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Called them up as I was concerned and was told they are moving to e-visa next week.

Good idea, cheers. Ive just booked the flight to Hanoi but trying to book a time for visa application and realised they got no times at all in November, surely thats not right:

When showing bank statements, they can be in your home countries currency right? Im from Australia but going to be applying for DTV visa in Vietnam Hanoi, can I show my Austalian bank statements for the last 6 months?

Hey Tim, Thanks so much for this info. My question is with your dentist appointment, did you have to ask the dental office to print out that tax slip for clinical license and get them to sign this? Ive read about people just booking online with bkk hospital and not going through with it just booking appointment. I think your way seems safer, did you do this on your own thinking or was this info requested?

I think Im just going to go to Vietnam and apply from Hanoi, seems to be the best bet as losing the 13k THB application fee for getting found out of not being in aus when applying is not a trade Im going to make. Will keep the forum updated on any issues I have or any things I find out to make getting the visa easier. Hope this visa sticks around!

Thanks . Yeah I think maybe the best bet will just be to out of country maybe in Vietnman incase there are any issues. My question is now, if applying in person in Vietnam, can you still show a balance in your home countries bank account?

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Thanks, yeah my finances are probably going to let me down, as I dont hold that amount of cash, but can pool it from a few different accounts, but will have to show a balance statement at end of month or wait. I wonder how sophisticated immigration is, I dont really think they would stop be once I have the visa coming in on it, but maybe they would have me in the system somewhere when I apply, so u might be right to take the trip to vietnam to save the trouble.

Im wanting to apply for the new DTV using the Thai E-visa site, would love to have some questions answered by anyone whos been successful in getting this visa using the site. First question, seeing as we dont need to do anything in person with the thai e-visa site, is there anyway that they know if you apply for this whilst your already in Thailand? Whats stopping people from doing this, if once approved I just need to print off the documentation, cant I essentially apply from anywhere ? Or do they have checks in place to ensure you are outside of Thailand? With the 500k THB proof, is there a period it needs to be in the account for? Can I just transfer across the money get a statement and transfer it out or they need it in there for a certain amount of time? Also can it be in an account in your home country's currency, ie Im applying for it through the Sydney Thai consulate, can you show an Australian bank with the required amount in AUD or does it need to be in a Thai bank account? With the "Proof of confirmation to attend the activity " what exact documentation is needed? I want to say I will be attending a cooking school, there are a number of cooking schools around my area I stay in Thailand, what documents would I need from them, anyone had any luck with this as a form of activity, as Im sure I can just give the school a few k baht and they would give me the documentation I need, but just wondering if it can be any school doing this or needs to be a certain authorised school, etc. Any pointers from people that have got this done would be much appreciated, can see a lot of good advice on these threads that have helped people get it done, Cheers

I must have been living under a rock not knowing about this visa. I went to this agent I was used to help me get my Non-Imm O before, trying to get the same thing now mine has expired and just found out about the DTV. As far as I can see its going to be around 30k total (10k visa, 10k travel, 10k visa agent fees) , but then you basically only need to do a visa run once every year (as in leave country after every 180 days and come straight back) for the next 5 years! this just seems too good to be true, would love not to worry about 90 day runs and extensions and days at immigration like Im doing now. The start of this thread seems a little confusing with people having different interpretations of how the visa will work, Am I right in my thinking that its just like any multi-entry, so you can come back and forth as many times as you want over the 5 years. Any 1 stay can be max 180 days, but then you can just do a boarder run and come back for the rest of the year and do the same thing when that 180 days expires. Seems like a no brainer for me to go for this one. My question is have I got this right, as in its not 180 days a year and then you need to leave for the rest of the year, as in what some posts were saying at the beginning of this thread. Also has anyone had experience obtaining this visa with a good agent here in Chiang Mai?

Yes , and the land boarder takes 3 days and costs around 5500 THB (Visa run agents 2500, Visa 2000, and cheap accoomodation 1000),

That NON-Imm O I was on has expired, I did a run just before it expired to get another 90 days, but thats coming to an end next week. Its been hit or miss with the Chiang Mai immigration and extensions there, they sometimes give me on, sometimes they will bring up issues like the fact im on a family visitation visa and my son is registered in a house book in udon thani (even though Im the sole carer and provider here in Chiang Mai) , really depends on who you get and the mood they are in sometimes.

Good call, didnt think about the fact that I would only be dealing with CNX immigration, that seem a little more chill than the BKK bunch, and just checked AIrasia have direct flights between CNX and KUL, so shouldnt be an issue, only issue would potentially be with CNX immigration on way back in, and Im sure they will be understanding and will bring the birth certificate etc just incase.

I got a son and need to get back to him, single Dad. Usually Im on the Non-Imm O for family visitation for him, visitation used loosely ofcourse as Im the sole carer his Mum is in USA now, but anyway Ive reached the end of that visa and thought with the new rule was going to be easy getting in and out, but looks like its not going to be as straight forward as I had hoped. This will be the first time Im doing an in and out via plane, so hopefully if they do pull me up can give me a warning not to do again, and in mean time Ill get the visa agents to fix me up with a solid visa again.

Interesting, how did that help though, surely they check the stamps on passport? Would love to have a loophole like that though.