No, most people have their money invested and having money stuck in a 1% gain account for 3 months is not a thing they will do.

Ofc, but I have little hope that the proof of funds criteria will make sense.

@Ken ******

Also, most people have money invested, and will not tie up 500k baht for months in an account. We've been through this before with other visa attempt.

Those are significantly better because you can extend forever without leaving the country. This one is 6 months only with 10k baht to extend another 6 months. And the reason why the LTR failed completely is because of too much financial requirement.

500k proof of funds for the 6 months + 6 months (10k baht extension) wtv name it's call. It won't work. They need to remove the proof of funds.

It's a whole bunch of nothing.

For the DTV visa, how are they gonna verify that you are a digital nomads, freelancers, etc?

You also need 500k proof of fund. Nobody will keep 500k for months in an account. We've been through that before... this doesn't work.

And it's 10k baht after 6 months to extend another 6 months, which is okay, but with the 500k proof of fund, it won't work, won't have enough customers.

@Bobby ********

35 is awful. Anything above 1% is bad

NEVER NEVER NEVER exchange at airport!! You can get 1% or less in many exchanger.

Just go to Nong Khai border, cross, go to duty free on Laos side, come back 30 min later, no problem.

@Nongnuch *******

I responded above. Each border is different. Nong Khai does not care about the extend of your passport and visa history. This is the biggest misconception that newbie and ignorant people have regarding Thai borders, they think that it's pretty much all the same. It's not. Some borders will never ask you anything, some will ask sometimes, and some will never ask. Nong Khai, Mukdahan, Chong Chon, and a few other Thai border will NEVER ask you to show anything.