At the Vancouver Canada consulate it didn't matter. But as always - every embassy might have different requirements 😊

@Brad ******

every embassy might be different but my husband had to show 500,000 in his name. And the working part- ya, definitely better if she had her own DTV by the way it sounds 😊

If your spouse also wants to work as a freelancer in Thailand then she'd have to apply for her own DTV. As a dependant based on your approved DTV would not give her permission to work. So that'd be important to remember too 😊

As far as money - my husband who is trailing along under my DTV - he also had to show the funds of 500,000THB. That was in Vancouver Canada.

Maybe it is because one allows you to keep working remotely while in the kingdom - whereas with the soft power options you cannot legally work at all?! The proof for soft power would be your school registration etc.. (maybe even supply attendance records at one point ?!) and the proof for digital workers are contracts etc. Kinda makes sense?! 🤔 ☺️

@Greg **********

extension worked better for us this time round and the money requirement is not an issue - so it was pretty straight forward. All things considered lol 😉😂 Our Immigration officer would have also preferred for us to do a border run - but we managed to have a good time with it all anyways . But yes - from what I hear, many people have issues and border runs are suggested. We just seem to get lucky here with many things 😊

@Greg **********

we had to! I have the DTV and my husband had to have his own 500,000. We applied in Vancouver and did our first extension in Krabi and he also wanted to see 2 x 500,000.

I included 2 of my contracts i have with my clients that includes a worldwide clause and how much money they pay me every month. I also included a cover letter explaining the nature of my business. Also included screenshots of my website and my business account with Canada Revenue Agency. And of course the financial proof 🙂

@Dan ************

super exciting!! Let me know what's happening 😊

Hi

@Dan ************

👋 You coming to Thailand???? Retiring??

@Todd ********

gotta love it haahhahaha!! Our immigration head honcho has a good sense of humor and I managed to keep it light - but he was not happy and told me numerous times - just do border run - next time you do border run - border run much easier 😂 He also had a headache - so it wasn't a good day for him.

I love Thailand 🇹🇭 ❤️