Anonymous participant I haven't entered recently (last entry November 2024, no issues, directly to CNX from Taipei), but I can't help but wonder if being Burmese has something to do with this, as you're referencing a Burmese group. They may be concerned about illegal working, etc. hence more likely to investigate a Burmese citizen than many of the Western countries.

@Paul ******

Yes this. The constant virtue-signalling "this is just a tourist visa" nonsense is ridiculous. MFA themselves went on a YouTube interview and explicitly stated this is to allow remote workers to basically live in Thailand. The reason it's probably a tourist visa is because it's easier, and also so they don't have to give out other benefits unless you integrate more locally. In this way, it makes sense. The government themselves said you can do 180+180 and then border run to repeat. Yet everyone is freaking out every other post acting like you "need" to be gone for 2-3 months out of the year minimum.

Thanks for sharing. I’m also in Chiang Mai, and I’m thinking at least for this first one I will do a border run. It also seems far too complicated to set everything up perfectly when I can spend half the time flying out and back in. That 30 days rule is kind of lame. Many of us have multiple bank accounts… oh well. I guess it is their attempt at fraud prevention so that’s good to know. Thanks for sharing really. It’s a good update.

Frequent visa extensions and border runs waste a ton of time and fair bit of money. The DTV saves you time and money. It also guarantees your entries a lot better than a regular tourist visa. There are plenty of people that have border bouncesdfor a while , but plenty have came across issues one day. It works for 90 days, maybe 180, but do you really want to do that for years? Of course if you’re not committed to 5 years, a tourist visa + 30 extension is an excellent choice. After that though if you’re thinking long term the DTV is a lot more secure and better choice.

I think you can showcase you work portfolio, at least for the application process. However if they require an active contract to extend in country, then that would be a bit hard, and a border bounce might be the easier option.

Try bangkok bank and hope the branch is friendly!

I’m actually happy to pay local taxes haha. I don’t mind it! Just please make the extension process easy like the tourist visa haha.

I don’t see anything about elite visas not being able to work remotely in the article, however it wouldn’t be a good idea to not explicitly state it. I know several elite holders that do work remotely, and they are slightly salty that they didn’t wait for the DTV or just get it. I remember a couple years back there was discussion about the price increase which got a lot of pure people to get the elite visa asap- it actually is a pretty nice option if you get the 20-year option, at that time, not sure about current pricing.

Every 180 days either border run or one extension per entry. After 180 + 180 extended you must border run.

@Greg *******

yes