Hi folks

Has anyone done the 180 day extension for the DTV yet?

I’m applying via Muay Thai route

I checked with TMT Agents in Phuket and they say I need to provide documentation showing continued enrolment in the Muay Thai when doing the extension.

IS THE AGENT WRONG?

Has the government still not confirmed the difference between getting the "Workcation" and the "Soft Power" versions of the DTV? If someone gets a DTV for a business in 3 years will they need to show its still operating or will Soft Power DTV holders need to show they are still enrolled in a Soft Power activity down the line? If the registration part is different but everyone gets the same visa then wouldn't everyone just get the Soft Power version because its easier if you dont have to prove you still do the Soft Power?

List of required documents for visa extension in January 2025 at Chaengwatthana, Bangkok (Non Imm O - Thai wife) :

I just did my visa extension last week so I'm sharing the requirements with everyone.

Disclaimer :

- this list is for a visa extension based on being married to Thai national

- the submission was made in Chaengwatthana, Bangkok

- the submission was made in January 2025

- the officer may require other specific documents based on your situation

- don't wait for the last day, so you can get another shot if you've messed up

The original copies to bring with you:

- passport

- wife ID

- updated bankbook

- KR3

The documents:

- TM7 with a 6*4cm picture / new picture, different from the last application

- Copy first page passport

- Copy first visa page

- Copy last extension page

- Copy last entrance in Thailand

- Copy TM30

- Copy 90 days report

- Kor ror 2 (get an updated copy from amphor)

- Copy of wife ID

- Copy of wife tabian baan

- Certificate letter from the bank (made less than a week before)

- 6 months bank statement signed from the bank (I always do 6 months for safety, but normally 3 months is enough)

- Copy of bankbook first page

- Copy of bankbook last page updated same day

- Copy of lease agreement

- Copy of owner ID

- Copy of owner tabian baan

- Copy of our house/condo tabian baan

- Copy of 2 different pictures of the couple in front of the house, with house number visible / new pictures, different from the last application

- Copy of 2 different pictures of the couple inside the house / new pictures, different from the last application

- Copy of map

- 1,900 baht

Hi, I'm on a non immigration O visa (Thai Spouse). I started a new job this month after 6 months unemployed so I had no income those 6 months.

My extension of stay paperwork is due to be submitted early May. Do I need to keep the 400k in my account as part of the submission or can I now show them my employment contract as I'm on more than the monthly requirements, or do I need to keep the 400k in for this year's submission as I haven't had a full 12 months of salary? Thanks in advance

Hi. I’m not sure if I have already asked

This question on this site.

Ref. The requirements for the first

Year extension of a marriage visa

As I am now on uk state pension.

Is as I understand is 400.000.

Baht in my Thai bank account for

At least two months before

Applying. Now this is where I

Get confused about the second

Year extension. As I have been

Told so many different things

About the requirements?

Can I show 12 months statements

From my Thai bank account

Showing more than 40.000.

Going into that account each

Month from my uk bank account.

To apply for my second year

Extension.

Can someobdy spell out ALL MANDATORY DOCUMENTS required at Immigration to receive my first ever NON O Retirement “1 year extension of Visa”. I’m concerned becuz current “money seasoning” will push my first available day to visit IMMIGRATION, to within 10-12 days of the expiration date of the current 90 Day NON O I used to enter the country? I couldn’t control the time it took getting a Thai bank account setup and wiring 800,000 from my foreign account. Again —- one the day of my appointment, what Documents does immigration require to grant the first 1 YEAR RETIREMENT EXTENSION OF STAY?

Hello. Do we have to justify every 6 months a digital activity, Thai lessons, cooking lessons, to be in order with immigration and not risk expulsion and being blacklisted? Thank you

Here the story of someone, who visited the Immigration Hua Hin and wanted to know, what were the requirements for a 180-days extension of his DTV

You will love the story of his experience

Posted by “Tom Tom“

"I just came back from a visit to the Hua Hin Immigration to have my entry stamp (on a DTV visa) transferred from my old passport to my new passport. So far so good.

Then the lady checking the papers pointed out to me, that since I still have the DTV sticker from the Phnom Penh Thai Embassy, ​​I should always carry the old passport with me. That's perfectly clear so far, too.

Then I asked if I could extend the 180-days stay permit here at Immigration.

She said it's no problem, BUT, and this came a a total surprise, I would have to show proof of a Thai bank account with a deposit of 500,000 THB.

Another officer then approached us while I was trying to explain to the lady that I didn't have a Thai bank account with this kind of deposit, but that the credit was in my German account.

He advised I should just leave Thailand for a short time and come back after a few days. Then this banked money rule would no longer apply to me.

Can anyone confirm this? My extension for another 180 days would be at the beginning of March 2025”

My answer to Tom Tom was as follows:

“If you take a look at the Facebook group “Destination Thailand Visa DTV”, you will notice that there is disagreement and heated debate on this very point.

None of the current DTV holders have applied for an extension at immigration to date, because the earliest date would be shortly before the expiry of the first 180 days for the first wave of DTV, which was introduced on July 15, 2024.

No one can know how the various immigration offices will react to something for which no fixed rules have been issued at all, apart from the usual procedure for the 30-day "touristic extension", which should actually also be applied to the DTV, because the DTV is a tourist-visa class.

There is therefore a heated debate in this group as to whether or not immigration will pull out some fictitious guidelines in the case of a 180-day extension.

You have by now provided a typical example: No immigration officer currently knows with absolute certainty any rules on the extension, because no such rules exist.

So this specific officer pulls out whatever comes to her mind and asks you to provide proof of 500,000 THB again, and this is where it gets really ridiculous, must be in a Thai account?

That's why, before you allow yourself to get invited to ride the carousel, you should do a border run and activate the next 180 days stay permit.

No one at the border will ask you about your account balance, or about health insurance, or how often you go to the toilet

It goes without saying that you have to keep the old invalid passport with the visa sticker - because this is the only proof that you have been issued a DTV. Without presenting this, you will not get a new 180-day "admitted stay" stamp at the border”

Hello, does anyone have the most recent requirements for a Non O one year extension based on marriage from Hua Hin immigration? Thank you 🙏🙏

Marriage Visa question.

When i apply for non O visa 90 days based on marriage in my Country (Belgium):

If i read this document on the Belgium Thai embassy website it doesn't say i need money in a Thai bank account. Just need to show evidence of 400k. But when i want to extend the visa when i arrive in Thailand, do i need to have a Thai Bank Account with 400k in it or can i use the same Bank documents i used when i applied in Belgium?

My question is when you apply outside Thailand before you arrive.

Thank you.