@Steve *******

This guy is projecting his own situation onto everyone else. He just cannot see anyone else's point of view or their situation. A very shallow outlook. Why is he even in the group if he is not on DTV or nor considering one. Strange chap that he is.

@Ručman **********

Yes I am tax resident. I paid a lot of tax in Thailand. Way more than you I would wager.

@Carlos ********

Good info - so the agent gets around the 90 Day requirement!

@Ručman **********

The vast majority of people applying for DTV are not married to a local. This is your "Anecdotal bias" - you are not a very clear thinker. Yes, the OP is married to a Thai but he does not live here full time. Stop projecting your situation on everyone else's - it is sloppy thinking.

@Ručman **********

Put the 800k in a bank account and just leave it there untouched. Nice little emergency fund if it is ever required 🙂 Not everyone is living paycheck to paycheck

@Ručman **********

If you mean by Long Term Benefits PR etc then no - it is not benefit to me. I turned down the chance to apply when I qualified here just as I did not in Singapore when I qualified there. You said there were "Thousands" of benefits to the "O" but have failed to mention many for the majority of "O" holders. If it is an advantage to you then you are in the minority demographic. You are exhibiting a logical fallacy here namely "Anecdotal Bias".

Anonymous participant Exactly - it is airline and not immigration. As I said, to be fair to them, the system often has the wrong information, they are often temp or contract staff and they would get into trouble if they cost the airline money if the airline had to fly someone out of Thailand for free if refused entry.

Airline info is often out of date and incomplete. Somebody in the back office updates info the check-in staff see. It can be out of date and can very very wrong - experienced it myself. Stupid thing like asking for onward ticket from Singapore - there is no need for a British passport holder (I was on EP at the time but they never asked to see that until I volunteered it) That happened with both Thai Airways in London and strangely enough Singapore airlines in Amsterdam. Recently I was asked for my visa to Vietnam at Bangkok when UK is 45 days visa free. It is not the fault of the check in staff who may be temp or contractors - it is the info in their systems they have to follow.

@Ručman **********

And for his like this and my friends the DTV over 5 years is much cheaper than the O. The O is 1900 per year plus 3800 per year for re-entry permits. The DTV is 10k for same 5 years. Even with a single re-entry permit it is cheaper. It is not the cost though that is the primary attraction of the DTV. It is the convenience.

@Ručman **********

How is Non O Retirement money lost? You have a very strange way of thinking. You keep mentioning thousands of advantages but mentioned a few which are not really advantages to most people. An example who wants PR? I qualified but it would mean my tax went from a flat 15% rate to around 35%. I would have been dumb as a rock to do that.