Just renewed my passport to a new one. My retirement visa (Non-IMM O) also need to be extended next month.

Can I do these two tasks at the same time

1. transfer visa to new passport, and

2. extend visa in the new passport

Or I have to do it in two trips to immigration office.

Thanks to advise and share your experience

Hi everyone, i have a question, im doing my dtv in Madrid embassy, and I have sent my bank statement from a saving bank account i have in the US. And they came back with this: Please provide an official Spanish bank statement showing your name as account owner and cash transactions and most updated balance. So i dont understand if they want me to send it from my bank account in europe (which seems ridiculous and will cost me transactions fee) or they want it to be in spanish language. Anyone had this situation before? how you solve it?

Do you need a copy of a lease for a condo/house to open a bank account. It just seems that despite having 90 days to extend the non o on first arrival, it’s actually under 30 days to sort everything out due to needing to seed the bank account with the 800k for 2 months. So if you need to sort out a lease for bank account opening that means a lot to sort out as soon as you arrive. Or am I misunderstanding?

Hi, just applying for my DTV and I see a few people have mentioned statements stamped by bank as proof? I have the statements but Monzo don’t do ‘stamps’ only statements I can print from online. Any advise?

Hi there,does anyone have an experience about house visits with marriage visa ? ( Thai wife). Do they go check every room in the house ?

Hi . Am applying for a spousal 90 day non immigrant visa from the uk. On receipt of the visa , do I need to travel directly to Thailand or can I say travel around Asia first and after a couple of weeks

travel to Thailand get the single entry chop in my passport

✨ Question about the Soft Power DTV Visa (Thailand) ✨ — especially the courses that actually qualify.

I’ve seen that things like Muay Thai, Thai cooking, cultural training and even wellness or fitness courses are included, but I can’t seem to find an official list anywhere.

Also, I’m a bit confused about the medical route. I need some dental work done soon — but would that actually make me eligible for a 5-year DTV visa, even if the treatment only lasts around 6 weeks?

Ideally, I’d love to just do a yoga or fitness-related course, but I’m open to whatever works best for the visa requirements.

If anyone has gone through this process or knows a school / course that’s been accepted under the Soft Power DTV, please share! 🙏

Would really appreciate any tips, links, or firsthand experiences.

Good morning Thailand. I don't make many posts in this group but as the banking thing is a hot topic at the moment, I'm relaying my experience yesterday at Kasikorn.

To give you some background I've been retired in Thailand for eight years. Opened bank account with Kasikorn at that time on non-O visa, no problem. Thought I'd be smart a year ago and switched to DTV as it seemed a better option for me - I travel a bit, so the regular outs and ins mean I'm always getting a fresh 180 days, plus there's no financial requirements.

My debit card expired last week so I went to my bank branch yesterday to get a new card - no problem EXCEPT I've been put on notice that Kasikorn does not recognise the DTV. They told me my account will be closed in six months unless I switch back to a non-immigrant visa. The manager told me that Kasikorn will not freeze accounts, but will gradually inform customers of the new requirement and will give adequate notice for customers to reassess their situation.

I will today contact the embassy where I obtained the DTV to see if I can now cancel the DTV and apply for a non-O. It's a real pain, but I need the convenience of a Thai bank account. I would imagine a lot of DTV holders don't have the need for a Thai bank account (that pay crap interest anyway) so they will be unaffected.

Whether Kasikorn goes through with their ultimatum I imagine remains to be seen, but I won't take the chance, and they have all least been considerate enough to let me know.

Thanks all - have a great day wherever you are!

Hi, everyone.

Has anyone applied to the Ho Chi Minh Embassy on Monday, September 29th, and received approval?

My status changed to Pending Approval on Tuesday (September 30th) without any request, but it has remained that way until today.

If anyone applied and was approved on September 29th, please share your story. Thank you in advance.

Hey guys. I want to open a Thai bank account. Can anyone give me advice on what bank to choose. And I also seen something in here about them shutting down accounts is that true if so how do I avoid that happening ? Any help would be greatly appreciated !!