@Daniel *********

Elite has a limit of 1 year, not 360 days, but can be extended without leaving the country for another year as many times you want.

Elite visa is advertised offically as a way to stay long term.

I tjhink the difference is very clear to see for everybody, but when I see your remarks some people don't see this difference somehow.

Yes, but come and go an unlimited number of times does not actually say the intention is you live in Thailand, that is just your interpretation.

Why do you think they say come and GO?

They want you to go, not just travel to the border and get in which only does make sense to exploit rules that just allow this.

@Daniel *********

Where it says what? All official information says 180 days, one possibility to extend and then leave the country.

No official information suggests you can reenter the country the same day for another year.

@Daniel *********

no, the visa is not for living all year around in Thailand, but the rules make this possible by only leaving short time. (minutes).

If they wanted to create a visa where you can stay whole year around they would have given it a stay of 1 year with possibility to extend for 1 year in country for the full 5 year.

So DTV now is legally used in a way they did not want when they created the visa.

@Thomas *******

You use the visa completely according rules, but not the way they meant it when it was designed.

The fact that a normal stay is up to 180 days and only once can be extended is a sign that the targeted a group that normally will not stay over 180 days and then go for months to an other country live there too as a digital nomad and then maybe again return for some months. That is what digital nomads generally do.

A lot of remote workers also cannot work full year around at the same place, it has a reason they use "workcation" for this.

You and a lot of others belong to a group that was not the target group for this visa and that might be the reason immigration makes you feel unwelcome., even when you completely following the rules.

@Nick ******

retirement visa is not classified as tourist visa, DTV is, Elite also is.

The reason why Elite is classified as tourist visa might be to prevent it as a path to permanent residency.

Since Elite has stays of 1 year, and the owners normally have money to spend, banks have no problems for holders to open an account.

I think they assume that somebody who applies for a visa for over half a year to live in another country doing Muay Thai training at least should have some previous experience.

They just want to check if your application is genuine.

@Patrick ***************

What do you mean with it looks like DTV is transferred?

My reaction is about you calling people in this group rude, obviously you read it and don't understand it, I will remove it because it is not informational for anyone else than you.

@Nick ******

It is not just you, I think the only reason to call it a tourist visa is to prevent people from having rights to work on it.

They are targeting a group with enough money not having to work for a living.