500k is the official requirement.

yet some embassies will want to see income to make sure you are self-sufficient (no the 500k is not for that).

@Sean ******

CM is developing into the worst in thailand. when you hear about dtv problems then its always CM

@Iriz ********

the number of teachers doing visa things in laos is probably so small that you would not even notice a difference if they were going from 100% to 0%… such a very specific small group.

while before you had thausands of expats running the border every few months and literally living on visa exemptions for many years in thailand. things changed.

plus visa exemption is now 60 days + 30 extension. majority of tourists have very little reason to do a border run now since the change.

Constant visa runs are a thing of the past.

double taxation agreement.

@Jim ********

just use it on the 5 other days of the week? 😅

@Paul ********

no one is talking about banks. no one would put money in a bank and hope for gains… of course you invest in something like s&p500 or nasdaq100 or msci all world or whatever investment you think works for you. these gain average 10% annually and are not high risk at all. just check the last 90 years that the s&p500 is out for example ;) in the last 5 years people literally doubled their money in it. some more risky things like crypto are also an option but we were talking fairly conservative here.

@Paul ********

with investment cost he most likely means missed gains plus sell/rebuy cost of stocks for example. very reasonable what he is saying. 2x3 months of seasoning. thats half a year of gains missed. on a conservative 10% annual gain invest that is 25k baht plus fees. so his numbers are very reasonable.

same as the fact that putting 800k in a thai bank for the retirement visa is plain stupid. same story.

@Tejas *********

you will loose more money in a soft power dtv considering the course cost and the uncertainty for the future and ongoing activity proof that will come at some point. just use the METV and stretch it out for 9 months

just provide a new picture according to guidelines. i guess the embassy thaught your picture might be older as its the same on the passport.