I’m planning on moving to Thailand by July/August. My professional background is in mental health counselling, but I don’t think there is much of a market for that there, so I recently got TEFL certified and am looking at teaching as my entry point. I do have a bachelors degree in psychology and hoping to getting my masters aventually

Ideally, I would like to secure a job before moving so I can enter on the proper work visa. Worst case I’ve considered entering on a tourist visa and applying for jobs once I’m there, but I’m a bit worried about the risks with that approach.

In an ideal world, I’d love to get a DTV because I do have a small online business, but from what I read online (correct me pls if im wrong!) , I would need to show 500,000 THB in my bank account and realistically I do not think I’ll have that by July.

For someone in my situation, what would you recommend as the most realistic and safest path? I want to avoid any risk of denial of entry, since I’m not truly coming as a tourist. Im 25 and I'm not really use to this whole thing so I just want to make sure I meet the proper steps...

Thank you in advance for any advice.