry?

As in what person or what immigration office is telling you this?

@Lee **********

it's because the immigration office/officer wasn't dialed in about the DTV, many MANY many people who hit 90 days on DTV's have indeed shown up at their immigration office and done 90 day reporting

My advice is NEVER EVER trust an embassy website about ANYTHING to do with things INSIDE thailand

AND

NEVER EVER trust an immigration office/officer with ANYTHING to do with visas OUTSIDE thailand

I pulled that wellington consulate info because it's 100% wrong and I don't know a single person on an OX who ever got a new 5 year stamp when they came back in

That's not how the visa works

It's exactly as I explained, you get a 5 year stamp for the FIRST entry and then every time you exit/re-enter you get stamped in until that date again.

AND

you can indeed get an in country 5 year extension (just like I mentioned by showing 3 million thai baht in a bank account and having the mandatory health insurance) <- the proof of funds is why no one ever gets the in country extension.

Sadly

@Lee **********

that is NOT the topic of this thread 🙁

you were told wrong a Destination Thailand Visa DOES require 90 day reporting.

The only one that doesn't is the LTR (Long Term Resident) visa

@David *******

that is rarely enforced by ANY immigration office and most people just burn the 5 years down and get a new visa

@Heinz **********

DTV does do 90 day reporting just like everyone else (except the LTR)

@Mick *******

telling them when you plan to come to thailand doesn't make them process the visa any faster

AND

more than a few people were denied when their "arrival date" past before the visa was issued.

OR

they were emailed and told to show new flights to thailand.

It'll either work or it won't and you'll know when you either get the approval email or the rejected email 🙂

Sincerely good luck with it

@Lotta *****************

I have heard that some provinces did that too

BUT the real rule is OX is not exempt from 90 day reporting ONLY the LTR (Long Term Resident) visa has the "yearly reporting"