@Ray ****

I didn't say otherwise. But it's not mandatory at all to have it on a Thai bank. Not forbidden, either, but remember many DTV applicants have never been to Thailand even once before getting the visa.

It's the equivalent to 500K baht, in your currency, in your country. Not in Thailand.

Not to mention they're in process of revert the amended law back to its original form, where you're tax exempted on remited funds that were earned in this or that year.

Participante anónimo 424 I said many people won't have taxes to pay, not that everybody won't have taxes to pay. If you remit zero money, you don't have taxes to pay.

@Graham *****

sure... and that's why every time I fill in a TDAC and write my DTV visa number, the departure date field isn't mandatory. I've never written it, and Thailand Immigration has had zero issue with it. Again, they didn't make that field mandatory for a reason. Mind explaining this? Are you DTV holder, by the way? Cause I am, and I'm speaking from experience. Have flown more than 10 times already, always on one-way tickets, during the past year.

@Andy ******

not for DTVers

@Joe *********

DTVers AREN'T required to have an onward ticket. The airline shouldn't be doing rules on their own.

You can become a tax resident but have no taxes to pay. It depends on whether you earn money from Thailand (DTVers aren't allowed, anyways) or whether you remit money from abroad. There are other small letter clauses, such as whether the money is from savings or not, and whether it was earned this or that year. Most people on DTVs won't need to file taxes, but sure it depends on each person way of using/making money. On the top of that, depending on your home country, there might be a dual tax agreement with Thailand, that would govern the whole situation.

I applied on August 26th and got it on October 9th 👀 (last year)

But other people had waited longer then me

You don't need to reapply at a different country this time.