@Todd ********

I am sure I do not misunderstood, maybe YOU just misunderstood.

The answer of MFA and Immigration makes perfectly sense, because normally visa requirements are valid the same period the visa is valid.

Please show where it is mentioned it is only a requirement at the moment of application and at some embassies 3 till 6 months before.

I bet you cannot show anything confirming this ridiculous statement of yours.

Why should requirements only be in place BEFORE you have the visa, and nor HILE you have the visa? How hard can it be to understand that?

@Todd ********

You suggest they both lied to me? It also makes sense what they say, 500K is needed as financial reserve when you are in Thailand, why should you only need that at moment of application.

Up to now nobody was able to show where it was announced for DTV visa requirements are only temporary

@Dany *******

No reason to ask, they are checked when they enter the country, they are checked every year at extension, and also might not travel in and out very much, so why do the extra checks? Just to check if their collegues at the immigration do their work in a correct way?

But I was not talking about actualy checks, you suggest you don't need the 500k permanently

@Ben *******

What would be strange about it? The requirement is meant for your time in Thailand, so why should it not be a valid requirement anymore.

@Dany *******

When it was a tempory requirement as you suggest, it should be written when the requirement is lifted.

@Todd ********

MFA and Immigration don't agree with you. They confirm requirements are in place for every entry.

DTV visa has no maximum number of days in a year, maybe you confuse it with the fact that when you stay 180 days or more in a calendar year, you become automatically Thai tax resident.

Practical consequences of that heavily depend on your personal situation.

They have to do while they are 90 consecutive days in the country.

It has to be in person, but you can do for them if you want.

With that money just buy elite, why should you choose an inferior visa for which you don't fully comply with the requirements.

@Andi **********

The only problem might occur when IO sees the rules for applying visa were ignored and applicant did not wait for the decision, but more likely there will be no problems.