@Nongnuch *******

Give it (them) time to present the final details. In general, the Destination Thailand Visa goes in the right direction. It is just a shame that they always invent new programs, instead of just improving / iterating existing programs (like the LTR Visa).

@Nongnuch *******

That, plus wait for the details / fineprint. There are for example rumors that 500k THB have to be available throughout the whole stay. That could mean having it sit in a Thai bank account (like with Non-O marriage or retirement). That in turn would yield the chicken-egg problem of needing a Thai bank account for a visa, but not getting any without that respective visa in the first place. TIT.

@Sacher ******

Let's wait for the details to come. 180 days a year would still be a good deal for a multiple entry 5 year visa at 10k THB. There is other places in the world that are nice to - especially the less nice other 185 days a year.

@Jo *********

I work with many big / listed companies. Only I refuse to be directly employed by them. Instead, I invoice them through a corporation that I own. Almost all smart "remote workers" do it like that - if for tax reasons alone.

@Garrett **********

You are a great English teacher, thank you. 😘 And as for your question: Not more than a couple of hundred LTR's have been issued - maybe a few thousands in the lower 4 digits. The program was set out to attract a million people, though. So, the initiative failed its self-set target. End of story. And it did so, because (like all so often in Thailand) - they messed that great idea up in the details with bureaucratic overkill of requirements that don't align with the desired audiences’ realities. So it failed quantitatively (as in not even a fraction of the desired numbers) but also qualitatively (as in missing out on a big group they would actually desire). But I got better things to do than to debate this here. Have a great day y'all.

But it looks like they might fix this with the new 5 year visa at 180 days each entry - starting next month.

@Jo *********

Sure. But pensioners had it very easy before. It is the remote worker category of the LTR that went overkill.

@Garrett **********

Funny, Garrett. Not. The program was set out to attract 1,000,000 - so far they issued a few hundred. And don’t worry about my money - just because I make it a smarter way (channeling it through a wholly owned corporation) than anticipated by Thai bureaucrats in brown uniforms. 😉

Fingers crossed. As the LTR (remote worker category) was a total overkill in requirements - causing it to be a failure.

@Nongnuch *******

I would assume the coming back part they have figured out, yes. But (from past experiences) I would be worried about future encounters with more remote / rural immigration offices (for future extensions and such). I mean they don’t even get their processes and requirements straight and aligned across different offices.