I leave the country regularly and forget most of the time upon returning to do my TM.30 and ive never had an issue in any of the provinces I've lived submitting a late TM.30, my recent one I left it for 3 months and only submitted it on monday just gone without issue...
it's very true. Even going to BOI route you cannot own land without owning a business with a legitimate need for that land and if you own a business that has legitimate need for land you are still heavily restricted on what you can and can't do with said land and the land is not registered to you, it is registered under your business, you can also lose the rights to that land for breaking any one of the conditions or restrictions.
every country you go to expects you to know their laws especially one's around immigration. No country will spoon feed you what you should have already researched yourself
I highly suspect theyve bit off more than they can chew and it will end up like other systems such as Malaysias. Just a notification into an automatic system and that's it. No acceptance, no rejection. When you arrive if your passport flags an issue you'll get booted from the gate and sent to an IO manning a passport control station just like in Malaysia and other countries.
you can throw $20m at someone for land, you still won't legally own it. Right now as the law stand you cannot own land as a foreigner.
You can start a company and purchase through the company but the company needs to be legitimate and have actual need and proper use for the land, you are also very restricted on what you can do with that land through your company. The moment the government suspects foul play or someone reports foul play, it's gone. You don't get to sell it, you don't get payment for it, they seize it and you get a fuck ton of fines to pay on top of losing the assets.
Anyone who tells you, you can own land as a foreigner in thailand is talking uttershite. Even a lawyer (not looking to rip you off) completely shit faced up on Ya Ba will tell you it's not possible.
You aren't owning land as a foreigner. Regardless of what flavour candy floss people will try to sell you, it's not possible. You can circumvent the law sure, but the government will seize that property and land eventually