@Shawn ******

You want citizenship of Thailand?

@Tommy *******

The only thing which might change is this soft power option. I can't see how a three week cooking course gets a five year visa, but maybe the government is hoping this will entice people to come back frequently for long stays. If they're in the country spending money, I guess the aim has been achieved

@Derek *********

So a land border crossing into Thailand?

@Derek *********

Won't be a problem as he's flying. Land borders still have conventional stamps

@John *******

Yes but the information is not automatically shared

@Graham *****

Only logged in Malaysia not in Thailand. But makes no difference to entering Thailand

@Jarek ***********

I only maintain ties with Australia because it suits me financially. I don't give a stuff about governments or politics. I'm retired and when I retired I decided my life is now all about ME. Australia offers terrific concessions to Aussie Tax Residents and because of that I will never cut my ties, to do so could potentially cost me hundreds of thousands of dollars

@John *********

Or how smart? 😆

@Michael ******

It's Thailand ffs! There's no "catching"

@John *********

I agree. The DTV has no requirement to transfer money to Thailand. No transfer records no tax!