Anonymous participant it's fine I was responding to

@David *******

Every now and then we get a moral high ground guy in this group quick to assume we are "bad for Thailand"

Reality is some of us are richer than. The nay sayers lol.

Youl be fine if you can show bank balance of 500k lasting three months

@David *******

exactly...this entire shake up is designed to replace the people who don't contribute with ones that do. It's a policy Thailand started last year and this is the official route to it's result.

They don't want people who take work away from thais. They want people who contribute. Notice how the applications that went smoothly were the ones that just met the criteria

@David *******

that is exactly my point...Im far from poor 🤣

It's the people living off border runs with no money to contribute to the economy that will struggle getting this visa. Not genuine nomads and business owners.

We actually help Thailands economy lol

I'm still waiting for my approval but after following local news in Thailand for a while it's clear the new policy is aimed at replacing low value tourists and expats with high value tourists and expats. So I would say the 500k bit is the most crucial part of the application and worth spending the most focus on. Anything that shows income and savings in your name etc etc.

Again...I'm new to this too but after living there for the last 3.5 years I'm pretty sure this is the goal with this visa

@Andi **********

thankyou Andi 🙏🎩♥️

It's only 10k baht to do yourself. I've just flown across se Asia to do it after being quoted 75k baht by my visa agent for what is in reality a 10k baht visa. Agents really shouldn't be so greedy with a visa that's as all over the place and unstable as the dtv. I can understand paying that much for education visas as it includes a course and your almost guaranteed to get it most the time but this DTV visa is very different.

Imagine paying 75k then getting rejected. You'd be so annoyed lol

thanks guys, application in...now to chill in laos until monday when i can drop the cash off at the embassy (cutoff is 12pm sadly and missed by 2-3 hours today lol)

You guys have been amazing, thanks for all your help on this so far

Also guys...to show proof of my current location. what should i use? (im in a hotel in laos)

Anonymous participant 559 such a useful contribution, well done lol

Congratulations on your acceptance! Enjoy the next 5 years :)