Can I operate a business in Thailand on a DTV visa?

Can set up a company yes speak yo

@Peter *****

If you mean by opening a business is being a shareholder of a company then yes you can. You don't even need to be in Thailand to be a shareholder of a company. You may attend business meetings time to time or visit suppliers or trade shows. However, you cannot be part of day to day business operations and definitely cannot work. if your business just sources the product in Thailand and sell them overseas and make the money overseas then it can fall under overseas income. However, if you're selling products or services within Thailand and making money within Thailand then it's different. Basically you can only attend meetings or visit suppliers or trade shows but cannot be more involved directly daily. Best talk to an visa tax agent/lawyer. Cheers

Depends what kind of business plus difficult to follow laws

You can create own shares but you can’t operate it.

TRUST ONLY OFFICIAL SITES FOR THIS KIND OF QUESTION.

And lawyer up that should be your first investment someone good on retainer…

You can open an online business on the DTV selling to the world. Just don’t … you know open a brick and mortar in Thailand.

You have to change the visa…

yes you can. In Jail.

No.. The DTV allows remote work only, working in any capacity for a Thai business is not exempted for work permits and the DTV does not support obtaining a work permit.

To be 100% accurate, you can 'open' a business as in the process of incorporating it, which you can do on any visa class or even a visa exempt. You cannot work in that business in any way.

Look, Thailand isn't really a "mother may I" kind of country. Do your thing, don't draw attention to yourself and generally things will sort themselves out, especially with a little bit of tea money to the right people. Just keep your mouth shut.

Be aware though that if you are doing anything outside the perceived norm you are making yourself a target for extortion, both by locals and unfortunately other expats. That's why you keep your mouth shut about whatever it is you are trying to accomplish and make it legit sooner rather than later.

You can open a business but can’t work in it on a DTV

absolutely not, gotta get Non-B for work/business activities

Definitely not gonna open a business with DTV.