@Fabian ********

yeah that's what people don't understand, for a lot of people it's better to 'pay' some tax in Thailand even if low, so you have some tax certificate to show your home country if they ever ask. If I may ask, what tax attorney did you contact? I have some questions regarding taxation. Anyways, good luck with all this, I'm considering moving to Thailand next year under dtv but it's kinda difficult to pay tax when creating a Thai bank account is hard under dtv

@Greg *******

maybe it's due to the conflict with cambodia? I dont know. I dont plan on applying for a few months, I will check then and see how's the situation, thank you.

Interesting, how long are they taking to process the visa then? Because if I go to Laos I can stay there for one month and in theory I can't leave the country until the DTV process is finished... I wanted to do it in Laos but I might have to reconsider

@Shayna ***

I'm Spanish and I understand what you are saying but in this case it doesn't make any sense to blame Spain when it's the Thai's Spanish embassy lol

@Adrian *****

If you apply through soft power do you get a visa for the duration of the activity or for 5 years? I mean, if I sign up for Muay Thai classes for 6 months-1 year whatever, do I get DTV for that period or 5 years

Interesting, is it hard getting a bank account while on DTV? Do other banks have similar requirements?