What are the requirements for applying for the DTV from abroad, especially for those not currently registered in their home country?

Henrik JN bullshit rules have changed today you need a police check from home country and nerd to apply from the country u a citizen from

Henrik JN You completely missed the new rules starting today?

They explicitly say you need to be citizen of the country you apply in or permanent resident, but according to you they don't know what they require, and you know better?

EnthusiasticTurkey2129 For any visa on the evisa site you need to be in the country you apply

Nongnuch Kamdee No. Wrong. Again, any expat on a Thai permanent residency visa doesn't need a DTV. They have the ultimate visa short of being a citizen.

Thai embassies abroad want only permanent residents and citizens to apply. Not someone who is studying in that country or on some other type of non-immigrant visa.

It's pretty clear what permanent residency means.

RadiantCamel1017 again: In Thailand, 99.9% of all foreigners in Thailand only have a "temporary residency" because they all are on temporary stay permits.

No expat is on a "permanent residency" and the Thais who worded this wrong text in the DTV E-Visa are amateurish plumbers, because they ignored that many digital nomads have no more "permanent residency" in their home countries. They have migrated from their countries. They are NOT residing in their home countries anymore, tey might hold a postal address but not a registered address. Only the personal REGISTRATION lets you have a "residency". If this residency is permanent or temporary, that's another issue. In Thailand, when you are TM30 registered, you have a residency, but you do NOT have a "permanent residency" in Thailand, because your stay permit is temporary

Nongnuch Kamdee You don't seem to understand what permanent residency is. It's a status that is conferred to foreign nationals who have the right to live in the country forever, but don't hold the nationality of that country [yet].

Someone who holds the nationality of the country they're in have full legal rights and can satisfy every box when it comes to "residency". They're citizens. Permanent residents are just one step behind.

Nongnuch Kamdee No, they didn't word it wrong. There are expats living in Thailand who hold permanent residency. I know some. There are more than you think.

However, in many immigrant receiving countries, permanent residency is a common status. Therefore it makes sense to ask for it as an alternative to those who don't hold the nationality of the country they're living in..

Temporary "residency" isn't really residency. It's just a non-immigrant status and is NOT permanent residency.

Steve_ being non domicile for tax reasons, doesn't mean they're not still a German citizen

@John *********

it's common sense to most of us

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right, I can’t imagine the Thai embassy saying a German passport holder applying from Germany is somehow not eligible to apply from that location. Police check may be a different obstacle but highly unlikely they refuse an application from a national applying in their home country. A lot of of these people claiming they aren’t qualified to apply from their home country is ridiculous and they’ll be throwing their money away applying from elsewhere or trying to obtain residency in a third country in order to get a DTV. Imagine thinking the best path to DTV is popping over to Laos and getting PR there. 😂

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that is true when it comes to the fact that your country of citizenship must "take you back". But if you aren't a resident in Germany from a formal point of view, the citizenship doesn't change anything. You won't get any document supporting the residency.