@Todd ********

Of course. I'd be very quickly over in Seoul, which is of courwse the best city on the planet. But good thing it's all subjective. So I can just stay here and be happy. 🙂

SEA is not on my list, if you're referring to that. EA wins that race easily for what I'm looking for. But I'm old, I have different preferences than others here. 😃

I came to a similar conclusion. I was looking into the DTV but ended up getting a gold card in Taiwan insted (last step, should have it in a week, wohoo).

Similar consideartions, but probably stronger. I'll visit Thailand just as a tourist and will enjoy my life in Kaohsiung instead. Love it. 🙂

@Roberto ******

And that's an issue because?

I actually decided against the DTV, got a cold card, live in Kaohsiung and am more than happy with that decison.

I guess most people would be interested in the typical question: which documents did you have to provide? :-)

Are you a freelancer or company owner?

I know you wrote freelancer but many use it for describing both (I'm one of them haha).

I might be over interpreting your statement, but in case your intention is to apply while you are in Japan, please be aware that that's not possible. The embassy in Japan only accepts Japanese nationals and permanent residents of Japan. 🙃

@James ******

I always say: Never trust anyone.

I can sympasize with people who don't.

But let's agree to disagree, that's totally fine too.

@James ******

Given that several people here have expressed a certain unwellness about flying to a far away country with a totally new type of visa, combined with the fact that we've seen issues in Thailand before where IO's didn't know about new regulations properly (just recently, the change to 60 days visa exempt), I can understand that one might ask the question.

And

@Luit ****************

added another example of not running into any issues to calm those still in distress. I thought it's a lovely gesture. Certainly more helpful than other posts I've seen here.

@James ******

For many people here the DTV is a very serious and critical topic that they have to deal with. I'd love for us to show more compassion towards them by not throwing around sarcasm.

Life's hard enough.

@Luit ****************

Word! Always look at the passport power, that's my approach too. And then choose the one with the highest passport power unless you never intend to travel much and stay only in a certain area where specific passports are more useful than the worldwide best ones. 🙂

@Paul ******

I hear you.

But, to be fair, at least it's possible to get the Thai passport. Albeit with loads of conditions.

I mean, there are other countries, where you will just simply never get the citizenship because naturalization doesn't exist. 🙂