try Jakarta

ok here







good luck

Thailand did the "Digital Nomad" visa kind of last but they did the Best and easiest kicking everyone out of the park. I tried Croatian, Spanish, Malaysian, Japanese, Mexico, Columbian plus 20 others and everyone bite the dust with DTV. If people find this hard, Try Croatian Visa first to start in Europe, minimum wait time six months and tons of paper work, Spanish even harder.

There are 19 countries in Europe offering "Digital Nomad visa " , all "Developed Countries" and show me one country which is this easier like Thailand.

there is a muai Thai acadamy muaythaifever which does it for 30k and fitfac which has dedicated DTV page now, and dtvvisathailand (not sure if I can post the link so do google search) they will even return your money Full Refund if DTV visa is rejected not including the DTV visa fee for embassy but their charges.

yeah, because they are jealous as they are on expensive visa, I been coming to Thailand for over 2.5 decades, never ever I imagined that expats from west would be as jealous as others, they are creating unnecessary trouble as Bangkok post is owned by expats, its a foreign news outlet, I got the DTV visa, just go to Jakarta which is the easiest now, do it before eVisa takes over, just create a profile using chatGPT detailing your work 4-5 pages, get 500k Bank account statement , submit certificate etc, give as much paper as you could or you can get Muay Thai course for around 30k THB and you would get it, DO NOT WATCH tiktok, youtube, news for DTV, your BRAIN cells will go down with confusion. Do the old school way. Youtube is the WORST when it comes to anything Thailand. good luck

Bangkok Post is western outlet, they are backed by jealous expats who are unnecessary creating troubles for DTV visa as they are on expensive visa and cannot digest that DTV is far more simpler, being coming to Thailand for over 2.5 decades working from home back in the day when it was not even called "Work from Home" or "Digital Nomad" just freelancing and NEVER EVER I saw a Single THAI who cared for what Visa I was on but plenty of "foreigners" interested in what visa I was on. Even Thai immigration have happy go lucky attitude unless one created trouble here but the western news outlet seems to be creating trouble for DTV holders out of nothing, they are forcing immigration to create more strict rules for DTV, let it slide, no one would care.

hong kong has always been an issue for any type of visa, they are not Asian Chinese in true sense more like strict Orwellian code, DO NOT GO TO SOUTH KOREA, it could be even harder, avoid "Asian developed countries" they follow rules to the T. The best would be Jakarta , just get muai thai course or get a letter from your medical. I understand since you are doing Ph.D you want to do it all in perfection, but I also faced problem when I did it to perfection. Keep it simple, use chatGPT to make a profile, I did it and got the DTV, again Keep it Simple