Not required when entering on a DTV. Health / travel insurance is always recommended regardless of visa class.

It may be worth joining a specific group that discusses in detail Thai tax matters. Thailand Tax rules for expats.

You are indeed confused. Under the terminology of the Thai Revenue Department you are neither a contractor nor a freelancer for the purposes of mid year filings using the PND94 form. If you are tax resident in 2025 then you will file between January and end of March 2026 using either form PND90 or PND91 depending on your source of income. Please stop referring to “Thai sourced income” on a DTV. To get the DTV you must not have any “Thai sourced income”. You income paid to you from abroad whilst you are working online is classed as foreign sourced income once you become tax resident. When you bring that foreign sourced income into Thailand in a year you are tax resident or in future years it may attract a Thai tax liability. You will most likely be able to claim a tax credit pro rata based on your remittances against your Thai tax liability depending on the wording of any DTA that is in place. You have until the end of the year to read and research the Thai Revenue Code in relation to PIT charged to remitted foreign sourced income.

@Peter ***************

all correct.

@Doug *******

speak with facts.

1st Fact : Thai Visa Centre can today open bank accounts for those on tourist visas.

2nd Fact: You state this is impossible and agents can’t help.

3rd Fact: You don’t like it when others provide facts that disprove your statements.

Learn to speak with facts not opinions.

You can get two years out of a Non-OA visa with money only in your home country.

Doug Powell you were claiming it’s now more difficult to open an account holding a Non-O. It’s not, no change to those on long stay visas. Your claim was then, and still is now, false. No change for long term visa holders.

@Doug *******

it was posted last week. Stop spouting misinformation. Agents can open accounts for those on tourist visas.

@Ally ***********

you won’t be getting anything authenticated at the British Embassy. If Thai authorities require documents issued outside of Thailand to be authenticated. The only UK authority permitted to provide this service is the Legalisation Office of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office.

@Joshua **********

nope, the law change was to make banks financially responsible for customer losses due to fraudulent activity. The BOT as regulatory overseer requested a tightening of AML/KYC by the commercial banks. The banks in turn amended their own internal policies which effectively prevents now account openings for people without long term visas. As I stated there is no Thai law that prevents a tourist from opening a bank account, it is internal bank policy that prevents it.