They will be treated like regular imports and subject to customs tax. No tax free import of personal goods on DTV

Anonymous participant 448 No idea what they mean by that. I know British guys who are Thai residents but got DTV in UK. If it mean non-British passport holders applying in UK would they have to be ILR? There is a Brit posts in this group who works at Thai Embassy London. They would know better. I have never heard anyone referred to as PR in UK though.

@Paul ***********

Yes that requires 29k per year income of 88.5 in bank. I can see the earnings but if not working almost 90k in bank is ridiculous. We know why that is but it penalises others.

@Mark *******

A Salute - 😃 😃 When we were on BOI IBC Executive they "Kowtowed" ROFL

@Paul ***********

You apply at VFS And NOT at the Embassy. The government outsourced visa and passports a long time ago. Are you looking for a visitor visa or a spouse visa? The 88,500 is the capital amount required or income of 29k a year. I can see why this pisses people off.

@Mercy ********

It is at the discretion of the Immigration Office. The MFA website makes that very clear. Having a visa does not mean you have a right to entry.. Seems to be surface level checks anyway.

1) yes 2) depends. For example with Schengen it does not count as long term visa in Thailand for applications. At least it did not.

I attended 2 DTV promotion events run by TAT. At each it was said people with no travel history at all would be looked at more closely. I cannot remember the exact words but it was why does someone who has never left their country all of a sudden want a 5 year visa to Thailand?

@Mercy ********

Or maybe like any other system, a certain amount of quality checks are required. This is standard SOP in any system like this. A certain % get a check. It is nothing to worry about.

1) The happy clappers are going to put this down as fearmongering and "did not happen 2) The bedwetters are going to say - be prepared as this could happen anytime and if you do not surrender your first born you will be excluded 🙂 🙂