hai all,I am arriving in Thailand in 2 weeks time from Australia hopefully on a non O visa to stay for 3 years if it arrives in time.Otherwise I'll reapply from Thailand.My question is are there any particular Australian Government agencies that I need to inform of my plans?Thanks.

I have been told that there is a risk that my Thai bank account will be closed when I apply for DTV-visa.

Can anyone help me find out if this information I correct or not. Thank you!

I have a serious question im a bit stuck here so im from belgium i filled my details in but at the moment im in laos to get my dtv muay thai done so i cliked on no for the current adress because im in laos for the process am i correct? And what do i fill in than the adress things of my hotel or?

I appreciate already🙂

This is crazy i made a full names on my passport how is this possible ???

Alert!: Thai wife visa: I just extended it, with, as usual, the 400k on my bank account. Bangkok Bank says they will block it for 6 months! Indeed, I see I cannot use the 400k! But I read nothing about this new rule in the immigration website! Any idea? Thanks

Interesting and I'm sure many DTV holders will want to read this.

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Question about the new TDAC form from May 1st

I don’t really have an issue with filling out the form itself, but I’m confused about one thing:

When selecting *country of residence*, it seems you can’t choose the Kingdom of Thailand.

What do you do if you are on a DTV - live here, pay tax here, and officially have residency here?

Choosing another country would technically mean lying on the form – any thoughts or experience with this?

Thanks in advance 🙏

Piece of information for Brits. It is actually about State Pensions. Yesterday I got a text message from DWP saying that they had processed my Life Certificate. In the past we just sent these by post across however many oceans and hoped it all worked out. Never heard a thing from DWP except in the sense of our pension continuing. That was pretty daft and clearly they've had to address the matter. Think the clue might lie in the last sentence of the message saying so no need to call them! Watch out for this new messaging when you send a Life Certificate back to UK. Note that I received the message at about the 6 week point from sending.

Hi everyone 😊

I'm going to apply in Vietnam.

Here should I put my address in Thailand, Vietnam or the country i was born (France)?

Thank you so much

Requesting permission to post this video from Integrity Legal. Seems like Benjamin Hart has a real problem with this visa (and by extension, his friend, Barry Kenyon from the Pattaya Mail), believing such things as, 1) no in-country extensions will be possible; 2) it will lead to an influx of Westerners and other foreigners that will "disrupt" the Thai way of life and 3) that it can't be used for de facto residence in Thailand. 4) That Thailand based employment would be allowed when this visa was first announced (I don't remember that claim at all).

Firstly, for 1) it's too early to say what will happen. Let's wait and see and stop with the endless back and forth speculation. For 2) that's complete nonsense; only a few thousand DTVs have been approved, that's a drop in the ocean compared to the millions of tourists that have entered Thailand since the DTV became available in mid July. Not to mention there have probably been thousands more agent assisted extensions of stay for retirement, marriage and other purposes issued in that time. 3) Why would the DTV be different to a multiple entry non-imm visa? Other than some land borders possibly insisting on a night or two outside of the country between visits (especially if you "max out" the nearly 6 month stay limit) I don't see why DTV holders won't be able to come and go as freely as multiple entry non-imm B and O holders have been so far. 4) Sounds like he's making that up or has misunderstood something.