It won't be imagration who ask, you have a visa. So they won't care. You could extend that time by a second 180 days. If you were to overstay in any way, I expect that will enable them to void your visa.

It'll be the airline who will ask, as you are they are responsibe for your return,,, if you don't have the correct paper work. But you do.

So when the check in airline desk ask for a return flight, just hand over your visa. This is an agreement with Thailand to enter. At that point the airline will continue. Ive already had exactly this twice.

100,000 years in jail, or pay a 500 baht fine.

My wife done hers last week at phuket town, just a passport and tm30 needed, took minutes.

@Steve *******

how have you been doing it for many years when the dtv visa has only existed 6 months?

I don't think it's actually a requirement, although I'd say it probably should be? As I'm not aware of any tourist travel insurance which would come close to covering that amount of time.

To the op, I'd certainly want a very large stash put away to cover potential medical costs,, could be hundreds and hundreds of thousends?

You can enter at any point from when the visa is issued, for the 5 years.

@Will *****

some are

@David *******

1 no one has extended a dtv yet, they've not been available long enough to have run out.

2 a dtv extension is a one only option of a further 180 days for 10,000 baht.

@Elías *******

yup, presume so. I'll find out soon enough, I'm about to pop back to London for a couple of weeks work.

@Elías *******

they aren't extending though. We're wondering what the added 180 days will be?