@Mathew ******

I'm not conversant with tax Mathew, I ly with tacks you use to nail carpets to floorboards 😂.

@Simon ********

People need to do their homework before commenting. With the DTV you do NOT have to leave after 180 days. You go to an immigration department and get it extended for another 180 days, then after 360 days you have to leave for 5 days, which adds up to one calendar year, then you can enter again and go through the same process and for another four years.

@Neil *****

Exactly

@Mark *****

Correct, Galenus Gold is wrong in his comment.

Don't have contactless, hmm! When I was there in December I saw street food vendors that had QR systems to pay. Admittedly you need a Thai bank account. Don't know if you can open one with an ED Visa, but where there's a Thai agent, there is always a way to do anything 😂

@Jeff ******

According to some of the experts on FB even if you deposit money in a year you do not spend more than 179 days and the next year your in Thailand for more than this, then according to some on FB it is then taxable regardless of which year it was deposited. Not my opinion, the opinion of others.

Depending on this new tax on foreigners bank deposits in Thailand, for the visa Thai bank account you need to prove 800,000 baht, but if that is liable to be taxed, then the rate for between 750,000 & 1,000,000 baht is 20%, which would only leave 640,000 baht, if that is the case then you'd needed 960,000 in your Thai account. If you go down that road for a retirement visa, you'd be better off finding an agent for the lowest price you can.

@Ken *********

Thai immigration are very understanding, if you make a trivial error, they don't, unlike some countries lock you up 😂

Anonymous participant That is correct, no matter what you use to apply for the visa it doesn't matter when you take up an activity as long as it is post date to when you apply for the visa

Anonymous participant There's a lot of false rumours on this.