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I don't see it this way, considering the list of qualifying groups of foreigners.

No, there is nothing to say that it does. Only the changes regarding visa exemption and VOA.

I have seen no indication in the currently available information that wanting to spend the winter months in Thailand does by itself qualify a foreigner for the DTV.

It does say that the DTV is a multi-entry visa, but yes, there are strings attached, criteria to be met to qualify for it. Definitely not for everyone.

A dictionary definition won't do for Thailand's visas. Basically, in Thailand, an immigrant is the holder of a certificate of Permanent Residence, what we call a Permanent Resident on the this forum. This permanence ends when he leaves Thailand and if he wants to return to Thailand with the intention of resuming his immigrant status, he must, before his departure, apply at his immigration office for a non-quota immigrant visa valid for one ore multiple return entries into Thailand within the validity period of the visa. Non-immigrants are all foreigners who are not immigrants, some of whom have a non-immigrant visa, depending on the purpose of their trip to Thailand or the rason for their stay in Thailand.

I don't read it as being in force only for a limited period of four months, but we have to wait and see the official announcement in the Royal Gazette. It would be interesting to see the Thai text for what has been translated or interpreted as "This change to the Non-O-A will be implemented between September and December 2024", particularly the word "implemented" as you have highlighted. On the basis of currently available information I take it to mean that the change will be put into force sometime between September and December and from that point forward will remain in force until it is changed again.

Specifically for the DTV, there is this other topic: https://aseannow.com/topic/1328520-5-year-multiple-entry-dtv-visa-destination-thailand-from-2024-xx-xx/

That could indeed be the OP's problem. I looked into it just now on my Android phone with Chrome browser and saw that with "Desktop site" selected, the Follow button is not there.

Removed an off-topic post about permanent residence. This topic has run its course and is now closed.

Five years is the period during which the DTV is valid for an unlimited number of entries into Thailand. Upon each entry, the traveller gets permission to stay for 180 days and has the option of applying at the local immigration office for a 180-day extension of stay. That's what it looks like based on the currently available information.

More details will surely come, step by step, as individual parts of the announced changes are being implemented gradually, most likely in the form of publication in the Royal Gazette. Patience is required on our part.

Some announcements have indicated that not all changes will be made immediately. VOA and visa-exemption apparently on 1 June 2024, some others on 1 September, some at the start of next year or even later,

Good additional information. With the big increase in the number of countries qualifying, this will be even more useful.

I believe the DTV is not intended for "nomads" (travellers) in general but for "digital nomads, ie foreigners who travel to Thailand in order to work from Thailand "digitally", ie remotely with electronic devices.

@sirhowie In what district of Udon Thani do you live?

The requirements vary greatly from on district office to the next. For this reason, your information is unlikely to help the OP, unless your experience was recent and with the unamed district office in Udon Thani province where the OP lives.

This topic is exclusively about the reduction in the number of non-immigrant visa types. Off-topic posts and the replies to them have been removed and will continue to be removed without additional notice.

This makes discussion of the LTR off topic in this topic.

I see absolutely nothing in the information that has become available so far to indicate that anything of your guess is intended for the DTV.

My last tourist visa was in 2011 and was marked TR. Therefore, it must have been TR = tourist visa TR-30 = visa exemption 30 days and new TR-60 = visa exemption 60 days Correction: The visa exemption arrival stamp in the passport was not TR-30. It was an illegible hand-written scribble of two Thai characters representing the first character of the two Thai words for visa exemption.

This topic seems to have run its course. The OP has been given extensive information by many members to fully answer his questions.

From the second post in this topic: "...You need to have financial proof of at least 500,000 baht throughout your stay in Thailand..."

The visa costs THB 10,000 for an unlimited number of entries for five years. Upon each entry, the visa holder will get permission to stay for 180 days and this can be extended once per entry for THB 1,900. I see no other way to read the announcement as it stands at the moment.

If with "10,000 Baht filing fee" you mean the fee for the 180-day extension, I see nothing in the official announcement to suggest that this will be the case.

The way I read it, it is a 180-day extension once per entry. However, unlike BritManToo I don't see it as an alternative to retirement unless retirement is added to the list of activities that qualify for the visa.