Big Thailand visa changes from June 1

[SportRider]

Oh the irony!

Yesterday here in KL I just paid MYR 160 (THB 1250) for a 60 day tourist visa.  Flying back to Bkk on Sunday (June 2nd)... So I would get 60 days visa exempt anyway 🤦

[AreYouGerman]

4 minutes ago, elektrified said:

 

Must maintain 500K Baht in the bank for the 180 day stay.

 

No source and highly doubtful. Need to show that you have that money to be spent in Thailand.

[SportRider]

3 hours ago, narkeddiver said:

The DTV visa seems a bit pointless unless I’m misunderstanding it.

 

It reads to me as though you can have one stay of up to 180 days in a 5 year period, and you can extend that stay once up to an additional 180 days.

 

As the visa lasts for 5 years it would appear that once you’ve used up your 360 days then you have to wait until the visa expires before you can get a new one, meaning if you used the visa in the first year you would have to wait 4 years before you could get a new one

Other visas 'validity' means the time you have to use the facility.  eg if you enter using the visa then when your time's up, the visa is used and you can apply for a new one.  

I think.. 

[Mike Teavee]

 

8 hours ago, george said:

- Restructuring and reducing the number of Non-Immigrant visa categories from 17 to 7, starting in September 2024.

Why did I just get a chill down my spine!!! my Non-IMM O extension is due 26th September, think I do it as early as I can.

 

8 hours ago, george said:

- Adjusting the criteria and conditions for the Long Stay visa for elderly people who wish to spend their retirement in Thailand, starting in September 2024.

 

And then a hopeful feeling again - Maybe I'll wait to see the new LTR requirements 🙂 

[AreYouGerman]

2 minutes ago, Mike Teavee said:

Why did I just get a chill down my spine!

 

 

Because it would be a smart move! Young in & old out! 😂

[findlay13]

12 hours ago, dinsdale said:

All very 'valuable' to Thai society. Teachers 12 months.

Have you SEEN  some of those Teachers? ROTFLOL

[pomchop]

12 minutes ago, SportRider said:

Oh the irony!

Yesterday here in KL I just paid MYR 160 (THB 1250) for a 60 day tourist visa.  Flying back to Bkk on Sunday (June 2nd)... So I would get 60 days visa exempt anyway 🤦

So you just wasted a trip to KL costing $$ time hassle....not fun.

 

So do u apply for a tourist visa or wait and see what exactly the new 60 day no visa rules may be?  A question that a lot of people traveling soon would have.  Just looked all over the immigration site etc and cannot find one word about newly proposed changes ...if anyone can find please do post details.

[Mike Teavee]

Just now, AreYouGerman said:

 

Because it would be a smart move! Young in & old out! 😂

Or maybe, Young in on Non-IMM O, Everybody over 75 gets a free LTR , (Can we make that everybody over 57, I'm only 58) 🙂 

[dinsdale]

Just now, findlay13 said:

Have you SEEN  some of those Teachers? ROTFLOL

Have you seen some of those steroid using muay thai people?

[SportRider]

36 minutes ago, AreYouGerman said:

It's pretty clear what is meant.

 

'5 Year valid visa' which can be used 2x for each 180 days within 5 years. And then you can't get another '5 year visa' for, well, 5 years minus your used days inside Thailand.

 

 

Hmmm.. I read it as a 180 day visa with a 5 year validity.   Once used, you could apply for another (don't need to wait the 5 years). 

This is how other visas work I think? 

[frankstraube]

Don't get too excited, the 30 to 60 days change will probably stay only a few months until december. As they did with the 30  to 45 days...letting people stay 30 days more for free instead of making them pay 1900 bahts ?...Naaaah

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

5-year visas available for digital nomads, boxers and chefs students

How about 5 years visa's available for married/retire expats..

[AreYouGerman]

1 minute ago, SportRider said:

 Once used, you could apply for another (don't need to wait the 5 years).

 

Not confirmed. We don't know. It's probably not meant to be like that but I hope it will be a 'visa agent loophole' so you can get those '5 year visa' indefinitely by using an agent.

[Colabamumbai]

Scrapeing the barrel here. 

[AreYouGerman]

Just now, hotchilli said:

How about 5 years visa's available for married/retire expats..

 

So you want to get a visa where you are allowed to stay 180 days instead of 365 days by using the appropriate visa for marriages/retirement? Sounds stupid.

[sabai-dee-man]

8 hours ago, Bvor said:

i been doing mixture of visa exempts/tourist visa for nearly 20 years cos thats all the time i need.

just saying multiple visa exempts have been frowned upon more than multiple visa's.

you may well be right.... "no problem".

wait and see to be sure.

cheers

ps i avoid rogue jomtien i/o so extensions or tm30's not for me. 

 

I've not had a visa for about 15 years, and stay 5-6 months a year over each winter. Never had a problem with extensions and border runs. I just got back to the UK about 10 days ago after arriving in BKK at Xmas.

 

Last year was good, with the 45+30 setup, but 60+30 will be handy. A digital nomad visa will probably work out about the same as a couple border runs & extensions, but without the hassle of the white knuckle minibus rides! Bring it on!

[Longwood50]

At the same time they are proposing a tax to enter Thailand.  Not that it is a huge amount but you would think that you either are adopting policies to encourage tourism or those that are intended to curb tourism but not both at the same time. 

[IamNoone88]

And meanwhile those who operate a real registered business and employ Thais and are on a B1 visa and work permit .... only get 1 year. They know how to attract quality.

[AreYouGerman]

1 minute ago, IamNoone88 said:

And meanwhile those who operate a real registered business and employ Thais and are on a B1 visa and work permit .... only get 1 year. They know how to attract quality.

 

So you want to get a visa where you are allowed to stay 180 days and aren't allowed to work instead of 365 days and can work by using the appropriate visa for businesses/work? Sounds stupid.

[AhFarangJa]

They are clamouring for foreign revenue, so I have an idea. Why not scrap all the hoops us retirees, (who put millions into the Country annually), have to jump through, including the irrelevant 90 day reporting. Make it a more desirable place to retire too, and attract more.

[hotchilli]

34 minutes ago, AreYouGerman said:

 

So you want to get a visa where you are allowed to stay 180 days instead of 365 days by using the appropriate visa for marriages/retirement? Sounds stupid.

No I asked how about a 5 year visa for married/retired expats... instead of an annual POS

Not stupid...

[AreYouGerman]

Just now, hotchilli said:

No I asked how about a 5 year visa for married/retired expats... instead of an annual POS

Not stupid...

 

Ok. This is not the thread for fantasies, though. 🥺

[wensiensheng]

What happened to the mantra of “quality” tourists?

 

the average student, Muay Thai, cooking etc, and digital nomad is pretty young and living on a limited budget.

[AreYouGerman]

Just now, wensiensheng said:

What happened to the mantra of “quality” tourists?

 

the average student, Muay Thai, cooking etc, and digital nomad is pretty young and living on a limited budget.

 

Here we go again.

 

Boomers getting scared that 'their' Thailand is used by young guys as playground.

 

'Son, you have to work 40 years in a factory before you are allowed to enjoy your life.'

 

The time has changed. Even 'digital nomad' word is outdated. It's now just called work because today's work does not have to be in a factory and can be done everywhere. Get updated.

[KhaoNiaw]

7 hours ago, Sheryl said:

Confuding since Cambodia and Laos already have visa free entry albeit gorr a shorter dtay (14 days). Are they really going to give them 60 days now? 

 

Laos get 30 days not 14. They allowed them 60 days in that post-Covid period so no reason to doubt it now.

[shdmn]

3 hours ago, frankstraube said:

Actually it depends if you can extend that new 60 days visa on arrival...if you can extend by another 30 days it is basicaly a single entry tourist visa. If not, a tourist visa will still allow you to stay longer because of the extension.

Anyway i think this change will not last for long, like when they gave 45 days instead of 30 days last year, but reverted to 30 days a few months later...Thailand the land of uncertainty....   

You have always been able to extend waiver on arrival by 30 days, same as with a tourist visa. This new 60 day waiver on arrival will be no different.  

[tandor]

9 hours ago, Lorry said:

The last time Thaksin did this he doubled the necessary amounts iirc

 

So if you have 800,000 in the bank,  please bring 800,000 more - taxable, of course

i hope its grandfathered !!

[RobU]

I am very wary of the detail in this article. It is a Thaiger mish mash, they always get important details wrong or combine details to present an incorrect assumption. Look back at their report on the passengers injured by turbulence where they stated that the passengers were injured and died DURING emergency landing. When in fact the plane had to make an emergency landing AFTER passengers had been injured and one died because of turbulence

[tandor]

43 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:

They are clamouring for foreign revenue, so I have an idea. Why not scrap all the hoops us retirees, (who put millions into the Country annually), have to jump through, including the irrelevant 90 day reporting. Make it a more desirable place to retire too, and attract more.

how about dropping the 90 Day Reporting after three consecutive Extensions (as you do if applying for Permanent Residency).

[heybuz]

Im a bit dumb ,if i come in visa exempt after june first i get 60 days' don't know why but knowing the fickleness of thai govs i won't change my plans until it happens.