Anonieme deelnemer 653 If you want to be a criminal, that is up to you, but better not advise others to do so.

@Pete ******

Latest rumours now are they make a U-turn and want money brought in the same year as you earned tax free. It is only a rumour, but it would not surprise me.

@Wannikea ********

It does not matter how you bring in the money, maybe cash might be less traceable, but it is still your resonsibilty to mention you brought in the money.

I don't think tax authorities will be much after a few aliens bringing in some money, but when they want to do, and you did not tell you bring in any money, you stay over 180 days in the calendar year, and you are not supposed to work in the country, it might be difficult to explain how did you pay for cost of living.

Anonieme deelnemer 807 When you play according the rules, you have TM30 registration for every night you stay in Thailand, it is as simple as that, for immigration when you do TM47 report it is not important if the last one is one day or 90 days.

Which immigration office did telll you should stay more days in a row to do 90 day reporting?

You clearly asked what are consequences when you do not fullfill your obligations. Why should I then extra ask again if you are planning not to fullfill this obligations.

@Elías *******

Correct, it can be anywhere in the world on a bank account, it does not need to be a Thai bank account, and also there are no rules you cannot put it on another account if you prefer to do so.

The only rule is that it should have a value of at least 500K and that it is freely accesible at any moment.

@Kool ******

Where do you read there is no need the money stays in your account?

It is stated as visa requirement, and not as a requirement at moment of application only.

A lot of people here seem to think requirements are only at moment of approval, which of course does not make any sense.

Why should they want you to have 500K at the moment you apply for the visa and not anymore when you actually visit the country? What would be the logic behind that.

It is not a loophole, the 500K has to stay at the account, but the chance it will be checked is very low, and that might make your idea work.

But even when it works, there is no guarantee you will not be checked somewhere in the 5 years, and grandfthered only means that old rules are respected when new rules become active, so that has nothing to do at all with this situation.

The granted visa is only valid as long as you comply with the visa requirements.

@Sol *********

Indeed the 500K is meant as a proof of financial stability in case of emergency, it has nothing to do with daily cost of living in Thailand itself.

Allthough it looks like official rules state 500K for every applicant, some embassies seem to handle this different.

The real difference for dependants is that they don't need the other requirements like a remote job or soft power activity.

You mean chances you are caught by not fullfilling your obligations are low, so you advice to ignore the rules?

Did you read group rules of this facebook group?

Anonieme deelnemer 807 I reread and see your question if failing to report will have consequences, to me that sounds like you don't want to do TM47 reporting. I don't understand what the guesthouse booking has to do with TM47 reporting.

I agree a lot of DTV holders are unaware of this obligation. Maybe that is because Thai authorities don't have a very active role in informing visitors, but I also think people have a responsibility themselves to check for the rules of a country before they visit.

Too lazy to inform yourself is never a good excuse .

@AllSabaai *****

The confusion is always about the difference beween "first time" and "first time of each stay", the last one is true, and that implies for DTV in most cases every 90 days report again is the first one, because most DTV holders not extend in country.