@Werner ***********

The beauty about the DTV is that it's nothing to do with immigration! It's immigration which give foreigners a hard time with their rigid approach and instant rule changes. For frequent travellers, the DTV is the SuperVisa, for those that just want to sit in Thailand forever it's the LTR. We can kiss the other retirement visas goodbye

@Werner ***********

But why? The whole point with this new government was to attract foreigners to stay for long periods in Thailand in order to add to the economy. And let's face it, even the cheap Charlies propping up bars waiting for happy hour are spending money. It's reaching its desired goal. There won't be any changes whilst people are streaming into the country

@Luit ****************

I know one guy made five dental appointments over two months in Bangkok and got a five-year DTV. It's so easy. There are templates online to write an employment contract. You simply register a business name (you can use a family member as a non-salaried "secretary") and that business gives you an employment contract. It's just as easy to write payslips (it's all legit). There's no minimum salary required, only the pittance 500k baht in an overseas bank account. Don't know why people are making this so difficult!

@Luit ****************

Students don't need a business! They sign up for a two-week cooking course! It's the easiest thing in the world to call yourself a "digital nomad". It can come down to responding to emails on behalf of a business. The DTV is the easiest visa ever to obtain. Everybody will be onto it

@Graham ******

He can work for himself. That's what the retired Aussies I know are doing. It's all bs of course, but you need only produce the business name registration. The DTV is a total cakewalk. I predict within 1-2 years, other than those who need a work permit, every foreigner will be on the DTV - married, retired, students, volunteers

@Tor *****

Keep in mind this infographic is produced by a Facebook group. It is not official. Best to check directly with the immigration office you use. Each has its own idiosyncrasies

@Rok *******

Exactly! Not as cut and dried as that. So many stupid Aussies totally sever their lives in Australia. They get married to a Thai woman, have children, build that cheap palatial home in the middle of a rice field in that Godforsaken place called Isaan, they get all fuzzy over having a pink card, a blue book, yellow book, green book, and enshrine themselves into Thailand and then start bleating because they have to pay tax!! My sole possessions in Thailand are a bank account and a 12-month lease. Oh, and a TEMPORARY extension if stay! I even refuse to get a Thai driver's licence. If push comes to shove, I'm an Aussie through and through

@Rok *******

I don't know about UK, but Australians with a permanent home in Australia are taxable solely in Australia

@Rok *******

People overlook the protection of their home country DTA. If they keep home country tax residency and have a permanent home there, they pay no tax in Thailand on transferred money

@Reidar *********

The stupid ones sold up their lives in their home countries. I've been here 15 years but still qualify as an Australian Tax Resident, so I will not pay tax in Thailand. I'm just here on an extended holiday. My only assets after 15 years are a 12-month lease, a bank account and a temporary extension of stay!