DTV a border bounce will suffice. No need for a visa run as the visa is five years lifespan with multiple entry. Can extend each entry by 180 days at an immigration office

@Graham *****

I think they will. Thailand is hungry for money and this is one way to ship in a stack of foreign funds. If the estimated 36 million tourists this year is repeated next year it will net the Thai government 10.8 billion Baht. Nothing to be sneezed at. Even the UK is bringing this in. Within a few years it'll be a worldwide trend. Most interesting to see if the ETA has an expiry, or whether a new one will be needed each entry. It'll certainly upset the border bouncers!

@Graham *****

The delay in introducing the ETA (which is only required for visa exempt entries) is to align the "tourism tax" payment of 300 baht. The government was having difficulty with implementing the tourism tax as including it as part of the airline ticket meant everyone entering Thailand would be paying it, and this would negate its function which is to tax tourists, not residents. By introducing the ETA for visa exempt entries it means the target group of tourists would be the only category of entrants required to pay it. Yes, they are different initiatives but like many other countries now, they will be combined

@Alex ******

OA is the best way to avoid the 800k lump sum. You enter Thailand, get stamped in for one year. Start the 65k transfers immediately, and once you have 12 x 65k monthly transfers, you leave the country, re-enter on a 60-day exempt and then apply for the 90-day non-O, which you extend for a further year when there's less than 30 days to run on. All the time keep up the 65k transfers. Don't miss a single month or you're done

Not yet. It's coming with the ETA next year. 300 baht so no big deal. Only for tourists

Just more advertising for tax agents touting for business

eSim you buy online much cheaper

@Don ********

My money is invested in Australian real estate, geared to the hilt, so I pay no tax. I'm switching to DTV from non-O next year, and the only money I'll be transferring into Thailand is from a pension fund, so I've no tax to pay in Thailand. The LTR costs 5000 baht per annum, the DTV only 2000 per annum. My arithmetic suggests the DTV is the best option

@Don ********

It doesn't, but under double taxation treaties, not many DTV holders will be paying tax in Thailand, especially retirees