@Greg **********

Depends on the consulate in your jurisdiction. UK consulate asked for a least 3 months booked courses. At least they used to initially.

Should be fine. No minimum income is asked. Just the at least 500k THB in savings + a work contract mentioning you are free to work remotely from Thailand / or a company registered in your name.

If you are still interested: the newly launched DTV visa should exactly meet your needs.

@Rowan ********

Good question. Still not fully clear. It seems that some consulates in 3rd / neighboring countries do accept applications from foreigners / non-residents, others don’t. I have yet to see / hear of the first success story of someone successfully having gotten a paper sticker DTV in Laos, Malaysia, Cambodia, or Vietnam. Maybe this question will be answered in a few days when people report their experiences.

@Rowan ********

Either proof of a registered company in your name, or a current letter from an employer stating the freedom to work remotely from Thailand seem to be the most commonly accepted ways so far.

@Peter ******

If you will have to file a tax return remains to be seen. Maybe in the future everybody staying longer than 180 days will have to.

Else, just pick a land border alternatively. It won’t matter what way or border you enter Thailand in the end once you have the visa.

They used to actually ask for proof of a booked flight by means of an uploaded ticket. Now, with the DTV, there is no such upload requested anymore in the eVisa system. You still have to fill in a flight number in the form, though. I guess they just re-used the same web form. You could try and just submit a flight number of a flight you aim at taking, imho. Good chance they won’t ask for additional proof. Some consulates might however still request such proof - I guess to ensure that one is actually applying with the “right” consulate in the country one is flying to Thailand from.

@Andreas ********

All good questions. Plus: will the ED visa license to, or will schools for the DTV need a special license for DTV. Or no license at all.

@Nongnuch *******

Yes. But not because any hard limit on entries or max times allowed is anywhere to actually be found in any Thai law - as I elaborated above. Maybe they finally stop that bad practice of denying people entry for a reason not covered in the law and stop automatically assuming that people with too many visa exempt entries either don’t have enough funds or work illegally. Or maybe they will just continue doing so. Remains to be seen.