@Nongnuch *******

Over my years in Thailand I learned to trust as proof only what ends up being published as law in the Royal Gazette. Everything else I take with a goon grain of salt - no matter what uniform or politician says something. But good to know we have our known facts confirmed once again. 👍

@Danny ******

Thank you. Much quicker to read than to endure a long video.

I don’t feel like watching: anything new in the video we didn’t cover many times already? Doubt it.

Read this to wrap your head around how the DTV works:



Look here to actually see a the DTV visa:



Check this, if you care for the pure facts written and published in Thai law:



Things that will vary and depend on your individual consulate in your jurisdiction and open questions:

Read this to wrap your head around how the DTV works:

@Jimmy ********

You are right and wrong. In the law there never was a hard limit on entries or time spent in Thailand. In real life however, immigration officers, after using visa exempts too many times, just went on assuming that you must be “not having sufficient funds” (12.2) or “working illegally” (12.3) of the Thai Immigration Act of 1979. Of course kind of a bs assumption. But several denies of entry happen this way.

@Peter ******

As to your point 4) if you remit only savings from before 2024, for now you should be tax-free on those, irrespective of any threshold.

@John *********

Good to know. Will give it a try to obtain one this year.

@Radek ******

Zero tax rate up until 150k THB as far as I know.

@John *********

So, if I am under the threshold I could not even get a Thai tax id even if I wanted one? I guess my few baht interest on my Thai bank account don’t qualify?

@John *********

Ok.