@Paula *******

as with many immigration rules, they are guidelines and often only internal documents… the law that allows them to handle it like this is the „up to the officer“ paragraph

Anonymer Teilnehmer 242 great. but its still pretty stupid for anyone else to get an elite for tens of thausands when you can get a DTV. the benefits are not worth it.

Anonymer Teilnehmer 680 not a single benefit that is really needed and that is worth tens of thausands

@Ronnie ******

the remaining 2? most people do not extend in thailand and will only have 1 report which is in person. resets everytime you re-enter the country

Anonymer Teilnehmer 305 well, thats chiang mai then 🤣🤣 and if its 2 or 5 years… for me personally it wouldnt matter at all tbh

Dean Annon i can easily afford it. do i want to afford it? no. its like burning money in a totaly stupid way… but i understand the people that got it in the past and that now need to defend their horrible decision since the DTV is the super easy and amazing alternative for a longterm stay.

does the elite have advantages? yes sure… but none of them is worth the price tag. nowadays there is so many options. especially for payments that a bank account even has very little value.

with the DTV you can come and go as you please, same same. its just a 6 month re-stamp. or an in-country extension and a border run once a year… hell, i am not a 70yo retired John that never travels. i leave the country multiple

times a year anyway. so its absolutely a non factor.

a credit card for what? no sane person would put his financial stuff into the thai system. especially when you have access to the western world and its markets and financial instruments.

Anonymer Teilnehmer 242 you can get a pink id and you also get 5 years driving license in most DLT. so your informations are clearly wrong.

why would i want a yellow book? for what??? why would i buy real estate in thailand? lol

why would i have 20millions on a thai bank account? when i can get 10% returns annually in the western world.

ps: why would i need a pink id anyway?

Anonymer Teilnehmer 242 what restrictions exactly? lol… its perfectly fine to live on the DTV in thailand. much better than most solutions before. a bank account? a nuance in the bigger picture especially with all the many solutions that are out there for payments. not worth spending tens of thausands for a visa that literally only give you a bank account. lmao

@Todd ********

i rather take the 10% annually on my index fund. no headache, no stress

@رسلان **********

i have rented fully furnished 2 and 3 bedroom houses. big houses. for 8-15k in the past 3 years.. so yeah 20k is very expensive for a shoebox condo..