The BEST Thailand Visa Has Finally Arrived...(DTV aka Digital Nomad Visa) 

Hi Paul, I have applied and received my DTV visa through the London Thai Embassy. I called them to check. On your first visit u must leave before 180 days. She said better to fly out than to do a visa run. After you leave and then return to Thailand, you get a further 180 day stamp but this is FREE. As long as you keep leaving before the 180 day expires you can return repeatedly until the 5 years is over. The London embassy charged me £300 for the visa which equates to 14000 baht, they obviously take a share. But you don't need to pay 10000 baht except to get the visa, not on each return into the Kingdom. Hope this clarifies things

It’s a 5year visa. You can extend for another 180 days per time for $1900B at Thailand Immigration, not $10,000B. You can extend as often as you want during the 5years with the required documents. Alternatively, fly out before the 180 days is due and come back with a new 180 days stamp ( Gets reset).

Hey Paul I’m in the Insiders group and I really like this setup you have with the light and camera angle. Professional and beautiful!

Thanks for running through the process. That’s screenshot you found in the forum is the first time I’ve seen the visa.

This visa is good for digital Nomads 😊 thanks for sharing

Greetings Paul Lee! Amazing video and informative. Do you prefer the DTV Visa over the LTR Visa? Thanks for sharing.

For those uploading Passport photos, I don’t know if it’s necessary but I’ve heard that applicants should get their passport professionally scanned. Or at least that it needs to be a really well taken photo without any warping, fingers in the frame, etc.

Ja I will take that visa Yes. Thank you Thailand and to you Bro...:)

Get into this visa everyone before they close it. IDGAF 5 years visa is like the best ever. Thailand here I come taking my 6000USD a month and living the good life working remotely

Thank you for helping us make real change for better it’s great to get insight

This is better than any visa ever Thailand has released it’s too easy and good. Wow

Continue visiting, and hopefully this will not have a negative impact on the local economy's inflation.

Applied Washington DC. Let’s go boys

Helpful video thanks dude

Hi, You need to apply DTV on line out of Thailand .After apply on line and get approved you need to go to Thai embassy (New York, D.C, Chicago and Los Angeles )to get a stamp and/or paper work ( Apply on line from US cost $400 USD, Each country the fee cost difference ). After 6 months in Thailand you can extended another 6 months by going to the Immigration office in Bangkok for the fee of 2,000 Bath ($55 USD). Total of 365 days stay .After that you need to leave Thailand. Then you can go back again without apply again. You can doing this for up to 5 years. after 5 years you need to apply again and pay another $400 USD. Reply

Thanks alot man

I have applied for it in London and awaiting my response. It cost £300. They requested extra documentation, a letter from my company as proof that I still worked there, even though I already supplied them with my contract and bank account statements showing my pay. I went back to them with my payslips and said I did not want to ask my company for this letter as we don't have HR and would take several weeks. Hope they find the evidence I provided adequate.

Thanks very much!

Great video

thanks, good information!!!

I will be going to a college in Bangkok (Bachelor Degree ) so can I pick Thai soft power related activities for DTV ?

you gotta pay taxes with new law if you stay 180+ days a year, doesn't matter if you do visa run. Your country can have double tax agreement but it usually just excludes what you paid in your country, taxes here are up to 35% lol

but if you stay for more than 183 days in Thailand, you become liable for taxes on your worldwide income right ?

I was struggling too with my portfolio for DTV visa. I took help from Decade Technology Australia.

I live in Istanbul but work for a IT company based in the US. I work remotely and I have a subcontractor agreement. Would that work?

Not "AKA digital nomad visa" at all, it's a wide reaching visa, some people actually work for a living

So I make money by renting out my properties. Does this count as employment? Freelancer ?

They should do Visa'a like that for expats who are retired.

If you engage the process online and are approved, do you have to show up at the consulate to get your passport stamp?

i am in cambodia on a retirement visa 1 year. i am going to pattaya in september. i was going to apply for a retirement visa there but so far only have half the required savings. the DTV would be better for me. specifically, what other sports activities are available besides muay Thai? how about scuba diving and snorkeling? i am almost 70 and don’t want to get hurt or have to do muay thai for a whole 5 years. 6 months of muay thai sounds better then transiition into softer sports like snorkeling and scuba diving. thanks in advance

I have more than enough money in the bank, but don't qualify for none of the requirements.

I believe application for this visa must be done outside Thailand, presumably your country of residence.

Bro, you just saved me

What benefit does this visa have over a Non-IM-B visa?

whats the cheapest thing I can buy a ticket for and not go to for a course to qualify for the soft power thing? im a full time cyclist but nothing qualifies for that

Hello there would if you are a retired in the united states and want to move to Japan I’m 61 what kind of visa can I get if I can get one I’m not going to come and work what do I have to do

My goal!

You reckon we can use an IRA statement in lieu of a bank statement to qualify?

How long do u have to leave for?

Damn 14,000 in bank account its not anybody that can get this visa😐

hey, can we apply if we are currently in Thailand ? thank's for your help

If i apply for muay thai for DTV as a senior i do not expect i will be as good at it as a younger person. do i get judged in my fighting skills?

Are you sure it’s not only 180 days within a year?

What if Im gonna apply for Soft power DTV , then i paid for Mauy Thai School big amount of money, then I applied in the website and for any reason they refused to give me a visa ? What about my payment? 😮 its really frustrating ! Do you know any Agents guys can do the all thing for me ? With guarantee to return the school money?

This is not the best Thai visa I mean honestly everyone only pay attention to the highlights and not the fine print. I literally read everything about the destination Thai visa that's the real name of it. It's not called digital o mad visa it is called Destination Thai visa. And yes, it is for people to work remotely online but you have to already be working remotely for a company not coming to Thailand looking for remote work. The other thing all of you need to know is you have to provide proof of financial means to show you are able to take care of yourself in Thailand for 6 months. The financial requirement is $13,000 usd. So with this visa you are allowed to stay up 180 days a year for a period of 5 years and guess what that means, it means with the Destination Thai visa you will automatically be paying taxes to the Thai government. There not slick enough because I see this coming 100 miles away. I mean honestly, it's best to just stay in Thailand on a tourist visa for 60 days and then leave for 59 days and come back and stay for another 90 days. The other problem that I have is most of these youtubers and influencers I already know they are all overstaying on their visas and when the Thai government finally do a crack don o that it is going to be hell. That's the reason why Thailand has over tourism because all the foreigners in Phuket, Bangkok, Pattaya, Koh Samui, Koh Krabi, Koh Phi Phi is because all of these foreigners are overstaying on their visas that is why. IM glad I picked an area in Thailand that has no influencers, no youtubers and hardly any foreigners the area I will be in Thailand is far from off of everyone radar.