What are the experiences and processes for obtaining the Digital Nomad Visa (DTV) in Thailand?

@Lyle ********

it is by far being used as a long term stay visa since it is easier to get than most other long term visas. Not really being used by tourists or frequent visitors but by people to live in Thailand.

@Andi **********

Benjamin Hart from Integrity Legal claims no extensions are possible, but what actually transpires will only be known in January.

@Paul ******

Extensions are possible.. He saying you can only stay 6mths?

@Andi **********

That's what he's claiming, but he may be wrong. I think we'll know what actually happens come early January or so.

I also think it's possible there may be a halfway solution - what may actually happen is that they'll grant only 30 or 60 day extensions and then require you to leave the country. Speculation on my part though.

We simply don't know what's going to happen in this regard at this time.

@Paul ******

Very wrong and would mean people have been misled. A lot of his posts are off and a passive aggressive way of drumming up business. Siam Legal confirm extensions will be 6 months. I imagine the end of year should see formal clarification of the extension process.

@Andi **********

And yes, I think by early January we should know more about the extension process. I don't want to say more on the matter because much of it is speculation, until the immigration bureau weighs in.

@Andi **********

Yes, I agree that he may be drumming up business. I like him, but I feel that a lot of his videos on a variety of immigration related topics have been pure fear mongering and misleading.

Even before the advent of the DTV, he constantly went on and on about how remote work was supposedly "illegal" but the reality is, there was in the past never really a law that explicitly stated what the legality of it was.

In practice, you could almost always work remotely as long as you didn't have Thai clients or work for a Thai company and even those who were mistakenly picked up by immigration authorities for apparently working illegally were let go after investigations determined they weren't working for a Thai entity in any way (referring here to a notable case in Chiang Mai back in 2018 or 2019).

@Bom ********

depends how quickly you type.

@Bom ********

e-visa for DTV has been in place in many countries since July. Only Cambodia and Vietnam and a few others switched last week

@John ******

I got it. Thanks

@Bom ********

You don't know where he/she/it applied... eVisa has started long time ago in many countries, about 3 years ago.