Anonymous participant 494 With Germany, yes, USA depends...often they do work weekends or are expected to answer calls and emails after hours (not necessarily at ridiculously late hours but what I mean is, say 7pm on a Friday evening or 12pm on a Saturday when you're not at the office).

No problem to do any of what you mention, but not sure it will qualify for a DTV. If you're already on a DTV and do stock or crypto trading, so issue. I'd suggest you don't blabber on about it though, but I see no issue with doing it in the privacy of your own home or even a hotel room.

Anonymous participant 406 That's why. 19 entries is better than spending 6 months in Thailand then coming back in. Where are you flying to from CNX though? It's such a small international Airport with only a handful of flights...never heard anyone traveling in/out that airport so often unless they first fly domestically to Bangkok.

Anonymous participant 406 Nonsense. Bangkok is better and easier.

@John *********

No. It depends on the office you use. Some retirement visa holders have to go to immigration twice.

@Jarmo ********

In the government bureaucracy, it's defined as a special tourist visa. Hopefully, in time, they'll re-categorize it though I'm not holding my breath on that one.

@Jarmo ********

Thais usually do refer to all foreigners as tourists. Of course as you state, this isn't actually the case but it does reflect how many [most] Thais see foreigners as.

@Neil ****

WRONG. It doesn't matter what visa you're on. Again, BOTH visas state "employment prohibited" but in practice online work is allowed, regardless of which one you're on.

You're either wilfully ignorant or you misunderstood the concept behind the DTV. Even the ministry of foreign affairs, immigration and the labor department are not on the same page about this visa.

Anonymous participant 786 Yes, in a sense, but so far, the authorities don't mind this approach if you're on a DTV. That might change in the future.

@John *********

No. A retirement visa isn't designed that way because it's not a permanent visa! You can only spend 1 year at a time on a retirement visa before being up for review again. There's always the possibility you won't be allowed to extend it. There's no certainty with it.