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Hi all, want to Retire in Thailand in Sept, plan to fly on 31 Aug and apply for Non O retirement visa. I have cash to bank and income on a monthly basis. I have a house
In Roi Et Province with my partner.
What do I need to do? Is it arrive and the request local Immigration for 30 day extension? Open account and deposit money for the 60
Hello, my Wife and I live in Canada and wish to move to Thailand in Jan 2026. We wish to apply for DTV under the Remote worker category.
Most likely, my wife is going to be the main applicant, while I will be applying as a dependent. The question we had was about the 3-month payslips that we have to show.
Current situation: My wife currently works at a Director level in a University in Canada. She wishes to quit this job by Dec 2025 before we travel to Thailand in Jan 2026. lets say we apply for DTV around Nov 2025, do we submit payslips from this Canadian University?
Future situation: By Oct 2025, she is also expecting to receive a job offer from a Univertsity in Malaysia, where her role will be of an adjunct faculty working remotely from thailand. Her offer letter can state this too. The catch is, although she will get the new job offer by Oct 2025, she doesnt wish to take up any teaching assignments until Jan 2027. We wish to travel thailand from Jan 2026 to Jan 2027(taking a gap year).
Question: When required to submit 3 months' payslips, does she have to provide them from the current job in Canada, or will the embassy expect to see payslips from the new Malaysian university?
Any suggestions in this regard is much appreciated.
I read a lot of posts about people looking for to open to a bank account with the DTV visa and here's my experience.
YOU CANNOT OPEN AN ACCOUNT WITH THE DTV VISA except for particular cases (you are married to a thai, you have a thai son/daughter, etc). I know it sucks but I've been using for a few months TrueMoney and I can guarantee is a great 2nd choice. I've obtained the full access to the app (it required me to send a picture of my dtv visa + a picture of the entry stamp on my passport) and this is what I can do with the app:
1) I can scan pay EVERYWHERE, including the small auntie at the local market
2) I can link the payment to most of the app (grab,bolt,lazada, shoppee etc)
3) I can create a virtual debit card to buy stuff online
4) I can link that card to google/samsung pay and pay with the NFC.
5) I can top up at the true store up to 50k baht, I believe that out of every tesco lotus there's an automatic machine to do that
6) I can obviously pay at everystore which is true money friendly (7/11)
With that said, having a bank account is great but with true money I can do 99% of the things I would have done with a bank.
PS: I got cash with me so I just exchange the cash at the local superrich and then transfer it on my account. On the app there's the possibility to link it to a credit/debit card, not sure if that works just with local ones or it'll accept a foreign card as well
Here's another one, please remember these are just thought's,ideas going through my head to help the process of retiring in Thailand, this is not just for me it's for anyone who needs simple answers to simple questions, anyway what's the thoughts on the bronze elite visa, it is expensive but would it solve a lot of problems, or is it just a posh tourist visa, ps no sarcasm please like on my last few posts we are all trying to learn the ins and outs of living in a gorgeous country called Thailand,
Question for DTV holders currently (or were recently) in Thailand: Now that access to a Thai bank account has been cutoff, how are/did you pay(ing) your rent?