Is soft power being discontinued for DTV in Thailand?

You watched one Youtuber Dev and he stated only what he thinks nothing from any Official Government resources

😂🤣🤣

Hard power next

This guy just does click bait videos all the time, basically a clown trying to make some money from yt.

This is just clickbait. TBF, though, I've never understood why someone on a 6-month cooking course gets a 5-year visa. I would have thought a one-year cultural visa would have been more appropriate.

Why would he get confirmation, show the email. Just go on the official website.

Clickbait. I wish I could downvote a video without watching it.

Admin please remove the rumor mongering

There is so much BS on YouTube being posted by Farangs that are here in Thailand lately. So sad…just low-life’s.

'Bret says that he has got confirmation that soft power is being discontinued for DTV' At what point in the video does he say that or have you assumed it

I love this page 🤣. A YTer says that soft power is be canceled and everyone runs to this page to ask other people who arent in government if its true.

What would be best for the country as a whole. I honestly don’t know why you would need a five-year visa for a six-month cooking course. But it does make you wonder why the visa is set up that way, and it seems inevitable that some people would take advantage of it. In my opinion, a visa like that makes much more sense for digital nomads or people working remotely for an employer.

Hold your horses.

That video was all about Bret’s ”guess”. Nothing confirmed 😂

"I've lived here for 10 years but I still can't pronounce Muay Thai correctly"

This guy is 💩

I haven't heard or read any type of official statements or news from Thai immigration about eliminating the soft power part of the DTV, however it will come as no surprise and would make sense if they do.

It never made any sense to hand somebody a 5-year Visa for signing up for a 3 to 6 month cooking, Muay Thai, or learn the language class. It would make more sense that the Visa is good for the length of time that you are attending and able to prove you are attending such classes.

The workcation portion of the DTV visa represents what the true meaning of such a Visa is all about as many other countries also offer it as well.

Digital nomads who are able to legitimately prove that they are earning a required minimum amount of income outside of the country and are able to present clear evidence they can support themselves fully during their entire stay, are really what a DTV Visa is meant to be used for and should be used for.

He did not confirm..just his opinion

If this was true, I seriously doubt the breaking news would come from a Youtuber 😂...talking points within Thai politics are usually openly dicussed over months of deliberation before final decisions are made. The public would have been made aware of possible changes way beforehand if true.

Good

Pure speculation (some may call it bullsh|t) nothing more.

Blocked for talking 💩

Lets stop incentivising lies!

you simply sign a new agreement with the gym and keep training

So many bitter people here, literally joyful that a visa is being made more restrictive, presumably because they take pleasure from seeing other people not be able to stay in Thailand as long as they previously could. Why would you even care? If ever there was a sign that your life is sad or that you're simply an a**hole, this is it.

Brett, Brett, who the feck is Brett? Let me guess. Brett has a relocation service to Thailand he can offer.

I called this will happen at the start and influenzas will be next 😂

just clickbait, as nothing official has ever been mentioned

We are just about to attend a seminar hosted by the Sports Authority with regard to new gym inspections and standards being put in place for DTV. Not the sign of a discontinued product

Bret never said any such thing. Watch his video before commenting.

Here’s my speculation: We will be wiped out tomorrow

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It could happen, but it’s an empty claim.

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Unless Bret is connected to the top echelon of Thai society (I doubt that) then it’s just pure speculation and part of the rumour-mill.

Good if it’s true.

Good riddance

5555 haha

But Thai language has never been used as soft power route for DTV 😅

Thailand has not officially discontinued the Soft power category under DTV. I’m not sure what’s the point of this BS discussion.

I have no knowledge of it but I predicted it, it doesn’t make any sense and confuses the visa and clearly is being abused.

Bs

The criteria needs revising now they have a good 2 years of data. The program criteria differs for the same outcome of a 5 year tourist visa. Workation/freelancers provide current and ongoing income proof on application as well as the seasoned 500k. Soft just the 500k which is not surprising they are more often now getting issued METV’s.

A course should be for 12 months max. Why is it 5 years too??? Very strange visa. You need a work permit then, but a nomad work permit they should make it and that u pay taxes

He doesn’t know any more than anyone else. It’s just click bait speculation. His videos used to be helpful.

This type of news spreading mostly who sell f.a ke remote work documents for people to abuse Thailand visa system

Finally, it even sounds ridiculous to issue a five-year visa to people who have purchased a five-month cooking course))

People not understand how it's works

You lost your remote work permanently what do you do to extend your DTV visa in order to qualified? Many people after getting retirement finish them remote work go for Soft Power in order to extend DTV visa in Immigration office and switch purpose of reentry and visa extension in case if they no longer qualified as remote worker

Algorithms are making him massive amounts in Adsense revenue

He looks pretty shocked upset in the thumbnail this could be real!!!

Dtv visa being removed from Thai Evisa ?

Bret says that he has got confirmation that DTV visa is being discontinued for Thai Evisa System. Does anyone else have any knowledge about this?

I watched this today and he never said he had any proof of anything

Bret is just as reliable for accurate information as smelling a dog turd to figure out what the weather will be like next week.

F.a.k e news

Pile them up and ship them off to the middle east , Dubai could do with the numbers topping up. BUMS !

Good, doing a 6 month course and staying a further 4.5 years is ridiculous.

Every village has a Bret

Must be true if a broke YouTuber after views says so

Digital Nomads should have a DTV based on Workation so even if this is true it wouldn't affect them

While I’m sure the soft power option of the DTV is likely the target of the Thailand Privilege Company I’d probably wait for some sort of actual announcement from the MFA before people start panic buying Muay Thai courses.