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7 hours ago, NorthernRyland said:

isn't this like a tourist visa though? they'll issue tourist visas but if they think you're in the country "too long" they won't admit you and warn you etc... I don't see any reason why this isn't like a tourist  visa where they'll decide if you've been in the country too long on said visa.

 

When was the last time we had a report here of someone denied entry with a tourist visa???  I can't ever remember reading such a report.  

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1 hour ago, Phillip9 said:

When was the last time we had a report here of someone denied entry with a tourist visa???  I can't ever remember reading such a report.

Go back to 2017 - 2020 pre-Covid. Reports were daily of TV holders being denied entry for "not having a proper visa". Don Meuang probably out front but other airports too. These crackdowns are cyclical. They will come round again and I expect DTV holders to be questioned and denied entry at some point in the future.

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I was out at Chaengwattana main immigration office in Bangkok last week and the week before that too. I specifically asked in Section J <- the section that does real tourist visa extensions AND the section that will do extensions on DTV's for any update on extensions for DTV's. 

They said they still don't have any official hand out listing the documentation requirements for this 180 day extension to a 180 day entry stamp from a Destination Thailand Visa. 

Now factoring in this visa was only approved to be issued July 15th, AND the earliest I know of someone getting a DTV was close to the end of July, we definitely should be comin' up on people wanting to try an extension especially seeing as at Chaengwattana you can apply for any extension when you have 45 days or less left on your current stamp.

NO ONE <- as in not even the immigration officers who will handle the extensions know what other documentation will be required aside from passport copies, visa copy, entry stamp copy, TM30 copy, TM7 application form. 

Will they ask for proof you still have 500K in the bank? Will they ask for proof you're still enrolled in what ever you signed up for to get the visa approved soft power, that you're still under medical treatment for what ever treatment you needed 5 year visa for?

These and more questions remain to be answered...

Honestly I think people who are getting close to their stamps running out should just bounce out and back to activate a new 180 day entry (as at least that is trouble free and document free) and lets see HOW this extension process plays out 

 

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