@Christopher ************

Details of that subject are equally unknown, still. But if you want to avoid all taxes for sure, go with the LTR visa which comes with a Royal tax exemption.

Couple of still unanswered questions come to mind: 1) what about 90 day reporting - hopefully gonna be waived (or extended to 180 days). 2) will the DTV be available to all nationalities as long as they meet the requirements? We will see.

@Tom *******

Thai misconfigured IT. Copy and paste it into a new browser. See my comment above.

@Max ************

For sure. But at this stage that is likely to actually happen. From experience, there is a big difference between a concept published by either the PR or the tourism TAT department - or like now, by the MFA.

@Jim *****

Thai and IT don't always go hand in hand too well. The error occasionally happens because of the way Facebook does links and amaneds its attributes to it. You can try and remove everything after New_Visa_Measures_July_2024.pdf from the URL (including the questionmark). But it is basically just the pdf of what I converted into images here.

The Thai MFA clearly states regarding Extension of Stay of the DTV visa:

(through the Thai Immigration Bureau)

5 years Multiple Entries

180 days per entry

1-time for a period not exceeding 180 days per entry. After the maximum stay of 180 days + 180 days needs to depart the country and re-enter Thailand with

the same DTV visa within the visa validity date.

fPdh6NtO/VISA_Information/New_Visa_Measures_July_2024.pdf

All information currently available in more and more details suggests that the DTV will indeed be a 5 year multiple entry visa with a 180 day validity each visit. So, as long as people leave every 180days for a quick border run, it can very well be a long term visa.

@Brandon ***********

In Germany, the Berlin RTE actually issued the multiple entry visa only a day before the departure day - on purpose. I found that refreshing.

Depends on the consulate responsible for you. But might take up to a couple of weeks. Better start applying asap.

@Jeff ******

If you were to invest a fraction of that in Thailand (government bond or real estate), you would certainly meet the requirements for LTR wealthy global citizen, then. But I am hesitant of making major investments in an environment as jumpy as Thailand.