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Aug 23, 2025
3 days ago
Should I stay over 180 days in Thailand or better not?

My situation:

1. I have a DTV and I am coming close to the 180 days threshold in Thailand since January 1st.

2. I pay taxes in my home country and we do have a tax treaty with Thailand.

3. I don't want to deal with filling any forms and deal witb tax coordination.

4. I don't want to have a TIN (tax ID) I Thailand in any case.

My question:

since the tax rules for foreigners in Thailand are not clear, would it be wise to simply avoid staying in Thailand for 180 days (or more) in 2025

Or is it not an issue and I will not need to deal with tax coordination and issuing a TIN?
Aug 20, 2025
6 days ago
Ricky *******
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What's all this dribble on Bangkok Bank and visas? Is this going to affect renewing my Marriage Visa with the 400k in the bank for 3 months? But BKK Bank is only providing the certificate/statement if it's been there for 4? Is this Thailand wide? It's great that there's a crackdown on people abusing the system with dodgy agents, but is this going to affect people doing it correctly with the immigration 3 month rule?
Aug 18, 2025
7 days ago
Terry ***********
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I thought we had all the ducks in a row, I have got a Thai marriage certificate stamped and certified, yellow book, Thai ID card and trying to work towards a marriage visa. Now I need to open a Thai bank account to season funds however after having been to several banks that refuse to open an account without a visa, my wife is now taking me to a Chinese bank, I’m having serious reservations about this.
Aug 9, 2025
17 days ago
Juliette *******
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Hello, maybe the question was already ask but is it possible to buy a car and car insurance with DTV?
Aug 5, 2025
21 days ago
alv****
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Hello ! Anyone who got DTV with soft power courses experienced any issues at airport immigrations during visa runs ? Like the officers question about new courses and how the course is doing because normally the courses are 6 months long. Is it required to enroll new courses after each one expires just to extend my period of stay? i’m going to skip soft power option if it is so. It’s going to be costly.
Aug 4, 2025
22 days ago
Ryan **********
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Hello, I am still looking to find a branch location to open up a bank account on a DTV so far everywhere I’ve gone tells me it’s not possible unless I speak to an agent who wants so much money to do it. Has anybody had any success recently?
Aug 1, 2025
24 days ago
Toni *******
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Just came to my mind, about bank accounts. Bangkok bank started sending messages to customers they need to vwrify their info, early this year.

First, I went to bangkok bank, and since my phone number was same as when i opened my account long time ago with visa exempt, they told me everything ok but i needed to go truemove to identify myself.

Just now, having a conversation elsewhere, I just realized bangkok bank wasnt interested in my visa, they asked nothing about it, only told me i need to verify my number with the operator (picture, address and maybe something else i dont remember).

So be cool, they are not interested in your visa type if you already have an account with them.

Peace out 😘
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