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As I have said individual Immigration Divisions will make the rules but they have to follow the announcement. I have only read the announcement once and I have posted my impression of it. It may be that the cabinet relaxes the rules with the aim of encouraging people who are doing Visa Runs at the moment to change to a DTV.; o pay total fees of 20,000Bt. and prove that they have 500,000 Bt in reserve for 360 days then do a Visa Run and to do it for five years, I doubt it but one never knows!

There are many people who don't understand that the DTV is a new visa for new visitors. It appears to be taken as a relaxation of the rules for people who have managed to live in Thailand by using various visas and Visa Runs. 180 days is the maximum stay in Thailand without paying tax, so keeping things simple. Thai Boxing and Martial Arts, Cookery courses, Seminars, Conventions, Digital Nomads, Sportsmen, who currently visit and those who may become visitors are the target of this visa. The rules for interpretation and implementation of the policy is up to individual Immigration Divisions. Presumably the Immigration Act must be followed regarding accommodation, staying longer than 90 day etc.historically they have been honoured in the breach and may be again. My interpretation of the policy is that one extension of a maximum of 180 days may be applied for in country during the first 180 days for a fee of 10,000Bt. If that is done the DTV expires. That gives me the impression that the DTV is not intended for people to "visa run" for five years.

That’s interesting, I consider myself an expert having been on retirement for 17 years but I have always found it a hassle, probably because I expected it to be. At times I have gone late am and sat through the lunch break effectively written-off the day. I need the extension followed by the re-entry. I booked renewal at 1400 last Friday but didn’t book the extension. I got in early at 1330 and was in a traffic jam by 1515 so I guess that isn’t bad. What does this plan sound like for next year. Mid week booking 1300 for ext. 1415 for re-entry. Arrive 15 mins before for bank letter. The advertised, (guaranteed times?)for each process are 1 hour and 40 minutes. I hope that the world doesn’t close down again so that I can try this out.

Non Imm ‘O’ At JW Bangkok 45 days in advance. I believe the internet says two months. I renewed my Retirement on 3rd March it expires on April 9th

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I was there yesterday for retirement, I had booked so it just took the advertised one hour. Your outburst must have done some good because one copy of each was all that I needed. The changes I noticed were, A “helper”, a big girl with a desk whose job it is to check the paperwork before the next check. That is probably where you got screwed. She required a map also and when I said that “Immigration knew more about me than I “ she finished it off for me “knew myself”! It is Empire building or a make work project so she was probably the one picturised after your outburst. I don’t think that Immigration can endure with their vast overmanning and makework projects in the modern era where computers are duplicating everything they do. Take the LAW that a “housemaster” is to report a foreigner in their home for example, they have made the visitor responsible for that now with four desks taking reports which entails queueing I don’t doubt. I notice that some of us take ninety day report receipt along and a map of their street along, I bet that neither is given more of a glance sufficient to discover that they can be tossed aside. This is the sixteenth time that I have made the same reports where only the dates bank balance have changed. Imagine the savings that could be made on the wasted reams of paper but then what to do with all the staff.