There's just no way to tell IF you'll get back in okay or not.

People enrolled in real schools, (where they went 3 hours a day, 5 days a week, a month at a time) had letters from their school saying they could be gone, had photos of them in class, and a contact of the school admin in case of issues YET, they were denied entry 😮 🙁

It's a total crap shoot. It'll either work or it won't and there's not a single person on this or any other group that can guarantee whether you will get in or not

@John *********

I don't think that DTV can be converted inside the country to another type of Non-Imm visa 😕

OR

if it can I have never heard of it (seeing as it's just a 10 month old visa program)

@Jonas ************

right but this post is about the change in requirements applying for a tourist visa at a thai consulate

As far as the "three proofs" so few people are actually asked for proof of funds when entering thailand. More people are asked for proof of onward travel than proof of funds.

This is how it works,

- IF you stay IN thailand for 90 days you have to report.

- IF you leave thailand before your next 90 day report due date, the count down stops and when you come back you start counting fresh with your NEXT 90 day report being due 89 days from the date you stamped in

SO

In your case, your NEXT 90 day report is due 89 days from the date you stamped in 🙂

IF you're IN thailand already on the DTV you'd contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office out at the government complex on Chaengwattana Road

They are the office that oversees ALL the thai embassies/consulates in the world AND they'd be the one to tell you IF you can even cancel a DTV or not

What you can't do is get any other visa type why the DTV is active AND seeing as it's a 5 year multi-entry visa that's a good while

@Ryan *******

i heard that some airlines have been asking people IF they did it,

but

there is no requirement to have it done because you can file it after you land here before you stamp in at the airport in the arrival hall

@Colin *******************

only fill out the things that have the red asterisks next to them,

Don't even click on the area that says "Departure" (from thailand) as it's not required.

Even if you don't get it filed within the 3 days before you come here, you can do it in the arrival hall at the Kiosks they have set up for people who didn't file before they came

Safe travels

(y)

Once you do the TDAC you have the option to download it OR to have it sent to an email address

When you stamp in they're not asking for the paper print out of it, or to even to see it on your smart phone,

they can tell when they scan your passport if you filed one

As a rule getting a new yearly extension DOES NOT reset the 9 day reporting (unless they give you a new 90 day report receipt when you did the extension)

SO

from looking at your passport it would appear, you entered the country on the 7th of April <- meaning your next 90 day report would be due 89 days from that date OR on July 5th.

You can try online a couple weeks before that date, (worst case they'll reject it)

BUT

a lot of people (especially in bangkok) get rejected on the first report after comin' back into the country and they get this reason in the rejection.

@Finn ******

pretty much everyone who applies for a DTV at either Vientiane or Savannakhet gets interviewed, and they email you to set it up after you go to the consulate to pay in person for the visa (which you do after you apply online and get the confirmation code)