So no residence permits for nomads in Thailand?

Clank said:

I don’t think it’s possible even if they claim to be able to do it.

Anyways the person supervising the exam will tell you the answers to all questions if you ask him. In the driving test, they let you do it unlimited times until you get it right.

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Thai Driving exam seems fun.will try to pick up a chick while in the queue i am sure plenty of thai girls are giving these exams- side benefit of getting a thai driving license you can really drive in.

yngmind said:

Just don't be a tax resident in Thailand.

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It's not (only) about tax.

yngmind said:

What are they going to do about those reports?

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I guess the fear is that information may get leaked that you are an interesting target. You may get robbed/kidnapped etc.
Not sure how likely this is in Thailand, but I can imagine it's a big problem in e.g. South America.

inector said:

After long searching, it seems that Thailand doesn’t give out residence permits?

I am a Russian citizen, with a business abroad, currently living in EU. I want to move to SEA.

Problem is, if I move to SEA, I need residence permit, because my company will prob get closed and no bank will take me.

I don’t have funds to invest, only a bit of regular income.

Any options for Thailand? If not, what else in Asia?

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There is no such thing as residence permit. If you mean permanent residency, it’s a different thing and not related to your business. If you have a business already, i would recommend to apply for the 5 year DTV visa for the purpose of remote work.

There is something called a 'certificate of residence' which you will require to register a new vehicle in your name (a car for example), a slightly different one for opening a bank account and another one that's required to get a drivers license.

I've done all 3 of the above multiple times over the years - it's always in Thai and simply proves to the bank, car registration people or drivers license people where you live.

Now when it comes to proving your Thai address this is what I did - and it does work.

You open a bank account using one of the above 'certificate of residences' which may or may not be available to you depending on your visa type - I have an Elite visa - had one for about a decade now and am currently on the 20 year membership extension.

If you've been in Thailand for a while they will issue these 'certificate of residence' printouts in Thai but in the past they wanted you to be on a non tourist visa - but I know people who bought cars and houses, etc with minimal documentation so they must have got this document.

It is cheap (should be free). Anyway - my point - open a bank account using one of the above certificates which is just a proof of your address, then tell the bank your address in English.

Then once your address is in English they will print a statement for you - from a legitimate bank like Kasikorn which has your full name and address on it - this can be used for KYC.

I've done it. But the rules are very different in different areas of Thailand - they seem to make them up as they go. I would avoid Bangkok but maybe some agent can help with this. Permanent Residence is not what you're looking for by the sounds of it - you're confused about what is and what isn't viable. PR is not what you want, if you want a tax id number and you're a tax resident who sent some money in then you can get one of those as well - I know for some people getting a tax id may be a priority - for example - if you're Russian and having banking issues you can use this tax id once you have it - even if your tax bill on remitted income is very low or zero.