Just looking into moving to Thailand and came across the Smart Visa. Curious if anyone has experience with this process as it seems much better and safer.

You are aware that you have to set up a Thai company to qualify for it?

1 hour ago, jackdd said:

You are aware that you have to set up a Thai company to qualify for it?

And make some serious money, not for "one man web designer" companies.

Interesting good to know! Thanks for the info ????

You can find info about the smart visa here. https://smart-visa.boi.go.th/smart/

There are certain ones that do not require setting up a Thai company.

Its another visa class where the vast majority of posters know little nothing about and immediately want to be negative on (like the O-X). I am starting to encounter more people on this and also am curious how high the hurdles are. I have the ability to create a sub sector of work in one of my corporations which with a bit of creative license could likely be made at least pitchable as a S category sector so I also am curious. For me one of the main selling points of going this way is paying some taxes and 3 years later being on the ladder for citizenship. 

This option isnt there if I do the O-X route which is my likely future path of least resistance (in another 2 years when I am old enough to apply) unless some of these other proposed routes for long term visas with work permit exemptions come in. 

Because these seem to be very low volume visas, and maybe also because the kind of applicant isnt one who has all the time to sit around on this forum, there is little direct input. 

Probably cheaper and far easier to just buy the elite visa for 5 years.