I left Thailand two weeks ago on my non-immigrant B visa. I own and operate a fairly unsuccessful Thai business so I'd rather apply for a DTV with my successful online business.

Can I still apply or do I have to wait until that non-immigrant B visa is expired in October?

Will there be any issues with the fact that I worked online on my non-immigrant B visa?

I recently read some comments here that business owners could operate their Thai registered business without a work permit. I googled around a bit and guess this was part of last year's work permit changes in the 2nd part of the emergency decree related to that? Can anyone confirm this and expand on what it means to "operate" a business? Would this mean that a consultant who didn't want or need Thai staff could open a Thai LLC and operate without a work permit?