I understand your frustration, but look, it's the way it is, and it was no secret. Escalating whatever you think is unfair won't change anything. Why don't you just travel to Việt Nam or Cambodia, stay there a couple of weeks and apply from there?
Oh and BTW, the situation is still very unclear. Some people who are tax-liable in Thailand have asked for a TIN, but they could not get one for some reason.
If you're a freelancer/sole proprietor and obtained the DTV on this ground, then you probably can't 'unregister' yourself in Germany (and thus become non-resident in Germany) - otherwise you won't have a business any longer to be able to write invoices.
It's not the IO at the counter that will ask you to show 500K in a bank of course. But they could invite you for a short itv during which they may ask you for evidence that you still meet the same requirements as when you applied for the visa.
True, indeed, would be a first. But the DTV also is the first of its kind, one could add. I've known Thailand for more than 25 years and there has never been a similar visa. On the other hand, there have been crackdowns on other visas / types of extensions of stay in the past, where they suddenly made it much more difficult to use them.
Participant(e) anonyme Every time you extend your stay for now. Possibly every time you enter Thailand in the future, although I have to admit that it's just speculation.
You don't want to keep those 15K USD on a savings account for more than 1 month. What will you do if they suddenly ask to show them on a bank account upon each entry into Thailand? For now it's not the case (they do only if you wish to extend your permission to stay in Thailand), but they could possibly do it later.
"Please arrange your document in order" + "Provide a company profile that includes details about its history, vision, mission, products, and achievements" 😂. At this point I would have thought that they don't want to give me this visa.