@John *******

not really. You don't need a lease or a return flight and departure cards were done away with a few years back. Depending on the immigration office you will use you may need to show some sort of "long term" accommodation but this can be as simple as a letter from a hotel confirming you are a long term resident. Define long term between yourself and the hotel.

@Cliff ********

I understand what you are asking but as your DTV is issued against a passport that no longer exists I'm suggesting you contact the issuing consulate and request they re-issue the DTV PDF against your new passport

@James *********

the problem with that is there are no definitive answers to many questions. Using the above as an example my immigration office requires the funds are in place for 2 months for the 1st extension but 3 months for subsequent extensions, even though the official police order states 2 months for all extensions.

@Ray *****

You do not. It's obvious you used an agent to procure your visa but even they can't get you a 15 month visa. If you look in your passport you will see that you have a 90 day visa plus a 12 month extension of stay for a total of 15 months

@Gilberto *******

so you intend to live in Thailand for 6 months of the year. That's a clear indication you are not a tourist. Get a 90 days Non-O visa and then a 12 month extension with re-entry permit each year then you won't have any problems.

@Cliff ********

you can contact the issuing consulate

@David *********

Your US financial records are meaningless in Thailand

@Alan *********

that is correct for the initial 90 day Non-O visa. It is not for the 12 month extension of stay

@David *********

given you get VA benefits I assume you have an American passport. That being the case you can't use monthly income for the 1st extension from a Non-O visa you can only use the 800k baht method. During that 1st year if you also make a transfer of a minimum 65k baht from overseas each month for a full 12 months you can use monthly income for the 2nd extension and going forward. The American embassy in Thailand stopped verifying income some years ago so this is the only workaround for the Non-O visa. If you don't want to put money in a Thai bank at all then look at the Non-OA visa but that requires insurance, police checks etc, and to obtain an extension within Thailand you still need money in a Thai bank but at least will have time to build up the 12×65k transfers

@Khun *****

you can no more legally work remotely on a soft power DTV than you can on a tourist visa or a retirement visa or a privilege visa or whatever. Why on earth do you think there are different options you can apply under?