This is a FAQ, a โlightning rodโ of sorts, and there are whole sites dedicated to discussion about the topic, but what is the real Thai visa situation in 2015 for nomads?
Iโve spent hours reading about this, but with all the tangents and pointless debate in various forums, itโs difficult to get straight facts and answers (to the extent possible, understanding that this can be a gray area).
One one hand there are people talking about staying 10+ years, but then thereโs advice from, for example, @CoffeeShopCEO, saying: โThai consulates are also beginning to reject people who have back to back visas in their passports, so after a year or so, go do some travelling.โ
It seems confusing to talk on one hand (as so many video series and similar money-making ventures do) about all the great deals on apartments and long-term stays, and on the other about taking all your stuff with you on border runs, because you may not be coming back.
I imagine the best answer is โYMMV,โ but it seems like a precarious way to live while trying to build a business: stretching the truthโor outright lyingโabout reasons for travel, hoping you donโt get the wrong government representative on the wrong day, trying to get the foreign income exemption without paying taxes in the destination country, etc.
From the glut of videos by Chiang Mai-based foreigners alone, it would seem that many are living (and selling) this lifestyle successfully, but it isnโt quite as simple as portrayed, no?