SOME DTV extensions in Bangkok getting 2 week "under consideration" stamp

[Tod Daniels]

Heads up people thinking of getting their DTV extension in Bangkok out at Chaengwattana Section J

Some people are now reporting that they are getting a 2 week "under consideration" stamp and then have to show up that date to get the extension inked in 

I do not know if this is dependent on category you have your DTV for or what, BUT it is definitely happening

Here's a stamp from Wednesday the 5th 

[Briggsy]

If any more reasons were required, this is absolutely the nail in the coffin not to do a DTV permission-to-stay extension. Leave the country twice per year is obviously the route to take. You will need to leave once a year anyway because, as I understand it, you can only do one extension per entry.

 

Why would anybody put themselves through these administrative hoops and take the chance of being forced to leave the country at very short notice with a negative stamp in the passport?

[DrJack54]

10 minutes ago, Briggsy said:

If any more reasons were required, this is absolutely the nail in the coffin not to do a DTV permission-to-stay extension.

Hear Hear. Exactly the case. 

Thinking most DTV folk could schedule in a mini break from Thailand.

Doesn't need to be a bounce

I just assumed that group had factored in the option of trip to obtain "new " 6 months. 

 

[bamnutsak]

deleted.

 

 

[DrJack54]

7 minutes ago, bamnutsak said:

Have CW issued a list of requirements/documents/photos needed to extend the DTV in country?

Thinking  those that obtained first category "online work" can provide some docs etc.

 

Some of soft power options was never clear what's required ongoing

I mean a root canal (sarcasm) is not an ongoing process. 

[bamnutsak]

I deleted my post when I found this thread...

 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1350794-dtv-extension-criteria-main-bangkok-immigration-office-chaengwattana-section-j/

 

 

 

[DrJack54]

9 minutes ago, bamnutsak said:

I deleted my post when I found this thread...

In the link you supplied there for soft power options it states (#3) one of the requirements...."evidence of activity"

So what's that mean 

[Caldera]

1 hour ago, Briggsy said:

If any more reasons were required, this is absolutely the nail in the coffin not to do a DTV permission-to-stay extension. Leave the country twice per year is obviously the route to take. You will need to leave once a year anyway because, as I understand it, you can only do one extension per entry.

 

Why would anybody put themselves through these administrative hoops and take the chance of being forced to leave the country at very short notice with a negative stamp in the passport?

 

I agree, but I think immigration's take on the DTV that shines through here will ultimately also make it harder (or more expensive) to make hassle-free short trips out and back.

 

That's not just speculation at this point. I take note that a popular Bangkok-based border bounce company is already charging DTV holders a premium for a one-day border bounce to Cambodia.

[Briggsy]

6 minutes ago, Caldera said:

 

I agree, but I think immigration's take on the DTV that shines through here will ultimately also make it harder (or more expensive) to make hassle-free short trips out and back.

 

That's not just speculation at this point. I take note that a popular Bangkok-based border bounce company is already charging DTV holders a premium for a one-day border bounce to Cambodia.

Quite possibly. Very mixed messages on that one at the moment but it is still early days. The early birds have only had their DTV's for just over 7 months.

 

On the one hand, the DTV appeared on a video issued by Immigration. The video warned foreigners not to use visa exempts or tourist visas but to get a proper visa and then provided examples of a Non-Immigrant Visa and a DTV. So, the official Immigration video references the DTV as a proper visa.

 

On the other hand, we know that denials of entry seem to appear when Immigration feel a situation is threatening their agent-derived income.

 

At the moment there are no reliable reports of denial of entry.