freeman01

highly suggest to use Wise or other "neo-bank" for everyday transactions or transferring money abroad, that way the only transactions they can see is out to Wise for example and most importantly using the same currency as your main account, good way to make sure you main bank doesn't know what you do with your money. situation is only gonna get worse from here imho ... edit: oh and vpn when using internet banking or phone app obviously ...

my thought was they got a bit overwhelmed with low class Chinese and Russians since the end of covid and want to up the standard a bit, was told Phuket is a bit dreadful in that regard these days. Lots of news about bad tourists behavior past year, specially with sudden mass influx of Russians everywhere in SEA, Bali and Indonesia is rethinking visa rules in a similar way if I am not mistaken.

Didn't see much post about this, this is really good news ! not sure if the cost of the e-visa (currently 25$ for 1 month) will increase or not, unlikely but who knows ...

Personally, I would just be careful about what residency address you put on the contracts you signed and the residency address you have declared at the bank that receives all these contracts payments (depending on the bank country and the main currency used), I would avoid using a Thai address just in case. that said, it could be beneficial to pay taxes in Thailand and make it your official tax residency ... depending on your nationality.

while technically the law is rather clear, actual application/enforcement of the law is what matter. laws that are not enforced are like sentences without meaning ... the kind of work one does matters, like these would be hard to be considered "working" for example : any kind of entrepreneurial activity or managing your own company without earning a fixed or recurring/monthly salary "Family business" writing a book or music making Youtube video or streaming and such doing financial investing or trading learning whatever .... now the ultimate joker : "consulting" ???? as opposed to being an employee with a work contract somewhere with your actual Thai address on it. same for bank account, if your bank account outside of Thailand has your Thai address then you should be a bit concerned about this. anything that resemble a 9-5 jobs where you have fixed working hours, weekends and holidays then you have to be extra careful, mind who you talked to about it and make up a story to tell people AND friends. also of note, the Thai law clearly state that a Thai resident (>183 days in the country) MUST remit any money earned outside the country when it is earned. There goes the no tax if not remitted into the country thingy that everyone talks about. then again, actual application/enforcement of the law is what matters. laws that are not enforced are like sentences without meaning ...

never overstay, ever in any south east asian countries but Thailand especially!

I wouldn't worry too much, next time make sure you can show all the requirements they might ask for, hotel reservation, 10k bath in cash (if i remember right, maybe 20k), and a flight out. also if you can show a bank statement in paper with money on the balance they will backoff very quickly. just make sure to stay polite and friendly and simply explain your situation making sure they understand you are not coming to work, this is their main concern in the end. oh and dress a bit like pants and shoes so that you don't look like a hobbo, they will react to this. maybe throw in a girlfriend in there ... ???? also maybe get a flight to another airport, the immigration ladies at Suvarnabhumi are the worst from my experience... this is the kind of cases where you have to understand the "not losing face" thing ... they need a way to change their mind without losing faces.

if the pain is bearable, i would try serious diet and follow some non conventional medicine, in India you should try to visit an Ayurvedic doctor, very interesting. Natural remedies always takes time so don't expect fast result ... you don't want any part of your body removed unless it is absolutely necessary imho.

no problem, they only care if you are working for a thailand company or do business inside thailand with Thai people. if you keep paying tax in france (I assume) its even better as you are still a tax resident of france and there is a double tax treaty that prevent double taxation between france and thailand. worst case scenario use a credit card for all money transfered to thailand and then the money earned outside the country during the year it is earned is never directly transfered inside Thailand and therefore not taxable, problem solved at very reasonable cost. anyways better to always keep a low profile and avoid talking about this in detail to most people around you. you are a business person managing her business in europe from thailand, no problem.

ok that's perfect, thank you ! so https://www.thailandelitevisas.com/ belongs to Hawryluk Legal Advisors Co.,Ltd in Phuket and is indeed on the list of approved agents, Wonderful ! So apparently with them one can buy the Thailand Elite Visa with Crypto and without using the banking system at all, I love Thailand.

Apparently on this website we can buy Thailand Elite Visa directly with Cryptocurrency https://www.thailandelitevisas.com/ Anyone know if this is legit ? how to verify if a Thailand Elite provider is real or fake ?