@Joseph ******

Ok so you compare it to one country. Yes, pension. Same with UK and Australia. Reliance on pensions. What pension would you get in Thailand? Exactly. So your comparison with one country makes it heaven. I'm a farang, but more than that I'm a realist. I don't hide behind foggy rose-coloured glasses. If you can accept the corruption at every level, the fake smiles aimed at your wallet, the dreadful disrespect shown by Thai road users, ignoring people trying to cross the road and people walking on a Footpath, the filthy canals and beaches, the non-existent sewage system.....I could go on. As I say I love it here, but heaven? No chance

@Joseph ******

I'm simply being honest. You can pretend that Thailand is "heaven" but I'm realistic. I love it here. 15 years living here, but I'm not delusional

@Joseph ******

Yeah, another deluded foreigner who really believes Thailand is "Heaven". It's a great country to live in, but a long long way from "heaven". Next time you walk past a canal breathe in deeply and catch that soothing aroma of rotten sewage and tell yourself this is heaven! 😂😂😂

@Jan *****************

What rock are you under? I already know personally five people have switched from non-O to DTV. You obviously have no idea how easy it is to register a business name and give yourself a work contract! Keep up, the DTV is the new retirement visa.

@Carsten ***********

Must be a different DTV you're talking about. The one I'm talking about is 10,000 for FIVE years, extensions are 1900 baht. A lot of people still travel, but sure if someone wants to stagnate in Thailand for the rest of their life I guess the clunky old non-O is the way to go! 😂😂

Get a DTV - it's the new "Super Visa", everyone's getting them now

It depends on the embassy processing the application what criteria they are applying

@Mo *****

Interesting for ALL visa holders

@Łukasz ********

Totally correct. The DTA applies irrespective of visa status

@Toby ************

You're totally wrong. The visa was designed to get people into the country spending money to give the economy a boost. A few deluded people think the 180 days ties in with the "tax residency" which it doesn't. Most people getting DTVs will be spending a lot more than 180 days in the country each year. I'm on non-O which is a one year stamp - you might as well say that has everything to do with tax! 😆. I've been in Thailand for 23 years, and probably 16 of those as a "tax resident" but I don't pay a single baht in income tax because I'm a tax resident also of Australia, and Australia gets sole claim on my taxation. That hasn't changed, and won't change. Nothing to do with visas, everything to do with "assessable income"