@Steve ***

yep stupid af. Typical Thai government. Do nothing to fix problems and anything to appear as though they are.

@Dan ******

on that note…

The fact I own a condo legally and in foreign totals here and cannot legally open a bank account is about the most backward and idiotic thing imaginable.

Except for all the other idiotic things the Thai government does 🤣

@Alan ****

you can find out. Try to make any movement. Like buy some DTAC data or try to send money to someone.

@Dan ******

yeah. It’s not a necessity. Convenient though. I own a condo here so paying utilities and phone etc. is a lot more convenient

@Larry **************

yes. The branch was full of us today.

@Pertti ************

the only one I’d qualify for legitimately is a retirement visa and I’m not quite 50 yet. A couple months. And even then I’d rather apply from there than try to figure out this idiotic issue we have now of having to have a bank balance for X months. But not qualifying to have a bank account.

The Thai government is so smrt.

Where do you get a TM.30?

From a landlord or property management?

@John *********

isn't a DTV for people working in Thailand or married?

Graham Seal yes, that part I understood. Where I am confused is that once your first stamped entering and starting the 60 days, I thought you could exit and re-enter within that 60 days your visa was stamped for. I didn’t know it could be done over 6 months.

@Graham *****

my understanding has always been that the METV is a 60 day visa. It’s valid to be used for 6 months but, is only active for 60 days. So, you can apply for it and receive it and use it up to 6 months later but then your 60 days starts when you’ve used it at entry and it’s stamped. From what is being said, it’s valid to be stamped and re-stamped on re-entry for the 6 month period from when it was issued. That doesn’t sound correct to me and is not how I’ve always understood it to work but, I may have misunderstood all along