Visa approved - Thai Embassy in Vienna - Austria

Soft Power Route with Muay Thai (6-month course)

Documents submitted (on Sunday and paid immediately)

• 3-month bank statements from my savings account with far more than the required 500k.

• Documents provided by the Muay Thai Center (a reputable company with hundreds of DTV visa graduates)

• Passport + photo

• Current telephone billing

After 9 business days, on a Friday, further document requests arrived:

• Hometown Registration form (just the telephone billing was obviously not enough; I hadn't thought of that at first)

• Muay Thai course syllabus

• Thai company business establishment document (Thai DBD issued within 6 months)

The Thai DBD was initially included, but dated August 2024.

I immediately contacted the Muay Thai Center, and they helped me immediately and promised quick assistance. The very next day, I had the course syllabus and the DBD document.

8 business days later, the status changed from document review to pending approval.

1 business day later, at 4:00 p.m., I received the visa.

So, in total, it took 18 business days.

I would like to thank everyone; the group is very helpful and also helps me be patient and get a little familiar with the process without getting nervous.

See you in Thailand 🙂

I've read many posts from everyone and it's very helpful information thank you. One thing that I'm not clarified on is how many of you go or try to apply for the 5 year DTV? Lots of you get the Thai e-visa from Vietnam, or Jakarta, etc (congrats for those that got it!)

I am temporarily unemployed but I have money saved up and some gifts coming in from family. I'm a U.S citizen and I'm wondering if a longer-term Muay Thai visa would work, like if I paid for 3 months with a gym and made sure I have the 500k+ Bhat minimum for 3 months.

I'm sure this question has been asked multiple times so I apologize!

Yes, I made a mistake. No excuses, since I should have read the group posts more carefully.

I submitted a workation application in Hanoi earlier today but now, reading the group, I realised that as "Document indicating current location" I submitted only my hotel reservation document, but not the page of my passport with entry stamp and flight to Hanoi. Did someone receive a request for these additional documents? or is it going to be straight rejection? 🥲

I read for about half hour, but can't find this question.

Thank you.

1st update: indeed like most people told me, I got asked to send the photo of my passport plus another document on the day after I applied and now it’s in “pending approval” since a few days.

2nd update: approved!

Regarding holding the 800K baht for 3 months after the annual extension of retirement visa, is it 3 months from the date you applied / got the extension at immigration, or is it the date the previous extension expires, new extension starts?

Yes, just wanted a little bit of advice. I am married to a Thai woman, but instead of going through all of the trouble for marriage visa , I just am here on a Retirement visa. I believe it is called it a Non 0 visa, I have been here going on four years but wanting to go back to the states in April for about 90 days or so and I have to go for my yearly Immigration visit in August. Just wondering if I need to ask for some kind of a exit or reentry Visa so that I do not interrupt my retirement visa here and have to start all over. I’m just not sure. I appreciate your advice and I know I could just wait until August and ask Immigration myself but just thought I might ask someone here who has been through the same thing. Thank you for any help. 🙏

Tod Daniel’s a massive thank you for all of your sage advice to me and others. So Tod has helped me from application for marriage visa, 12 month extension and re-entry permit processes. And so Monday was 12 month extension stamp day (had decided to leave re-entry permit - to book appointment, rather than long wait).

Wow what a different experience!!! Arrived car park 08:40. We got parked straight away with loads of slots (normally 15-20 minutes or no slots), into immigration ticket 20, up to counter 19 showing but changed immediately. 10 minutes later passport all stamped. My wife suggested we try re-entry permit (as it all seemed much quieter than previous visits) passport copied and 25 minutes later passport stamped and we left - 50 minutes for everything - wow just wow. Thanks to you, Tod and all your support I felt much more comfortable during this whole process. Really appreciate it.

In the "more" category, I'm drifting towards a cashless world, which for me is cool, I noticed that Lotus had an online app, so I added it, setup was going well until it said "You need to verify your account by taking your passport to the local store". Which i did and to my surprise they knew what to do. Looks like trying to make sure scammers dont eat lol.

I’m under 50 and planning to stay in Thailand long-term. I hold dual citizenship and have entered using different passports—once on one, then twice more on the other for visa runs. During my most recent (third) entry using the same passport, immigration questioned me about my previous 58-day stay and discovered I’m a dual citizen. Fortunately, I had an outbound ticket and was allowed to enter.

However, I’m now concerned about what might happen the next time I return, and I’m looking for a legal, long-term visa option. Ideally, I’d like something cost-effective, as I don’t want to spend a lot just to maintain a visa.

Does anyone know if the Phuket BlueTree immigration office process Non-O retirement visa extensions?

If the last day of my Non-O retirement visa falls on a Saturday, when Immigration is closed, would there be a problem with submitting my extension application on Monday? "Update" BBL Bank has told me they can email a 1 year Bank statement so I don't have to wait 1 week to receive it by mail and can do it before Friday.