Hey there, I hope your doing good! ????
I signed up to ask about a few doubts I have about the Thai Elite Visa program. I read through a lot of threads too and while it's been very informative I still feel a bit confused.
I saw a blogpost on Xolo about a German entrepeur lady that lives in Thailand and has the Estonian company through the e-residency program. I would like to do the same thing. I already have my e-residency card and basically I am ready to start my company in Estonia.
What I would truly like to know about this Thai Elite Visa, am I able to get a Thai Tax ID and does it automatically make you a tax resident of Thailand? Or do you still only get that by staying 180 days a year, and this Thai Elite Visa is only the bells and whistles that makes it easier to do so. As mentioned earlier I have plans to net passive income out of a company in Estonia for my future. Estonia would be the country where I pay my corporate tax.
I have no business plans at all in Thailand. If I was simply allowed to get tax residency in Thailand with this method then wouldn’t it allow me to receive all of my income from these foreign companies, 1 year after it’s generated, tax free for the next 20 years? Or am I missing something here? That would seem to be the greatest benefit of all. But if the Thai Elite Visa still makes you a slave to the 180 day time count then it doesn’t seem so good afterall.