Anonymous participant 946 the DTV is a tourist visa, you have 5 years to enjoy Thailand’s various attractions.

For what reason do you need a certified copy of your UK pension?

1) You go to the DLT office with your paperwork and they check it, then they give you an appointment sometime in the next few weeks. You will not get a same day appointment.

2) Yes you get put in a room where the 1hr video plays on repeat loop. Having an IDP is irrelevant.

@Luit ****************

you obviously don’t understand how to reference a source, your statements confirm your intellect.

@Luit ****************

so you are not serious, no reference to a source, you might as well claim it’s “Immigration law”….

@Luit ****************

if I need to explain my point your IQ is so low it would be pointless.

@Luit ****************

nothing you have said is factual. An intelligent man would just reference a source that confirms his position.

@Luit ****************

you are incorrect, the DTV is not just for attending a course in this case. Having a booked course is just one of various pathways to obtaining a DTV. By its very nature it’s a tourist visa. Once you complete your course (or never even attended as attendance is also not a requirement) you are free to spend the rest of your five years traveling around Thailand on tourist status border hopping every 180 days. There is no ongoing requirement to attend any course, you are exercising your right as a tourist.

Border bouncing has no checks (currently).

What you are referring to on the DTV visa is a free text line. This free text line is Embassy policy or even IO specific. Some embassies leave it blank, some write “Employment Prohibited “, some write the soft power activity you applied for, some write “Workation”, it’s a free text line, anything could be written there.