Hi, does the 500,000 baht have to be in a current account? I have an ISA trading account with the right amount of cash in it plus investments but it only gives statements every quarter so I can’t give statements from every month in the past 6 months - will this be a problem/ will they accept this?

Has anyone successfully gotten the DTV visa using USD on a cryptocurrency exchange account (like binance) as proof of funds?

My 60 day tourist visa expires on Jan 30th. I want to stay til the end of February. If I apply for the 30 day extension today at the immigration office in Samui, do the 30 days start from today or from Jan 30th?

Does anyone know if need 800k in bank two or three months before applying for my visa extension?

Anyone had trouble uploading the additional document/s before?

After clicking upload (3 times), I'm getting the 'success' message appear in the top right, but it is not actually showing as uploaded and thus not letting me click Submit.

The file is compressed 1MB PDF and contains ~50 pages.

Edit; having an absolute nightmare uploading these. Received email 4 hours ago. Chrome is not showing the notification at all. And using Edge is giving the above.

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British looking for dtv agent in bkk? Pm pls. Happy new year

Applying in Ho Chi Minh City now - is a tax return an essential requirement if you are a remote worker? Or payslips and a letter of confirmation of employment enough.

The admin person at my company are on holiday for a few weeks and I can't find my tax return

Any help would be appreciated

Once I’m inside Thailand on a DTV, when I want to leave the country for a while before coming back on the same DTV, do I need a re-entry permit? Or is the DTV visa one where you can come and go to and from the country without needing to buy a re-entry permit first?

How to have free healthcare for life: The alternative to the DTV, the Taiwan Gold Card

This is really outside the box but I think some people should at least consider it.

Taiwan has free healthcare and a lot simpler ‘immediate’ residency with the ‘gold card’ for only $350USD. As long as you stay 183 days per year in Taiwan for three years you then have permanent residency.

As thailand now taxes foreign income. A good strategy would be living in both for three years and keeping Thailand under 180 days so you are not taxed, then migrating permanently to thailand if you enjoy it more after your healthcare in Taiwan is solidified and you have residency.

The ‘ideal’ which I am still considering is simply living in Taiwan for 3 years and for 6 months of the year when you’re bored hitting up Pattaya or Cebu or Bali or where ever else and after 3 years, more permanently move to Thailand, with your residency + free healthcare secured.

Of course most people aren’t going to be willing to do this, me either at this stage. But if you could, would then be free healthcare for life. Plus a permanent residency, I think 2-4 years paid maternity leave and actual government benefits, which even if you go after and get residency in Thailand, to me, all I see is a second un-avoidable tax bill, so why bother?

After speaking to the head maxiofacial surgeon in Khaosiung hospital, he told me a lot of Americans (and HKers) are taking up this strategy and simply flying to Taiwan when elective issues come up.

Otherwise, for now, based on my research I think travel insurance is the way to go for healthcare. I think blue cross blue shield does it in America, safetywing people mention sometimes and I use fastcover (for Australia) with no excess around $1500AUD for the year.

For now, I’m still just considering it. But! For me the DTV was definitely not a celebration it was an admission, to myself, that 100% I will not be living in Thailand forever, it is purely temporary and the DTV solidified that as I have since completely stopped looking into investing in or making a company here to get the work permits + other requirements necessary for residency. So yes, the DTV is cool, but as a long term plan, I mean it’s not one unless you are 50 and by 55 you can get the retirement visa.

I am a UK National applying for DTV

I have my own UK registered limited company, and will document an approval letter for myself as employee to work remotely from Thailand.

Does anyone have an example of the contents of this type of approval letter?

I want to make sure of course that I document it correctkly.

Many thanks