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The householder, who in this case is the tenant, MarcelV, should do it.

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Nothing definite yet. The latest estimate I have seen says end of June.

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From what has been said or published by government sources so far, retirement is not one of the activities that would qualify for the DTV. At present, the DTV is still a project under discussion by the government and we have to see what criteria and conditions apply if and when this type of visa gets implemented.

In this particular topic it is very important to understand the difference between the validity period of the visa on the one hand and the validity periods of the permission to stay given by immigration officials upon arrival and extension of stay on the other hand.

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This topic is about the fact that changes to visa exemption and VOA have not been implemented on 1 June as had been speculated earlier. Posts about the DTV and other visas are off topic here, have been removed and will continue to be removed without additional notice.

Many recent posts in this topic have been about the DTV. People interested in the DTV may benefit from participating in this other topic dedicated exclusively to the DTV: https://aseannow.com/topic/1328520-5-year-multiple-entry-dtv-visa-destination-thailand-from-2024-xx-xx/

The validity period of any visa starts on the day the visa is issued. What you are talking about is the validity period of the permission to stay, ie the "admitted on" date in the arrival stamp an immigration official puts in the traveller's passport, what you call getting "stamped in"

Every visa fee is a one-time fee for the particular visa being applied for. The visa fee never includes the cost of an extension of stay.

10,009 Baht for the visa and 1,900 Baht for every extension the visa holder choses to get (maximum one extension per entry). This is how I understand it .

Absolutely not. We are talking about a multi-entry visa, not a multi-entry re-entry permit.

There has been nothing in the information published so far to suggest that the DTV will be valid for only 1 entry and that the extension fee will be 10,000 Baht.

With all currently available types of multi-entry visas, multi-entry means an unlimited number of entries during the validity period of the visa. I firmly believe it will be the same with this new multi-entry visa.

I don't see it this way, considering the list of qualifying groups of foreigners.

No, there is nothing to say that it does. Only the changes regarding visa exemption and VOA.

I have seen no indication in the currently available information that wanting to spend the winter months in Thailand does by itself qualify a foreigner for the DTV.

It does say that the DTV is a multi-entry visa, but yes, there are strings attached, criteria to be met to qualify for it. Definitely not for everyone.

A dictionary definition won't do for Thailand's visas. Basically, in Thailand, an immigrant is the holder of a certificate of Permanent Residence, what we call a Permanent Resident on the this forum. This permanence ends when he leaves Thailand and if he wants to return to Thailand with the intention of resuming his immigrant status, he must, before his departure, apply at his immigration office for a non-quota immigrant visa valid for one ore multiple return entries into Thailand within the validity period of the visa. Non-immigrants are all foreigners who are not immigrants, some of whom have a non-immigrant visa, depending on the purpose of their trip to Thailand or the rason for their stay in Thailand.

I don't read it as being in force only for a limited period of four months, but we have to wait and see the official announcement in the Royal Gazette. It would be interesting to see the Thai text for what has been translated or interpreted as "This change to the Non-O-A will be implemented between September and December 2024", particularly the word "implemented" as you have highlighted. On the basis of currently available information I take it to mean that the change will be put into force sometime between September and December and from that point forward will remain in force until it is changed again.

Specifically for the DTV, there is this other topic: https://aseannow.com/topic/1328520-5-year-multiple-entry-dtv-visa-destination-thailand-from-2024-xx-xx/

That could indeed be the OP's problem. I looked into it just now on my Android phone with Chrome browser and saw that with "Desktop site" selected, the Follow button is not there.

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Five years is the period during which the DTV is valid for an unlimited number of entries into Thailand. Upon each entry, the traveller gets permission to stay for 180 days and has the option of applying at the local immigration office for a 180-day extension of stay. That's what it looks like based on the currently available information.