A friend of mine was earlier here on a business VISA and when his office got closed he changed into a DTV visa and work online a s a consult and freelancer. He say that he has to leave Thailand every 180 days to keep the DTV, meaning he can never do his 90day report online since it resets on his trip around 180 days. He can also not get a Bank account. Has he missed something?

Of cause I guess he could simply skip the 90 days repost since he has to leave every 180 days, but that is not the correct way to do it, and its also a risk some one find out and fine him 5,000.- (Seams to be up from 4,000.- if i understood the signs at immigration correct)

Anyone knows?

I can't speak to this from personal experience but I have read that DTV holders may be able to open a Bank Account at TTB... Otherwise they could get an Agent to help them with it (I'd recommend contacting Mark at OneStop Visa on Soi 6 to see what's possible).

I don't know where your friend is based but when I have to do a 90 Days report following a trip overseas (As I will need to do next month) I just pay an agent (Mannerat on Soi 13/2 as I use them to do my extensions) 200THB to do it for me, it would cost me more than that to get a taxi to/from Jomtien IO.

15 minutes ago, SamSpade said:

I can't speak to this from personal experience but I have read that DTV holders may be able to open a Bank Account at TTB... Otherwise they could get an Agent to help them with it (I'd recommend contacting Mark at OneStop Visa on Soi 6 to see what's possible).

I don't know where your friend is based but when I have to do a 90 Days report following a trip overseas (As I will need to do next month) I just pay an agent (Mannerat on Soi 13/2 as I use them to do my extensions) 200THB to do it for me, it would cost me more than that to get a taxi to/from Jomtien IO.

Travel& Transportation

He is in Bangkok, Agents here seams to take 500-1000 for a 90 day report Includes EMS fees for the passport, If someone know a cheaper let me know. TTB might a good try for him, thanks for that tip, Another friend on mine had an agent to open his Bank account, just to have it frozen and closed when he visited the issuing bank, of cause agent had no refund. He is now on an Elite VISA where the Elite staff take cares of everyhing onlude open accounts and do 90 day reports.

Both of these things are correct.

DTV gives you a 180 entry stamp. Getting the extension in country for an additional 180 days is more work than it is worth, so much easier to just do a quick bounce for a fresh stamp every 6 months.

That does mean online is not an option for the 90 day report.

• Attend in person

• Submit by mail as it is considered "in person"

• Utilize an agent (350-500 baht)

• Skip it and hope no one notices. The fine is 2000 baht, not 4000 or 5000. The law has the higher amounts, but it is always 2000 baht

DTV is a tourist visa, and tourists do not qualify for Thai bank accounts.

29 minutes ago, BrandonJT said:

Both of these things are correct.

DTV gives you a 180 entry stamp. Getting the extension in country for an additional 180 days is more work than it is worth, so much easier to just do a quick bounce for a fresh stamp every 6 months.

That does mean online is not an option for the 90 day report.

• Attend in person

• Submit by mail as it is considered "in person"

• Utilize an agent (350-500 baht)

• Skip it and hope no one notices. The fine is 2000 baht, not 4000 or 5000. The law has the higher amounts, but it is always 2000 baht

DTV is a tourist visa, and tourists do not qualify for Thai bank accounts.

Visa& Immigration

Yes the fee is 2,000 if you do it late by yourself but if they find out, IE ask for it in a Police checkup (guess that never happen) you are fined 5,000 (up from 4,000) if I understood the signs at immigration correct.

1 hour ago, Eaglekott said:

Another friend on mine had an agent to open his Bank account, just to have it frozen and closed when he visited the issuing bank, of cause agent had no refund.

That's a real risk. Banks are generally unwilling to open new bank accounts for foreigners who have any kind of "tourist" visa status (which includes the DTV).

Even if an agent can manage to facilitate it by having a close relationship to a branch manager of a bank, there's no guarantee that the account won't later be reviewed by HQ, which may lead to its closure.

So I'd say the DTV is only suitable for people who are set up for banking elsewhere. For anyone who needs a Thai bank account, it isn't a good fit.

2 hours ago, Eaglekott said:

He is in Bangkok, Agents here seams to take 500-1000 for a 90 day report Includes EMS fees for the passport, If someone know a cheaper let me know. TTB might a good try for him, thanks for that tip, Another friend on mine had an agent to open his Bank account, just to have it frozen and closed when he visited the issuing bank, of cause agent had no refund. He is now on an Elite VISA where the Elite staff take cares of everyhing onlude open accounts and do 90 day reports.

When I lived in Bangkok I used to use Asia Visa Consulting (They had an office in the lobby of my Condo) and they charged something like 380THB for a 90 Day Report which was a lot cheaper than me having to traipse over to CW...

https://www.asiavisa.net/%E8%A4%87%E8%A3%BD-%E6%A5%AD%E5%8B%99%E5%86%85%E5%AE%B9

I don't know if they do 90 day reports, but Thai Visa Center are members on here and might be worth reaching out to https://tvc.co.th/

[They have a live chat on their website so easy enough to ask].

Edited July 14Jul 14 by SamSpade

So he/she didn't get s bank account while on z work visa? Pretty shirt sighted.

25 minutes ago, SamSpade said:

When I lived in Bangkok I used to use Asia Visa Consulting (They had an office in the lobby of my Condo) and they charged something like 380THB for a 90 Day Report which was a lot cheaper than me having to traipse over to CW...

https://www.asiavisa.net/%E8%A4%87%E8%A3%BD-%E6%A5%AD%E5%8B%99%E5%86%85%E5%AE%B9

I don't know if they do 90 day reports, but Thai Visa Center are members on here and might be worth reaching out to https://tvc.co.th/

[They have a live chat on their website so easy enough to ask].

TVC is one of the agents I reached out to last time my Online was rejected, They charge 500 Baht unless you buy a pack, and take 7 days to process it and your passport has to travel around with EMS, so if there is time do it the Postal way would be as safe and cheaper. Isssue with the Online sometimes they seams to reject it very late so you might risk doing it to late.

30 minutes ago, gargamon said:

So he/she didn't get s bank account while on z work visa? Pretty shirt sighted.

Good question, Ill ask next time I meet him, but anyway done is done.

19 hours ago, gargamon said:

So he/she didn't get s bank account while on z work visa? Pretty shirt sighted.

My guess would be he either closed his account after his employment ceased, or the bank closed his account once they established he was on a DTV.

18 hours ago, Eaglekott said:

TVC is one of the agents I reached out to last time my Online was rejected, They charge 500 Baht unless you buy a pack, and take 7 days to process it and your passport has to travel around with EMS, so if there is time do it the Postal way would be as safe and cheaper. Isssue with the Online sometimes they seams to reject it very late so you might risk doing it to late.

TVC do 90 day reports without the need to physically send them your passport, just upload the relevant pages. Takes less than 7 days (they will actually target the due date) and they send the immigration receipt to you by mail. Yes it's 500 baht but for me at least that's significantly less than a taxi to and from immigration.

1 hour ago, Liquorice said:

or the bank closed his account once they established he was on a DTV.

I've never heard of that happening. I'm currently on DTV with a bank account opened under retirement.

Reporting.

The friend staying for 180 days at a time is required to report after 90 days. However, it appears this DVT holder doesn't do it because he has no contact with an Immigration office during each stay, and on departure the airport staff have no interest in checking if he reported. Therefore, why bother.

One thing I can think of, is that it may come back to bite him in some future contact with the Department or Embassy.

7 minutes ago, Old Croc said:

One thing I can think of, is that it may come back to bite him in some future contact with the Department or Embassy.

One example comes to mind is COR.

Immigration may very well request TM47 receipt as part of required docs.

If I had a DTV I would do the reports using agent such as TVC if located in Bangkok.

Not expensive.

On 7/15/2026 at 1:01 PM, Old Croc said:

Reporting.

The friend staying for 180 days at a time is required to report after 90 days. However, it appears this DVT holder doesn't do it because he has no contact with an Immigration office during each stay, and on departure the airport staff have no interest in checking if he reported. Therefore, why bother.

One thing I can think of, is that it may come back to bite him in some future contact with the Department or Embassy.

Now he does it in person after 90 days every time.