You can extend your stay in two ways. 1) Simply exit and re-enter the Kingdom, no documents required to get another six month entry stamp.

2) Attend your local Immigration Office to extend your existing entry stamp by another six months. All original documentation is required plus ongoing work / soft power activity and financials.

Take the path of least resistance and simply border bounce.

You only need a TIN if you remit/have assessable income. You can live entirely legally in Thailand long term and never have a TIN. It depends on your personal financial circumstances.

The DLT regulations state for a 5 year license you must hold a non immigrant visa. I suppose it all depends how strict is your local DLT office.

@Sean *********

here is what I don’t understand. Why are you asking Bangkok Bank for a credit advice note? Your 12 month bank statement will show all foreign transfers coded as FTT. If you have a foreign transfer not coded FTT it has nothing to do with Bangkok Bank. It has to do with the method you used to transfer which went via another bank. That is the bank you need to contact to get the credit advice note showing the foreign transfer and then the domestic transfer to your Bangkok Bank account. If none of the 12 month transfers are coded by BB as FTT you will need a credit advice note for each transfer. So again I don’t know why you are asking Bangkok Bank for something that has nothing to do with them.

@Sean *********

the certificate of deposit has nothing to do with 12 monthly foreign deposits, it merely confirms your account balance at date of letter. A Credit Advice Note maybe what people are referring to as “the Immigration letter” for the 65k extension option.

@Sean *********

did you qualify to receive it?

A DTV is a DTV. Only how it is obtained differs. Soft power route is the easiest in terms of documentation. There are no entry requirements when re-entering the Kingdom on a DTV. There is no difference in your tax situation between the different routes to obtaining the DTV.

@David ******

no such thing as visa on arrival for a UK passport holder.

@Bob *******

1900 baht extension, 3800 baht multi re-entry stamp

@Jim ******

so all those people lined up at Immigration every morning to register their new addresses are there for what? The people paying the TM30 fine so that they can use an Immigration service are just a figment of the imagination?