If I understand you have wrong details on your paperwork. I've been thru this recently with a marriage certificate. Had to take marriage cert/ birth cert and passport to DEFAT in Sydney to get certified, then to a translation service to get translated, then to Thai consulate in Sydney to get endorsed and finally to passport office in Pattaya to get legalised. This took months. Then took all three to the local Amphur and they rejected the marriage cert because my middle name is on the birth cert and passport and for some bloody reason not on the marriage cert. It did not match and they were not interested in any discussion, just rejected. I'm now trying to get it changed which can only be done by BDM NSW back in Australia and then when I get the new one the entire certification and translation has to be done again for the new marriage cert. Moral to the story: Make sure your paperwork is complete and correct , you're going to have to get it fixed nothing else you can do.

Looks correct to me for DTV - you entered they stamped you for 6 months. Whatever came before is not relevant. If you left today and came back you would get another stamp for 6 months. They did not ask for your TDAC as it is linked to your passport number and they can see it.

Sorry to ask but why are you premiums quoted so high, 45% of 24K is $10,800 (340,000 Baht) per year? Do you have existing conditions? Have you spoken to a broker? I'm paying far less than that for 1 year of top level cover. I am 58 with no health issues. If it was costing me that much I think I would pull out.

@Chris *********

Good speil - factually correct, its rare. I'm on remote work as a 40 hours per week employee, I did not apply or pay for my DTV my employer arranged it all. I just gave them a bank statement and a passport, the rest I never saw. I have ongoing reporting to them as my employer but nothing for DTV except as you already stated TM30 (my wife does) on each arrival & TDAC (online) on each arrival, 90 day report and leave before 180 days for my next arrival. My employer actually have a team that does this full time for all countries as we have employees all over the world so when they say that is what I have to do, that will be all I have to do.

I reckon mine was cheapest and easiest hands down, I never applied and never paid. All arranged by my employer, just sent them a copy of my passport and they did the rest including picking up the tab. Maybe not for you but still it was cheap and easy! :)

No issue if you leave without a re-entry that visa is done. Then just apply for the new one. I'd open the bank account on the first trip as it gives you plenty of time and secondly you will learn if you are going to have any issues.

I've heard you have to redo all the documents to extend. Me and the wife would rarely go 6 months without travelling so we just plan a trip, it just seems easier. I believe we are doing Hong Kong in Feb.

@Tomas **********

100% this, my last arrival there was 8 people queued in front of me and I reckon 4 of them were sent away to do TDAC. Did make the line move faster :)

Yep getting the right license first is a great idea. As for driving on the other side of the road as an Australian I have done a bit of driving in the US and Canada. It's generally easy, you get good visual guidance from the other traffic and parked cars. The times I tended to fluff it up was country roads late at night if there was no traffic around.

Hmm, well that sounds great however the DTV terms and conditions very clearly say if your not approved the fee is forfeited. So is this not a better outcome rather than just saying nope and OP's lost his money they have given him 6 months to get his shxT together. As for a reason is this a normal thing for other counties, I don't know I have never been declined anywhere.