@Elías *******

it's the second largest urban area in Thailand. Large or small is relative and sure it would be small in China but by Thai standards it's large, albeit much smaller than Bangkok which is a disproportionately large megacity, much larger than anything else.

@Gra***

you may need to show proof again for renewal but can avoid this by leaving and re-entering.

how can they do this to Americans, it must be against the 1st amendment

The limit before you have to declare for foreign currencies is 20k USD or equivalent. That's £15k at the moment. You can take above this, just have to declare it. THB limit is much lower, 50k THB other than to neighbouring countries.

@Kr***

20k USD or equivalent foreign currency for Thailand, and you can take more than that if you declare it. The limit is lower for THB, 50k other than to neighbouring countries.

@Chris******

yes, next time you need to extend with immigration, which can be 5 years away in this case as it's a multi entry 5 year visa and you don't have to extend in Thailand at all if you leave every 180 days.

@Chris******

only if you want to extend in Thailand. You don't need to show anything for re-entries, it's a five year multi entry visa with unlimited entries for the five years and once you've got it, you've got it for five years. It's not like a retirement extension where you have to justify yourself every year, it's five years.

@Paulie *******

you have to do 90 day but it may never come up if you don't want to do an extension and don't need anything else from immigration as they don't check 90 day reports at the airport.

Personally I'd do them just to stay 100% legal.

@Mik***

this isn't the case, it explicitly states in the Royal Gazette announcement stamp is for 180 days BUT not more than the validity of the visa. Used be the case you could use this trick to get another year out of Elite if you enter on the last day but they changed that too a few years ago, now 5 years = 5 years.

@Bra****

no, but MFA were quite confident of this and it's how other multi entry visas work, they don't require proof again at the point of entry. Several people have already re-entered second or third time on DTV and all of them have been stamped in with no questions. Anything could happen in the future but all indications are they are not requiring anything on entry but the visa.