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Can I extend my DTV visa for another 180 days in Thailand?

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Jan 17, 2025
a month ago
Semen **********
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Has anyone already extended their DTV visa for a second

180 days?
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There is little evidence that individuals have successfully extended their DTV visa for a second 180 days. Most experiences shared in the community suggest that the easier option is to exit Thailand and re-enter for a new 180-day stamp. Several comments indicate that people have found the extension process to be complicated and lacking clear requirements from immigration authorities.
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Lachlan **********
just go on a quick holiday
a month ago
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Lachlan **********
to be honest i'd do it to just avoid the 90 day reporting too
a month ago
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Ivan ***********
You can search easily for these questions/replies. Several people tried to extend, but it was more or less a mess, because you need to bring in all the information again. It is just easier to leave the country and return again.
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Dany ********
I guess plenty of people have extended already but are not sharing details/experiences here… the first DTV holders could extend weeks ago.

ima go next week :D
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GC *****
@Dany *******
 yeah same keen to know how you go please
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Andi ***********
@Dany *******
 look forward to your report..😃
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Winston ************
Nope, since the easier and more sensible option is to exit TH and reenter with a fresh 180 day stamp.
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Sefton ********
@Winston ***********
 How is that easier than getting a simple extension ?

If they make one available of course.
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Winston ************
@Sefton *******
 well, go spend several hours at Immigration Division 1 with a bunch of papers, only to be turned away to bring more, repeat that the following day, and the day after. Somebody here already posted going through that.
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Sefton ********
@Winston ***********
 That is because currently none are being issued. Once there is a defined list of requirements, simply comply with them and get the extension.

People getting turned away are 1 not complying and 2 trying to do something they are not yet processing.
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Biff *******
@Sefton *******
 probably because the extension is unlikely to be ‘simple’.

Going shopping for the day in Kuala Lumpur, for example, is quite straightforward.

Obviously that’s location specific, if you’re in Nakhon Nowhere surrounded by chickens and dogs, and a good slog from a land border, then an extension may be more attractive.
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Luit *****************
@Biff ******
 Why is it unlikely to be simple? Just because this Is Thailand?

1900 baht is easy money when they make it simple.

When they don't make it simple, they just don't get that money.
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@Luit ****************
 well, mainly because other extensions aren’t. Proof of funds, letters from Thai banks, updated bank books, seasoning of funds. These are all requirements for other extensions.

DTV are mainly obtained with funds shown in foreign bank accounts. Issued by embassies and consulates. Immigration aren’t likely to accept foreign account statements.

People are reporting difficulties opening bank accounts.

These things lead me to believe it won’t be simple.

Plus they won’t bend over backwards to get ฿1900
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Luit *****************
@Biff ******
 immigration might like funds in a Thai bank account, which seems logical for a non-o visa, but for DTV which is not meant for people living continuous in Thailand, that does not make sense for just 180 days.

It should not be too difficult to check foreign bank statements
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Sefton ********
@Luit ****************
 I fully expect them to need proof of funds.. Just show a bank account..

The amount of noise people make over 500k baht.. .
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@Sefton *******
 I also don't see problems when they ask for 500K, and as long as they don't need it in a Thai account, there should be no problem, most easy would be just show at immigration online you have the funds.
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Tod *********
There has not been a SINGLE REPORT on any of the tiny part of the inter-web related to thailand where someone on a DTV has said they successfully extended their entry for another 180 days

I was at the main immigration office in Bangkok last week and they still didn't have any hand out listing the requirements to do the extension and they were telling people who were asking while I was there to just bounce out and back and get a new 180 day entry stamp

Which is what I'd advise you to do, bounce out/back and get another 180 day entry stamp
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Sefton ********
@Tod ********
 Interesting, so the reports of the fixed requirements were... er... exaggerated ??
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Tod *********
@Sefton *******
 nope, no one knows WHAT the requirements will be,

proof of funds, proof of still attending what ever goof ball thing you signed up for to get the visa, proof you're still on a "work cation" with all the original documents, etc

No one knows yet how it will pan out

I mean face it IF the immigration officer (who worked in the section that gives DTV extensions) was telling people to just bounce out (while I was talking to them about the requirements) I think it's still pretty up in the air
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Dca *****
@Tod ********
 Personally, this DTV Extension may end up like the O-X in-country 2nd 5-year extension in that there are also no reports of anyone getting their 2nd 5-year O-X in-country, and rather, they just get a new 5-year O-X at a Thai Embassy/Consulate....
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@Dca ****
 The OP is talking about the 180-day extension. OX visa doesn't require this. It's five years continuous
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Tod *********
Anonymous participant 107 we are remarking on the difficulty in getting the 180 day extension on a DTV (seeing as no one knows what actually is required as of yet) AND the similarity of the difficulty in getting the second 5 years out of an OX visa; which you can extend one time in country for 5 more years but which has such prohibitive requirements that people just take the 5 and leave
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@Tod ********
 Yes, "take the five and leave". But you've had five years with no visit to immigration, and no bouncing required in that five years. That sounds very different to the DTV
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Tod *********
Anonymous participant 107 it was a comparative comment based on the difficulty of EXTENSIONS in the DTV (which no one knows what will be required yet) and the OX

I think we've beat it enough, you seem to not be glomming on to the fact it was ONLY a comparative comment 🙁
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Ivan ************
Anonymous participant 107 OX is theoretically 10 years, they are talking about getting the second 5 years and how it's easier to bounce than get it in country.
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@Ivan ***********
 OX you only get stamped in until the expiry of the original visa. You don't get stamped in for five years when the original visa expires
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@Dca ****
 (y) totally agree 🙂
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Will ************
Probably but not seen any reports. You will be expected to have your financial documents up to date and show 500k baht according to sources on here.
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George *******
@Will ***********
 never believe everything you read on FB 😠
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