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The eVisa shows the "valid from" date and the "valid until" date. It is valid for travel to Thailand from the "valid from" date until the "valid until" date. https://assets.aseannow.com/forum/uploads/monthly_2024_07/Screenshot2024-07-17175405.png.22f92dab38be4886af46a1e689af042e.png

The forum title suggests that we are talking about Thai visas, ie visas for travel to Thailand.

You didn't give a link to the place where you download your image from. The MFA website has it here, with the note "Revised 16 July 2024: https://image.mfa.go.th/mfa/0/mkKfL2iULZ/New_Visa/S__34283804_0.jpg

https://vientiane.thaiembassy.org/en/page/visa-application-form?menu=65cae4d9733c85527866bb13 The DTV is not yet on the list where you can select the type, so you have to write it by hand.

Before your current extension for living with your Thai child expires, you apply at your immigration for a new one-year extension of stay for the reason of retirement. In other words, you enter all data on the form TM.7 the same way as before except for the line "Reason for extension", where you will write "Retirement" and bring along the document required for the retirement extension.

This is what an English translation of the Announcement of the Ministry of Interior says: Source: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Zn4PQT7dlqS39lhdeEd6HIGXsAeEG8Z/view?usp=drive_link As far as I can see, the announcement says nothing about the number of visa-exempt 30-day entries that can be made within a specified period. For the original Thai text of the announcement in the Royal Gazette, see here: https://ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/documents/37565.pdf

I wouldn't be so sure about it, considering that probably not every traveller from the UK who qualifies for the METV is a vlogger.

@Liquorice Thank you very much for the text of the English translation of the Ministerial Regulation you sent me. I have now converted it to a PDF file and uploaded it to my Google Drive, where it can be viewed and downloaded with this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w9wFbmPC_ByBKrcoe7oQHWJ8RQyPKDDg/view?usp=sharing This is the crucial sentence and as you have mentioned, it remains to be seen whether this rule will be officially amended or rescinded:

Thank you for this clarification.

Correct. To get the DTV, the applicant must meet certain criteria and therefore should not automatically be considered as a possible substitute for all other types of visas.

@LivinLOS @Bobajob Just for the archives, can you post a copy of the arrival stamp?

Second report of a member getting the DTV: https://aseannow.com/topic/1328520-5-year-multiple-entry-dtv-visa-destination-thailand-from-2024-xx-xx/?do=findComment&comment=19075318

Yes, @LivinL0S was so kind as to post his DTV here:

Employment with a Thai company is not lIsted as one ot the qualifying criteria for the DTV.

I see. You were looking for the word "consecutive" and could not find it. Tough luck. None of the other multiple-entry visas include that word either.

It depends on your situation and needs. If you visit Thailand for the any purpose outlined for that visa, you do not need the elite visa.

All this talk about who is responsible for submitting the TM.30 notification is really off topic here. It is not what the OP asked about. The OP has been given clarification on his situation and this topic is now closed.

That Information is not accurate. For the implementation of the Immigration Act, the only definition of householder is the definition given in Section 4 of the Immigration Act.

Landlord is an ambiguous term and I do not know what you mean with it. The immigration Act uses a term that is translated as householder, sometimes as housemaster or house-master. With a rented dwelling, the definition is "householder means the chief possessor in the capacity of tenant" Source: Section 4 of the Immigration Act

With a rented dwelling, it is most practical for the householder to submit the TM.30 notification. It is he who knows when he arrives and whether a particular arrival requires the notification. It is also he who decides whom else he allows to stay with him at his place.

A lot of people don't seem to know that different visas are for staying in Thailand for different purposes and that different criteria exist for applying for different visas.

Where in the official announcement of the DTV does it say that the legal requirement to notify the arrival of foreigners at a hotel or private place is waived for foreigners who arrived with a DTV?

Where in the official announcement of the DTV does it say that the legal requirement to notify the arrival of foreigners at a hotel or private place is waived for foreigners who arrived with a DTV?

What exactly is your business visa? What is your business? Look at the limitations of doing business in Thailand with the 60-day visa-exemption: MFA infographic https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pKX8FaUVvvua5NKD-28Hivgu-65j2jcw/view?usp=drive_link Ministry of Interior announcement in the Royal Gazette: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1scynBS9KdojNUhEXVQlqeCOKU68eYcC5/view?usp=drive_link

Interior Ministry Announcement in the Royal Gazette: https://ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/documents/37565.pdf Infographic on MFA website: https://www.mfa.go.th/en/content/thailandnewvisa-en?page=5d5bd3da15e39c306002aaf9&menu=5d5bd3cb15e39c306002a9b0