@Martin *******

then you obviously didn't understand the account, how it works, or the actual costs. You make a comment on a post, that you have no actual knowledge of....lololol. typical troll

The Buddhism teaching venue would have to be a registered school with the ministry of education, and temples, and wats don't fit that category.

@Martin *******

what stupid comment? The one you made, yes. The costs of an FCD account are the cheapest of any account.

It is extremely difficult now to get a FCD account if you don't have a business, and an actual need for international foreign currency receipts and transactions. I've had mine for over ten years now. It takes $1000 to open one, and as long as your balance stays above $250 there is no fee. The minimum transfer fee for money coming into the account is bt200, and the maximum fee is bt500 no matter how much is transferred in. You can transfer in $1million, and the fee is just bt500. That is its benefit, on large transfers into the country.

If you don't have the bt500,000, nothing else matters.

@Michael *********

the ED visa has to be extended every 90 days, and is only valid for one year. The DTV is a five year visa giving you 180 day entry stamp everytime you enter Thailand in those five years.

@Giovanni ************

all you have to show is that you have at least bt500,000, or the equivalent, in a bank account anywhere in the world in your name only, and the paid study contract by a school licensed with the ministry of education. This can be a Muay Thai class, or a cooking class, schedule that you paid for, or a medical treatment program certified by a Thai doctor that will treat you.

@Michael *********

that is not the case. All you need to show for any of the options is that you have the equivalent of bt500,000 in a bank account in your name.

@Uche *****

a lawyer, or an agent, can not help a person with a 22 month overstay. If they go to immigration they will be arrested, and deported at their expense after paying the bt20,000 fine, with a ten year ban from returning. If they have a plane ticket to fly out, and are on their way to the airport to fly out immediately that day, they will be fined bt20,000, and be banned from returning for 3 years. They have no alternative. An overstay of more than 90 days gets serious very fast, as they include bans from returning. If they go to immigration, or are caught, and not on their way to the airport to fly out, they will not be able to get any of their possessions when they are arrested, and deported, with a ten year ban. It is a serious situation that any way they do it they will get a minimum 3 year ban from returning. Immigration is very strick about this, and there is nothing an attorney can do. This is something the person can not buy their way out of no matter what they do.

@Tori *******

he will need a letter from a legitimate business, or his own business, stating his job allows him to work remotely. Without this type of letter he will not get the DTV based on remote working. It doesn't matter how much he gets from the VA, or why. That doesn't count, as he is not working remotely, and has no documentation stating he is. His only option is through the soft power option, and signing up for legitimate classes in Thailand that are approved by the ministry of education. Money coming from the VA makes no difference to any embassy. It does not qualify for the DTV. There are no exceptions to this, as the remote worker category has no wage requirement, only that he would be making a wage by working remotely. There is no minimum wage requirement. There is a work requirement, and that is what has to be proven.