5 year multiple entry DTV visa (Destination Thailand) from 2024-xx-xx

[Maestro]

Removed an off-topic post about sexual debauchery.

@JimTripper  probably meant to post it in another forum, perhaps the lounge.

[rhodie]

Another struggle on a DTV from FB

 

[sikishrory]

12 hours ago, bbi1 said:

Why did you spend 50k baht and catch 6 planes to go to Laos to apply for a DTV? Why not just apply for an Evisa online from your home country or from another country, saving on spending 50k baht and 6 plane trips to get to Savannakhet?

Because I've lived in Thailand for 13 years have no connections or ability to provide a home country document to show home country embassy that i reside there. 

As mentioned the trip was a mess from the start incorrectly booking travel to Vientiane 

[JimTripper]

10 minutes ago, sikishrory said:

Because I've lived in Thailand for 13 years have no connections or ability to provide a home country document to show home country embassy that i reside there. 

As mentioned the trip was a mess from the start incorrectly booking travel to Vientiane 

Why did you not use the website? It looked like the application process was all online now. You just document current living location.

Edited 10 hours ago by JimTripper

[sikishrory]

Laos is online as far as booking the appointments. Until next year when they change the system again. I think the appointments are all full for this year and the current system

[Rob Browder]

18 hours ago, bbi1 said:

mass crackdown on a DTV due to a number of people who should be on a retirement visa abusing the DTV. I can see the day coming up when Immigration starts denying old folks coming into Thailand if they see them on a DTV as they will see this as them abusing the system.

Where ...
"mass crackdown" (envelope-money scams)

"should be on a retirement visa" (why "should"?)

abusing (abusing what / how?)

I can see the day coming up when Immigration starts denying old folks coming into Thailand if they see them on a DTV (breaking the law by denying-entry for a non-legal reason?  Well, it wouldn't be the first time.)
... as they will see this as them abusing the system (by following the law as written?).

 

Is it "Illegal" to do remote-work when old?   Immigration would clearly PREFER if folks didn't get visas from the MFA, and just paid off their agents for "extensions of stay," instead. 

I would not be surprised if those with DTVs had to start paying off agents for "VIP" / "Pre-Clearance" entry at the known-bad entry points to re-enter, but this is nothing new at those entry-points.  Better to just avoid them.

[JDMCanuck]

21 hours ago, bbi1 said:

If you're 73, you're way too old for a DTV and should be on a retirement visa. Leave the DTV to the under 50's who can't get a retirement visa. Last thing we need is for a mass crackdown on a DTV due to a number of people who should be on a retirement visa abusing the DTV. I can see the day coming up when Immigration starts denying old folks coming into Thailand if they see them on a DTV as they will see this as them abusing the system.

I prefer to be honest , Im not retired, as I stated, I still work primarily on my computer and phone, its a good position that pays well, but you would have me apply for a retirement visa and tell the IO im retired? That doesn't sound like very good advice. It's not like Im stating "wink wink" im coming for a cooking , yoga/ other loophole class, or blimey, a dental appointment. I would think those will be the ones to screw up the DTV, but that's just my opinion.