@Robert ******

I don't see any unexpected things, just the normal requirements with additional TM47 which seems logical

Just out of curiosity, what makes someone who never travelled long distance, apply for a 5 year visa in a country never seen before?

For now nobody might check, but when you ask MFA or Immigration, they will tell you need to have it, because it is a visa requirement. Apart from that, just using common sense you will understand having this financial reserves in a country like Thailand might be essential, that is why it is a requirement in the first place.

Anonieme deelnemer 949 Just a hypothettical question, how would you have gone to Thailand before there was e-visa? Then you would not have had a passport to travel.I think for really urgent reasons you should contact the embassy where you applied. But I think there are not much reasons justifying this. And when it is really urgent a cancellation of a visa is of no significance. It is a choice made by yourself to do visa tourism. Normally you would apply for a visa in your home country which makes the risk you suddenly need to travel abroad or to Thailand before you got the visa very small.

Anonieme deelnemer That is completely up to you. In general for a visa application you should apply in time before travel, then just forget about it and after some time you get an apply. Constantly looking at a status does not make it any faster, and only is nerving you.

@Johan *******

No, why do you think so?

@אבי *****

.Saving money for the correct visa might be expensive in the end

@Si ******

certainly not only border bouncing is stopped, quite a lot of stories of people arriving from abroad in BKK that were 60 days or more already in TH this year that got stopped.

Anonieme deelnemer 724 In a few years I brought in about 4 million THB into Thailand without a Thai bank account.

In case you think that a local bank account in a country is relevant for that, I can awake you from that dream, there are many, many more ways to bring in money.

And for taxability it is also not important, if not having a Thai bank account would influence taxability a lot of Thai would close their bank account.

I am not aware of any country in the world where you would not pay tax when you don't have a bank account.

I don't think the fact that your partner is pregnant will have any infuence on your DTV process, at least pregnancy is not a soft power DTV option.

You speak about partner, when you are not married, both of you need to have an own reason for DTV.