@Wesley *******

Very relevant. Never known tourists to pay income tax in Thailand, even though this 180 day law has been around for decades!

Tourists don't pay tax in Thailand as they have a permanent home elsewhere

@Greg *******

Look as far as dress code is concerned I couldn't agree more. I'm from the collared shirt brigade and I don't possess a t-shirt with writing on it, so I do show respect. The point I was making is we pander to immigration because we don't want to send them into meltdown mode, because our extensions are at stake. I can't see why a non-O retirement extension can't be done online, with simple submission of bank statements. Do they really need photos every year? A passport photo suffices for ten years, but a Thai visa extension is one year. Isn't that a tad lopsided? Or a tad pedantic? The DTV should be renamed the BPV, as in By-Pass Visa, as it gives holders a free passage past immigration. I actually wonder if MFA have had a gutful of immigration so have introduced this visa to give foreigners the opportunity to live a peaceful life in Thailand

@Greg *******

MFA have created a monster with the DTV, and perhaps Immigration need to take a long hard look at the pedantic way they carry on with non-O extensions. People who have lived in Thailand for ten years on non-O still have to go visit immigration every year and take their resume with them to prove they're worthy of another twelve months. It's tantamount to being sent to the headmaster's office in school."You've been a naughty boy". That's how immigration feels to me. Wear long pants, comb your hair, brush your teeth. It's f*cken ridiculous, and hopefully the DTV will change a mindset that's long overdue an overhaul

@Greg *******

I think agents have realised the DTV has sounded the death knell for non-O retirement visas, and many who previously were paying 25k+ for visa extensions are now switching to DTV, so agents are scrambling to find alternative sources of income and are setting the bank account bar very high

When you arrive in Thailand, you show the paper and you get an entry stamp for 180 days

@Ko ****************

Contact your embassy, not an AI bot on Google!! 😂

@Ko ****************

DTV is a glorified tourist visa. Non-immigrant visas mean you can remain in the country forever, simply extending each year

@Urs *******

You are aware that thousands of expats on non-O visas use visa agents to get their extensions? No, maybe not. Do your research into this practice before commenting! 😆👍

A very long-winded report, much of which is wrong sad to say