@Guillermo ********

Don't think the creators (foriegn office) really care that much about your concerns. They know elite/privilege market is pretty much tapped out, but they want part of the growing digital nomad/remote worker market (as a lot of countrys do). Thai economy is in trouble and they will take foriegn cash injections from wherever they can get it to keep things flowing. Only see crack down coming if one of two things happen, they start finding lots of people on DTV illegally working in country (and if that happens we just know its going to Chinese or Burmese) or immigration (who hate DTV as costing them tea money and side buisness income) manage to raise above the foriegn office in the power struggle (which currently doubt will happen due to the economy argument, but the people working ilegally would strengthen immigration)

Anonymous participant 314 and to further show it makes no sense existing, there is already a different medical visa that covers however long you needed, with no limits of stay, so if people really had multi year needs and if really need to keep up the "activity " to be still eligble, DTV would be just an inferior copy. Nearly same with Mauy Thai

@Guillermo ********

maybe, but then on flip side if its not what intended then the medical path makes absolutely zero sense as no one is doing 5 years or medical or dental treatment, even one year would be pushing it in 99.99% of cases

Don't think anyone would really have had a chance yet to regret it, still to new and nothing really changed for DTV holders since launch (application reqs have gone up though).

As to the future, who knows, with thai visas only constant is change, DTV could go to hell with an OTT crackdown or they could massively increase retirement reqs..or they might do both/neither.

As to which is better right now, especially for holders of either? Entirely down to personal circumstances and even possibly just personal preference (devil you know vs greener grass)

@Guillermo ********

"By the way i also dont see the DTV staying in its current form" really a possibility with any visa, even retirement they debate every few years upping requirements. But the nice thing is, if something happens with one visa, can jump to another, how its been for decades now.