You do not need to apply in Australia. You can fly to other countries from Thailand and apply without an issue. Search the group previous posts as there are some that have a summary of various locations that you can apply and includes the pros/cons of those locations. Requirements vary on the consulate. I think the consensus is Jakarta, Taipei and one other are considered the most friendly and easy to work with. Some require multiple months of bank balance, others only one, some take weeks others take days to complete, some cost a lot more, some require appointments and others just walk in.

No... you actually get less in Philippines for same amount of money. The only thing cheaper (in some areas) are the fees from the girls

The same quality of a condo costs more, restaurants cost more, and you never know if anything will work that day or not. "Sorry sirrrr, not abailable" is the phrase you will constantly.

If you compare apples to apples you get more for your money in TH. Been there done that

@Martha ***

I flew to Taipei on Tuesday, applied Wednesday and flew to Thailand on Thursday. Currently I'm truly nomad. US citizen but traveling for the past year

@Michael ******

I did remote worker. I applied last Wednesday and received it on Thursday.

I emailed before flying there to confirm that I could apply even though I'm not a Taiwan resident. They confirmed. They did have some questions about my paperwork and also asked if I was in Taiwan just for this. (Got the feeling that this might become an issue in the future... )

Taipei or jakarta are good options. No appointments necessary. Taipei takes one or two days to issue the DTV (I did mine there). Jakarta is supposedly 3 biz days

I did this past week. Search previous posts to see my experience, process, etc.

Two days for me. Saw three other people and theirs were also two days. Everyone needed to bring additional documents and mine needed discussion regarding some of my documentation.

Can print documents at 7-11 by the way. Convenient service.

@George *****

at home for some and through 7-11 print service for other docs.

I gave as-is without redacting. It's an embassy / consulate.

@Deborah ******

the mid level is exactly what I'm at in total. Some differences in the details but overall end up at the same number. 75-85,000 baht per month.

And yes, it does vary depending on Thursday lifestyle, aircon usage, eating out vs cooking, etc. I could survive on half that but I'm quite comfortable as is, not luxury level but comfortable.

If it goes into effect it's basically the same thing as filling out the immigration cards that we used to do before. No big deal