Niche DTV bank account post info that might help others in a similar situation. I've had a BKK bank account for a few years that I opened on a Non-O retirement visa back before DTV's were a thing. Switched to DTV when it came out as it works best for the wife and I. My debit card expired last week and I'm on a new passport since I opened the bank account. Thought uh-oh I'm on a DTV now, maybe BKK bank won't let me get a new card. They sent all the details off to Bangkok head office and 1 week later I had a new debit card good for 4 years. So even though we are now on DTV's I could still get a new debit card. While bank people were helping me and talking in Thai I could hear the phrase DTV a couple of times so they definitely knew I was on one. Only thing I use the card for is Grab as we always do card-less ATM withdrawals to avoid skimmers. The card spent it's life in a drawer and only when Grab stopped working did I know it had expired.

Hey all, thanks in advance for the help:

"Place of Issue", when entering the passport details.

My GF has a Chinese passport, that she had issued in Bangkok when she got it renewed. So on the DTV application, she put "Bangkok" for place of issue. It states this on her passport.

She just got her application cancelled after waiting 12 days:

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"Your visa application has been cancelled. Applicant’s passport holder and nationality provided is incorrect with passport biodata page."

**Should she just put China? Anyone have experience with this detail? I can't imagine any other entry on that page could be incorrect to cause this problem.

The cancellation didn't give any detailed explanation or a way to correct the problem, frustrating. Any help would be appreciated as we want to reapply asap.

I am an Indian national, married to Thai wife. I entered Thailand through Bangkok airport immigrations on 60 days visa free entry. I am living in a village called Pasang, in Phayao District. My wife just called the Phayao Immigrations office to check about the additional 30 days extention, as we just had a baby girl 4 days ago. The immigration office straightaway refused. They say 30 days extension not available for Indian nationals, and that I should exit and re-enter to get another 60 days visa free entry. Is there any Indian national here who has received the 30 days extension..? The process is so confusing. Each immigration location tells a different story. Seems there are different rules for different nationalities. Wonder if they have a uniform process, or it works on their wimms & fancies..!!

Has anyone had experience applying for the DTV for remote workers for Thailand in Hanoi? (Costs, time it takes to get everything done, ease/difficulties, etc.). Thankful for any advice. Many thanks in advance.

If I decide to give up my non-o retirement visa, would I be able to extend it just for 30-60 days when the 12 months renewal date comes up? Let's say my annual 12 month extension date is on May 19th. Can I just go to immigration and just get an extension for 30 or 60 days?

I'm going to close my bank account and go back home. I just want to stay for an extra 30-60 days.

FYI for anyone applying in Vietnam this week. I submitted my application to the Hanoi embassy just before 5pm on Monday and have been sitting at Pending document check ever since - 48 hours later. Previous reports suggest that usually people have moved to pending approval status by now. So delays for the holidays seem inevitable.

UPDATE: after asking for a couple of my documents to be re-sent, and resending pretty much immediately, I have now moved to Processing Pending Approval! I think that's good news 🤞🤞

UPDATE 2: Thanks so much for everyone's advice in this group! Tet miracles can happen. I got approved this afternoon a few hours before the embassy closed for the holiday. I hope everyone else in a similar situation got approved so quickly.

Good luck everyone!

Hi,

today i want to share my current extension process for the DTV Visa in Krabi.

First of all the attached pictures show the new official Immigration Bureau Order No. 4/2025 dated 13 January 2025 which is specifically for the DTV extension. (They only let me take a picture of the workcation page after a short discussion)… This is the document they use as a guideline. It seems to be an updated version of the old Order from July 2024 which has been shared here multiple times. The translation isnt official / just a ChatGPT result, so dont take it for granted!

My Process:

I went there 2 times now because they requested additional documents, specifically about the „Evidence of Residence“. So thats probably my own fault for not having them but i also didnt know. I will list the document requirements below. I go again tomorrow or friday to finish the process and will post the final update. (Krabi Immigration: come 08:20, open 08:30, be the first one and done quickly)

Documents needed:

- Passport

- Passport copy (biodata + stamp)

- Passport photo (dont accept digital)

- eVisa copy

- bank statement (30+ days) showing 500k (guideline says having it for 30+ days in the same account)

- certificate of employment (workcation / letter from HR) (recently dated!)

- TM30 (online seems okay in Krabi, no print. different in other provinces!)

- Rental contract (make sure its signed by the house owner in the house book!)

- House book of the rental house (copy)

- House book of the landlords house (copy)

- ID card copy of the landlord (make sure names match with house books and contract!)

- Pictures of me in front of the house and inside the house. (they want to see the full house from the outside not just the entrance. house number should be visible)

- 1900 Baht

So all of this residence stuff seems very overcomplicated and made me go there 3 times now. Picture wasnt sufficient (only had entrance and house number and me visible; want to see the whole house area). House owner Id i didnt have. Rental contract was from the son and not the mother who is in the house book. Photocopies + Passport Photo now needed in physical form. Previously was okay digitaly in Krabi. They clearly dont want to do the extension and try to make it as hard as possible 😀 but they will do when you present all of these documents. Maybe easier when you have a hotel and get those

documents from them. (i live in a rental house)… its similar to the other longstay visa extensions.

I hope this helps others that want to extend their DTV inside Thailand. If you know what they want to see, then you can fairly quickly get everything done. And btw: besides the residency stuff this is the required documents they already told me 3 months ago. For all the non-believers :D

Speculation: Since the letter from the company has to be new: i would strongly guess that for soft power you will show an activity thats ongoing or happening in the next 180 days!

Has anyone tried calling the Washington DC embassy? No one picks up the phone there….my application is well over a month and I thought of calling in for an update

Hello!

I am just about to start my Muay Thai Visa on an education visa and I was wondering if later on down thr track I wanted to apply for thr DTV soft power using a Muay Thai course would that be possible? Has anyone done this? Thanks!

Daisy

I am looking for an updated post on the DTV experience in KL. I couldn't find one. So, decided to pose a question here.

American passport holder.

Been in Thailand for a few years on an ED visa.

Now I am planning to get DTV via Muay Thai.

I have had that 500,000 THB in my Thai account for more than 3 months.

Which embassy/consulate will be better? Vientiane, Laos, or KL, Malaysia?

Thank you for all your advice in advance.