What is the process for customs clearance of household items for DTV holders coming into Thailand from Malaysia?

Condos come with all that stuff when you rent them. To get your DTV you proved you have cash, don’t be tight 😂 use Lazada or shopee

By land, you can probably bring in just about anything provided it's not too big. They don't check on the Thai side, unless it's really large and bulky.

Maybe better for you to stay in Malaysia if you find this frustrating.

It’s a tourist visa….

Import tax exemption requires a work permit in my view.

Under typical regulations, you are exempted from import tax on personal effects only if you hold a one-year non-immigrant visa along with a valid work permit.

DTV visa holder is not permitted to work and not allowed to stay in Thailand longer than 180 days per each entry. It implies that you're not considered a tax resident of Thailand, hence you might not be able to enjoy the tax exemption.

From what I understand, only non B visa (work visa) will have custom exempt. There is Samsung factory here so replacing your TV and fridge is very cheap.

I've moved in the last 15years 3 times to different south-east asia countries and the most convenient thing is to sell all your items and buy new ones in the new destination

DTV is a tourist visa. If you import anything, you will pay for customs clearance. And they are not easy to deal with.

Things are cheap in Thailand, buy some stuff once you arrive. A truckload of different stuff, is asking for trouble.

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Theres no clear rule that you can feel sure of. When I came (a long time back and on a marriage visa) I had everything correct to qualify for tax free import, they didnt care.. Even when I printed the rules in Thai and gave hime the proof it was duty free he simply refused to look at the paper.. They have your stuff and can ransom it back based on what they feel its value is.. Thats the simple reality. You are asking for black and white rules in a grey world !!

In my case it was a week long argument, with the final straw being him looking at 7500 USD worth of marble audiophile speakers and saying 'maybe we need to crack those open to check inside'.. 🤣 Its a long and funny tale but cant be bothered to type it all again.

That said generally a clearance agent is more expensive than the bribe, I got my bribe down from almost 100k to 15k cash to the big boss at lunchtime (that way he didnt have to share to the underlings). Many times people say 'I didnt pay anything my agent cleared it' and then it turns out the agent fee was 40k or 50k.. Where do they think that money went too ??