That is the first warning sign, bad English grammar 🙆😅

The new DTV visa, could be a good option for you.

@Upasaka *******

yes I understand, but are you aware there is nothing new about the need to complete a Thai tax return?? after spending more than 180 days in Thailand?? That has always been the case for a long time, the Thai government just amended various rules regulations and laws, regarding tax reporting, mainly from what I can gather, it is aimed at wealthy Thai people, one example was if money was kept outside of Thailand, until the following tax year, there was no tax due, now it is irrelevant of when it is brought in, the tax will still be due, to sum it up in my opinion, all the expats that are not working, such as retirees, have never done a tax return, and will continue to not do one, unless forced to do so, by making it a visa requirement, or maybe the banks get involved.

I replied to this comment, you don't say anything about "tax status" you might have been thinking that in your own mind, but how is anyone supposed to know that, I see others had the same reaction to your comment as I did, so it is you that didn't explain yourself, as to what you were actually talking about. 🤷🙆🤦

@Simon ********

they need to give advice for a visa, that is suitable for your circumstances, but it may not necessarily be the best option, because they are after all, running a business, you need to do your homework, and make the decision yourself, as to what is best for you, that's my experience with agents anyway.

@Galenus *****

with the DTV visa, you enter Thailand and get stamped in for 180 days, then you either border bounce or do an extension, you can only extend each stamp once, and then you need to leave Thailand and come back, just rinse and repeat for 5 years, apart from doing a border bounce, you can stay in Thailand the whole year, it's not 6 months in, 6 months out.

@Greg *******

I would think it's very unlikely agents have any connections in embassies/consulates outside of Thailand, so I'm assuming applicants are send an embassy/consulate, where it only needs to show a balance at the time of application in any bank, so it would be done in the same way as you described with the retirement visa 🤔

Are you enquiring for someone else?? You seem to be Thai.

@Greg *******

correct me if I'm wrong, people are saying with the DTV visa, they have provided 3-6 months of bank statements, but the ฿500k doesn't need to be there for any length of time, it just needs to show a final balance of ฿500k, so perhaps the agents are going it in a similar way to the retirement visa, where they just fire the money into someone's account, print a statement, and fire it back out again, the difference with the agents doing the retirement visa, some how it gets overlooked, that the money has not been there for the previous two months, but that doesn't seem to be a requirement with the DTV, so maybe they are okay to travel to say Lao, with all the paperwork and just apply.

@Greg *******

I've seen agents offering packages, that include transport, accommodation, assistance completing any paperwork, and also offering assistance with the financial requirements, very expensive tho, I enquired with one agent, and was told depending on the package, it's between ฿70k to ฿90k baht 😲😳😂🤣😂🤷