@Bart *************

It's often angry old foreigners not in that space who fear monger. There is no crackdown on digital creator, even more so with that new visa option.

@Bart *************

Crackdown on Youtubers? There no such things. Again, I won't get into details but I don't know a single foreign Youtuber in Thailand with a Thai address linked to their ad sense.

@Bart *************

You say that it's too good to be true, but if you look at Cambodia, Bali, Vietnam, etc, its all been like this for a while. I was living in Cambodia before and could extend 1 year at a time. Foreigner could easily work, everything was super easy. So Thailand is simply catching up to what his neighbors are already doing.

@Bart *************

It's ed visa replacement. That's probably why they were rarely giving it anymore, it's all gonna be group in that new visa. I expect a list of like 10 to 20 things you can study or do.

@Bart *************

We're all in different situations. Some of us have money invested, passive income, on computer a lot, and so on. I'm obv not getting into details, it's been like this for 30 years for a lot of people and this is giving another option to everyone. My gut feeling is that the 500k baht is the most robust criteria, the rest is not super difficult as in I don't think it's gonna be hard to confirm that you are self employed.

@Henrik ****

It's a 5 years multi entry visa. You don't have to extend, it's just an option. It's like a Multi Entry tourist visa but 5 years instead of 6 months. You can in and out 20 times per year if you want.

@Sean ********

Yes, or 180 + 180 extension if you want to extend instead of bouncing every 6 months (instead of 12), but since extension will likely be 10k baht I would rather bounce x10.

@Bill ********

Yes

@Frank-Steven **********

Prayer that some enrollment requirement are very low. I don't mind cooking class once a week I've always wanted to do it anyways, lol!

My wife is Thai I will ask her to translate some parts later today.