@Gra***

it's 400k for 1 year extension based on marriage. 800k is retirement, without Thai wife. Some people who are married just do the 800k though as you have to do other stuff for marriage like photos of you together in the house, and they want to come round and check on you and stuff like this. It's not a huge problem but some prefer just to do retirement where they don't need to check that your relationship is legitimate.

@Ch***

this group is specifically for exactly these sort of questions, it's a group FOR visa questions.

@Mi**

DTV is actually a longer visa than the Non-O retirement is (5 years multi-entry vs 90 days). If someone comes and goes, it makes sense to me why they'd pick it. Come and go as you like and no need to be back in Thailand on a specific date to do your renewal. If you leave twice a year, no need to deal with immigration in-country at all, you're good for the five years with just the visa.

DTV also very explicitly allows remote work, and it sounds like OP's husband will be doing that. Non O is more of a grey area (DTV is stamped employment prohibited just the same- but it seems this means for a Thai company, not remote).

Someone who is totally retired and wants to stay put and doesn't want to have to leave Thailand might be better off with Non O.

@Gl***

I am aware that the MFA and immigration are different departments. However:

(1) Royal Gazette announcement specifically says requirements need to be shown (a) applying for visa (b) for extensions, but not for entry and says entries are unlimited;

(2) Deputy director-general of the MFA has stated that requirements may need to be shown to immigration for extensions (as they are separate and they will determine that) but not for entry, once you have the visa only need passport and visa for unlimited entries in five years;

(3) People have the visa already and have entered with it and no-one has reported needing to show requirements again to immigration on entry;

(4) Other visas it's the same, you need to show to get the visa and for extensions but you do not need to show on each entry.

I'll take all this as indicative of how it's going to work over random farangs on Facebook and their ideas.

@Da**

the DTV doesn't have a specific tax exemption like the LTR does so it's the same as staying over 180 days with any other visa.

@Er**

yes, he specifically said for an in-country extension, requirements would be up to immigration and they may want the same material again, but not for entry. This is the norm for any other multi-entry visa, and it's also what was published in the Royal Gazette.

The Royal Gazette announcement states they can ask for proof of the financials again for extensions but makes no mention of this for re-entries. Re-entries it just says they are unlimited for the life of the visa 180 days a time but not beyond the end date of the visa (so it is 5 years, not 5.5 or 6).

This is also what the MFA deputy director general said in Chris's RW4U interview: immigration may ask for proof of the same documentation used to get the visa for in country extensions but for re-entries all that is needed is the passport and visa. He was quite clear on that point, that they won't be asking for proof of anything for re-entries.

@An**

MFA said they can look for evidence for in country extensions but won't on entry, that all you need for that is the passport with the visa in it.

@Ta**

there's no exemption from 90 day reporting, so you'd have to do it. Generally though it doesn't matter if you do or don't, unless you need something from immigration in country, that's when it comes up. It's not checked at the airports/borders. So if you never plan to extend but just come and go might not be so critical. Personally I'd do it though.

@He***

gotcha, thanks for the clarification