@Vinson ******

I agree .

Maybe he will not like it .

Thailand is different to what you see on YouTube .

@Bill ********

the man is just asking .

What is wrong with that ?

Besides visa agents cost money to do things .

No agent is going to give him what he asks or wants for free .

@Graham *****

forgot to mention . If you don’t leave the country . You can extend another 180 days .

You need to pay for the extension at immigration.

@Graham *****

DTV visas are valid for 5 years .

You get a 180 day stamp on entry .

You can re enter for another 180 days .

You can renew once (1 time).

Which totals = 360 days .

You still need to do the DTAC .

Edit - you can extend your 180 DTV in Thailand .

You need to pay for the extension fee.

You get another 180 days .

@May *****

no. Every country have immigration rules .

You cannot turn up to any country and stay there on a 30 day or 60 day visa .

Or stay permanently on a tourist visa .

You cannot just live there . Very simple .

I cannot go to England and buy a house and just stay there forever .

Or I cannot go to the United States and stay there and have a permanent holiday .

Basically you cannot just go to a country and stay there .

Many people abused this and now new rules have come into place .

Now you need correct visa ,

Bank proof how you going to live or survive .

Where you going to stay or live ?

Are you going to permanently do border runs etc..

Are you going to work or not ?

These things they want to know.

They are strict on border runs now.

Border runs nothing to do with tax .

Border runs are people that want to stay in the country by thinking every time they go in and out the time resets itself .

So they can stay longer in the country .

That is abuse of the system .

As for working and tax .

You cannot go into any country in the world and just start working .

You need a work permit or some documents .

Thailand is no different.

If you go to Vietnam . There you can only stay 90 days .

If you intend on staying long term you have the non o or other o visas .

With these visas you need to have money in a Thai bank account .

If your outside Thailand you can apply for one of these .

If you apply inside Thailand they will want proof of funds in bank .

And the money needs to be in the Thai bank account for 4 months .

Then you have the DTV visa option which is a 5 yr visa .

This visa has a 180 day stay = 6 months .

Can extend for another 180 days .

With the DTV visa you don’t need to proof of funds .

All depends what you intend of doing .

Also if you get a retirement visa you cannot work .

With a DTV visa you can do remote work .

With the retirement visas you will need health insurance.

@Darren ******

no chance .

What your saying is keep doing border runs on visa exempt.

Exit the country and come back .

The exempt resets .

No chance

Well the new rules now are only 2 visa exempt entry a year

Who knows . I think it’s up to the immigration officers

I asked myself this question once before .

Does it reset every calendar year from January.

Or from your last visit ?

Now under new rules you can only do it 2 times in a calendar year .