Has anyone successfully extended their DTV from within Thailand, rather than leaving and re-entering to get a new 180 days? I have a DTV that was issued in my home country. When I applied, I satisfied all the requirements, including the remote-worker requirements and proof of funds. My current 180-day permission to stay expires in mid-September, so I recently visited Phetchaburi Immigration to confirm the procedure for getting the additional 180-day extension without leaving Thailand. To my surprise, I was told that I need to show 500,000 baht in a Thai bank account. They would not accept my home country bank statements unless they were certified by my Embassy, which isn't an option because the embassy does not provide that service. So I'm now faced with scrambling to get ฿500,000 into my Thai bank account within a few days, or making an unplanned and unwanted trip out of the country and re-entering instead. When I originally obtained the DTV, my understanding was that the ฿500,000 financial requirement was part of the visa application process, not something I would necessarily have to demonstrate again and again for an in-country extension, and certainly not specifically in a Thai bank account. This also seems problematic for many people because I've read about DTV holders having difficulty even opening Thai bank accounts. I'm not sure how someone in that situation is supposed to produce ฿500,000 in a Thai account for an extension. Has anyone here actually completed the 180-day DTV extension at a Thai Immigration office? If so, which office did you use, and what financial evidence did they require? Did they accept an overseas bank statement, require a Thai bank account, and was there any requirement for the ฿500,000 to have been in the account for a certain period beforehand? I'm particularly interested in first-hand experiences from people who have actually done the extension, rather than information about leaving Thailand and re-entering, as I already know that is an option. Thanks very much.
