the government will want a high volume of applicants, but it’s too open for this to be easy as it sounds for the long term. There’s gonna be so many “digital nomads” who try rig the system imo. It’s practically a tourist visa in some sense. It’s so easy in terms of the vetting procedure I think it could cause conflict with the Thais. They accept tourism but a huge foreign community coming over to “live” would be resented.
I agree. It’s all about money. Annoying for the Thais and expats living here who have worked hard to do legit and professional work. Who wants thousands of TikTok content creators here? There’s enough already and most the information they give is false or misleading.
Also, it’s concerning the amount of overstays, the illegal businesses and those younger Europeans who are coming and thinking this is Magaluf, it’s cringey and won’t sit well.
Let’s hope it evens itself out but other visas now will be less popular because this DTV as it stands seems too easy. I do think there will be added regulations though. More money in the bank, and certain types of “digital nomads”.
No one wants Thailand to become overpriced like Singapore and the discontent of overtourism like Barcelona.
for now. Likely to be changes. No one wants millions turning up in Thailand hoping for a new place to live and changing the core of what Thailand is loved for.
there’s a presser tomorrow with the foreign ministry and one of the topics is about the new destination visa. I’m sure there will be questions asked tomorrow about this