I wonder on the other hand, if you show a 12 month lease on a Condo, they may say your not a Tourist? The accomodation advice seems to strictly mention hotels only for Tourist visas? I think there are 2 advisorys. One for Tourist visas and another for other visas but part of it applies too tourist visas as well.
Looking at the requirements above, i would guess so. You may or may not need a signed copy of your landlords ID for verification. May not hurt to have it i guess.
I just remember that article. It was either in the Bangkok post or The Nation. Pattaya radio ran it for about 3 days. It was too start in 2018, i cannot remember when though.
Maybe something to do with the memo that was released at the end of 2017 regarding Employers having to report to immigration the day a foreign employee ceased to work for them or face heavy fines?
On that basis, there was absolutely no point in restricting who can get one and even less point in having a requirement in place in order to get a yearly extension?