I am current on SMART T Visa (with a Thai company) and thinking to change to DTV as i want to leave the Thai company. I do have a remote job for the past 2 years already as well.

As i read, to apply DTV i need to apply from outside Thailand but i am already working in Thailand. Anyone has any advice/ Done something like this before. Any help is much appreciated, Thank you

Hello. I am working on applying for the Visa in Vietnam. Did any Independent Contractors apply? Do you have any advice in what you showed for proof of income?

Approved DTV from Laos with new eVisa system !

Here is the timeline of the process.

January 6. Arrived in Vientiane, applied online

I used following documents

1. Photo of my Laos visa and entry stamp

2. Bank transactions history and balance, stamped from bank

3. Contracts with my clients

4. Printed profile in Toptal (can be any other marketplace for freelancers)

January 7. 10 am Made a trip to Consular section of Embassy, to pay 10 thousand baht fee. Three more applicant were waiting before me.

Note that it's located different address from the Embassy of Thailand.

Also please print payment QR from website, otherwise near embassy they charge 40 baht per page, while anywhere else in Laos it can cost as much as 1.5 baht per page.

January 7. Near 5 pm I got email with invitation to have interview on January 13.

January 13. I arrived for interview 10 am, one applicant was ahead of me. Interview took 5 minutes, I was asked about what exactly is my Job, is it full time or freelance, then I was asked to open my mobile banking of the bank I submitted document, and they verified transactions

January 13. 1 pm I received email with my DTV visa

January 14. I am in Thailand !

Technically, if we ignore the interview wait days, it took 1 working day to get the visa.

I stayed in Vientiane, can not recommend my hotel, but there are a lot of them!

Enjoy your trip!

Can you submit bank statements from a joint account with your name on it or does it have to be your own separate account? Applying for DTV under soft power.

Has anyone done a 90-day report with the DTV Visa in Bangkok?

If so:

- What's the process like?

- Where's the best place to do it?

- What documents should I bring?

- Do I need to do it in person or can I pay somebody else?

Thank you!

How long will it take to get approved after submitting the further requested documents ?

Successful DTV, step by step guide - Hope this will help

- application from Cambodia

- Digital nomad route

Initial application submitted in the last days of December, with pdf of the entry visa stamp and the usua passport info

On Jan 8th I got a request for additional docs, namely evidence of funds and company/contract docs

I submitted the following - cover letter explaining in short bullet points the contents of supporting documents

1. Bank statement from my bank account in my home country (3 months) showing a balance on 07-01-2025 of XXXXX €

2. Conversion of that amount in $ ($XXXX) plus pdf conversion page generated by XE online exchange

3. ABA bank statement, january 2025 (cambodian bank account with more than the 500k bath, a bit of an overkill but I thought better too much than not enough)

4. Employment certificate by my company AND employment contract, both signed by me, with a link to the company website and a short explanation of the company business.

5. Company incorporation document (with my name on as the GM)

6. General Assembly report, december 24, listing the 3 shareholders including myself. I was a tad worried as doc 5 and 6 were not in English but the highlighted parts with my name were clear enough

7. Proof of salary (XXXX€/month) paid by my company to my private account for the last 6 months

Altogether a smooth and efficient process, and they do work on weekends as my status became "approved" on Sunday afternoon.

t looked like a safer long term option to me than the soft skill route (easier to get presumably) as nobody really knows what further steps or evidence might be requested in the future, if/when they decide to tighten the screws on extensions

I would like (if I may) to recommend a friendly and affordable place to stay for the couple of weeks it took. I got a comfy large appartment a couple of minutes away by tuk tuk from the lively Russian market, called La Belle Residence , they made my stay as enjoyable as it could be. Please contact the guys next to my name for more info if yo think of going to Cambodia. They'll throw in a free airport transfer which was a nice touch.

Hi,

I’m due my first 90 day reporting in person. Is it correct that I need the TM47 form, my TM30 and my passport only?

Also I go to Division 1 immigration office for my non o extension, but I’m hearing that I don’t go there for the 90 day report, is that also correct? If so where do I go? I live in Nong Chok.

Thanks in advance ❤️

I have a current Non-B with re-entry. I left the country on this visa and then was approved for DTV while in Canada. When returning to Thailand, can I come back on the new DTV and cancel the other one once I arrive? Or do I need to return on the Non-B visa and then cancel, leave the country again, and return on the DTV.

Hi all. I'd like to work from Thailand for a month per year annually and take annual leave either side of that, so trips would be around 2 months total. My wife is Thai and we've found (probably like everyone else) that a short trip just isn't long enough.

I work for a company in the financial sector in the UK and I'm expected to work primarily from our UK office, but company policy does allow for up to 1 month of remote work per year, as long as we have a visa to do so legally. So I couldn't visit on a tourist visa, for example, as it's not technically legal to do any remote work on that particular visa. As far as I'm aware the DTV is the only option.

My company have OK'd my request to work from Thailand and have given me permission to apply for the visa, but they're refusing to provide me with a permission letter (either mentioning Thailand specifically or remote work in general). Because of the nature of our business they don't want to give any indication that they're operating within Thailand or countries in which they're not registered, as it could get messy from a regulatory perspective. I'm not an investor myself (I work in digital), and none of the work I do involves Thai prospects or customers, and it won't for the forseeable future.

This has put me in a slightly tricky situation. I have an employment contract, but it doesn't explicitly state the terms remote work anywhere. It just states that I'm expected to work from our UK office for 11 months in any calendar year.

Are my chances pretty poor? I'm tempted to apply, highlighting the relevant section of my contract and giving more context through the cover letter, but I think the London embassy is probably like to want more info.

Any thoughts? Thanks in advance for the help.