@Greg *******

it’s tiny little events at yellow coworking and other coworking spots created by TAT. He thinks TAT makes the visas and not MFA lol…

Me and him had a discussion the other day and he dipped out when I shared the famous MFA interview on the DTV…

It sounds more like to me TAT people are promoting the visa and catering their messaging for digital nomads.

In reality it’s totally fine to be here and you don’t have to leave for months at a time lol..

@Tim ****************

we just had a discussion on this dude and you dipped out when I dropped facts. TAT doesn’t make visas, MFA does. No one is saying you can spend 5 years here with only 2 border bounces. Obviously it would be a minimum of 5 border bounces and 5 extensions.

MFA - a higher authority than TAT - came out on video to say that you CAN do 180+180+bounce for the duration of 5 years.

Those people running tiny little events at yellow coworking are NOT immigration and NOT MFA. You can go to immigration yourself and ask them if you can spend 5 years in Thailand (with the correct border bounces and extensions) and the answer will be YES.

Now please, watch this video already….

Until there is an official statement from a higher authority, THIS is how it is.

Tiny weeny little events at yellow coworking (great spot btw) are NOT official and do NOT outrank the official interviewee in the official. IF we aren’t allowed to stay for the entirety of the visa, it will be made explicitly made online by the MFA, NOT TAT!

You do NOT have to spend weeks or months out of Thailand at a time, stop this nonsense. Everyone with the CORRECT DOCUMENTS has so far border bounced and extended without major hassle.

@Tim ****************

So far there is no evidence that you can’t stay 180+180 even just doing border runs indefinitely. TAT is a lesser authority than MFA, like I said earlier, so until there is an OFFICIAL announcement I don’t think there’s much point going to some meant to promote the visa. If it’s not allowed to do 180 days + border run + 180 for the period of 5 years then MFA will make it known instead of having it whispered at tiny events.

I recommend watching this video as this is the only video I know of a ranking government official from MFA that talks about this visa in English:

Keep in mind that despite this video there was still blatant wrong information being talked want for MONTHS, such as that the extension will be 10k baht instead of the usual extension amount.

I appreciate you sharing with me what you heard, I just want to recommend that video because whoever is saying that you “can’t” do 180 + 180 for the duration of 5 years is misled.

Again, MFA or immigration (TAT is NOT immigration) themselves will tell us if we can’t.

And yes, individual circumstances do matter (ie in the case of extensions, you must prove 500k baht balance for 30 days prior, etc.).

But I rest my point that there is not one single official indication that we aren’t allowed to be here almost continuously for 5 years besides extensions and border runs as long as we follow the correct procedures.

@Tim ****************

First of all, I did not infer ANYTHING. I asked you directly about these events.

At present the government has said you can do 180 + 180 and border run to stay the duration of the 5 years.

There has been no explicit outward statement that you “must” spend 2-3 months out of Thailand per year.



You mean this? This is NOT high level immigration officers like the YouTube video I shared with you. TAT is here to promote tourism and visas, MFA created the visa. There is a YouTube video where MFA goes on camera to confirm that you can stay 180 days, extend for 180, then border run, and repeat this for 5 years.

There is no official statement otherwise, and these “events” at yellow coworking are not coming from MFA/immigration- if it’s official that we “must spend 2-3 months per year out of Thailand,” it will be made known outwardly, not at small events promoted by TAT.

There are already people that have stayed for around 180 days and extended or border ran with 0 issues.

Until there is a concrete, definitive message that you must spend 2-3 months out of the year, then it’s not the case.

@Tim ****************

where does one find these DTV events? I’ve not heard of them. I’m in chiang mai currently I’ve already got the DTV. And who is running it? Actual immigration or random people? Can you send me the link to a “DTV event?”

@Tim ****************

and what are these “DTV events” and who are these “reps?”

Here’s my evidence from my last post. An interview with a government official:



If you have an interview with a qualified government official against this, do share please.

But at present this is the best info. You CAN stay long term no problem… According to a government official.

@Tim ****************

MFA said you can do 180+180 then border run to 180+180 no problem. It’s likely a tourist visa so they don’t have to give out permanent residence after 5 years. Instead you must get even more integrated locally (ie start a local business) and switch your visa.

Until I see concrete proof of this like an interview with an immigration officer, this is how it is. The government themselves said it.

Everything that’s happening reads more like immigration is a bit overwhelmed with more work and there weren’t clear guidelines on how to manage extensions, so it’s basically turned into a re-application because immigration doesn’t want to green light a 180 day extension then the person runs out of money… Hence the recheck of 500k baht…

Need to wait for more clear evidence because interpreting it as “you’re supposed to spend several months out of the year away” also isn’t right and it isn’t explicitly stated.

What we KNOW is that MFA said you CAN do 180+180 border bounce again through 5 years. And that’s it.

If there’s an interview of a higher ranking government official saying otherwise do feel free to share.

@Greg *******

Could be. OP I think is Burmese and it seems like in the Burmese visa group there are problems. But that’s to be expected that the Burmese are scrutinized a bit more. It’s unfortunate but it’s how it is.

Anonymous participant I haven't entered recently (last entry November 2024, no issues, directly to CNX from Taipei), but I can't help but wonder if being Burmese has something to do with this, as you're referencing a Burmese group. They may be concerned about illegal working, etc. hence more likely to investigate a Burmese citizen than many of the Western countries.

@Paul ******

Yes this. The constant virtue-signalling "this is just a tourist visa" nonsense is ridiculous. MFA themselves went on a YouTube interview and explicitly stated this is to allow remote workers to basically live in Thailand. The reason it's probably a tourist visa is because it's easier, and also so they don't have to give out other benefits unless you integrate more locally. In this way, it makes sense. The government themselves said you can do 180+180 and then border run to repeat. Yet everyone is freaking out every other post acting like you "need" to be gone for 2-3 months out of the year minimum.