@Jeff ******

Land ownership is part of no visa - neither Elite, nor LTR.

@Andrea ********

If you hold a masters degree or higher, the requirement is actually only 40k USD. That almost everyone with a masters in Germany should easily make. But the problem remains in the overregulated details.

@Ruth ******

Yes and no. The "Wealthy Global Citizen" category is just one of the possible LTR categories. Having said that, if you hold a masters degree or higher - the requirement for the "Remote Working" category is only 40k USD - which I believe is easily achievable for many. The problem remains the overregulated details.

As expected ... they don't seem to see the need for adjustments at this point. But they are always quick and polite to response at the BOI / LTR team - I gotta give it to them.

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

Quite likely, yes. If the DTV ever comes to life it might very likely be ruined in the fine print.

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

I don’t know why they would - but that was their own very claim at the launch of the LTR. I would agree that 1m was too ambitious to begin with - but not even 5000 after 2 years clearly shows that the requirements don’t align with people’s realities.

@Bradley ********

All „details“ about the DTV nothing but speculation at this point.

@Jo *********

It seems that is their approach, yes. An approach of looking at the labor market as if the world would still be in the 1980ies. Happy you enjoy your LTR. Maybe some day I will apply again. I could easily get a big client to give me a work contract. Just don’t feel like changing my tax optimized income just to please some bureaucrats in brown uniforms at the moment. 😅

@Bo *****

No doubt. It is a good visa to have. But it’s underlying requirements need to be improved and adjusted to realities of a big part of people that would also be the target group.

@Peter *********

As I said: I feel you. Having moved around Thailand quite a bit over the years, I was always so turned off by the fact that what should be the same in all immigration offices is usually handled most inconsistently - sometimes to a point where I felt they are making things up on the go, office by office.