DTV visa extension

[NorthernRyland]

9 hours ago, Tod Daniels said:

I think you got your wires crossed 😮 

I know someone who got one of the first DTV's issued (just after they started handing them out) and he's been in and out of the country over a dozen times on it since his first entry.. Each entry got him a new 180 day entry stamp and he wasn't asked anything by the officer at passport control. 

 

Yes but it's not even been 6 months since it was issued. What remains to be seen is what happens when you get past the 12 month mark.

[DrJack54]

25 minutes ago, NorthernRyland said:

What remains to be seen is what happens when you get past the 12 month mark.

The "soft power" options are a joke.

I can deal with the online remote work. 

Not so much 5 yr visa to lean to make Pad Thai or mess around in a gym.

Will be interesting to see how agents in Thailand assisting with DTV in places such a as Savannakhet will change when eVisa starts 2025

[NorthernRyland]

7 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

The "soft power" options are a joke.

I can deal with the online remote work. 

Not so much 5 yr visa to lean to make Pad Thai or mess around in a gym.

Will be interesting to see how agents in Thailand assisting with DTV in places such a as Savannakhet will change when eVisa starts 2025

It makes more sense when you consider there was no official agreement between the departments. Immigration may think it's a joke too but no one ever asked them. What they did totally turned the whole immigration system upside down and they did this unilaterally (a person mentioned one guy signed off on it)  but that's not the same as going through parliament or something.

 

My brother has basically given up on running a business in Thailand is trying to sell now. One of the primary reason is the hassle he goes through every year and apparently he has to pay bribes just it through do extra documents requested etc... That's how immigration normally is so what you say about soft power makes no sense they would tolerate this.

[ericthai]

5 hours ago, Rob Browder said:

Yes - Thai's jobs lost / businesses closed when immigration blocked their repeat-customers from staying here with "crackdowns" against "coming too often" / "staying too long" - which isn't even a legal-reason to deny-entry..  

I dont know why your friends place closed up as Thailand as been strict on staying in Thailand long term on a tourist visa and visa exempt since the early 2000's, so no new crackdowns on that. 

 

really I dont believe that many people got denied or stop coming to Thailand to be able to close down businesses. 

You do know Thailand has had 30+ million visitors this year. Are you sure Covid wasn't the issue for lack of customers?

 

lastly immigration is doing their jobs. They always say that you need to stay in Thailand on the proper visa. Trying to live in Thailand full time on tourist visa is not the correct visa and is going to be an issue at some point. Yes, immigration can legally deny anyone, a visa doesn't guarantee entry.