Sep 24, 2024
a month ago
Jean-Maurice ********
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After an initial application reject on july 24 that still stings a bit (0s got swapped with Os), finally got approved.

embassy: washington, d.c., usa

application date: sept 3

type: remote worker / workcation

application package:

- cover letter saying I would trnsfr money continue transferring my USD each month for expenses as usual

- (1) US bank statement w/ just over 16K

- (6) thai bank statements showing average transfer from my US bank account. (idk why)

- (1) letter of employeement from my ngo

- (1) amex statement w address as proof of location

requested additional docs: sept 20

- (1) payslip showing ngo name + my name

sept 23: approved

thanks to anyone answered my questions. bye ✌🏾
Sep 24, 2024
a month ago
Tr *****
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I visited Thailand month of August , I plan to move there within a year.

If I'm understanding correctly: once I'm there I can get the 90 day visa, that will give me time to transfer money, find an apartment, etc. and then go extend that visa to one year as a retirement visa "O"

Am I understanding it correctly?

Now for the biggie, what health insurance company's do you recommend (I did one of those online quotes and I'm quoted anywhere from $130 a month to $600 a month). 🙈
Sep 24, 2024
a month ago
Dennis *******
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Hi I fly out to Thailand on the 29th of January and have over 12 places booked !, and I’m looking to stay out there for 6 months-a year , what’s my best bet visa wise ? Thanks for any advice given
Sep 24, 2024
a month ago
Beth *****************
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I am in search of a lawyer in Thailand that could possibly help me. I had an accident while I was in Thailand for 2 months at the beginning of the year that has left me partially disabled. I was on a liveaboard diving boat when I got decompression sickness. Because my dive was routine (according to the dive computer) the owners of the boat refused to believe that I had decompression sickness. I pleaded with them to get me off of the boat, they refused to believe I had DCS they kept insisting it was just a pinched nerve in my spine. They refused to get me off of the boat and to medical treatment the dive accident happened in the early morning and they did not get me off of the boat until the early evening despite my pleas. This delay in getting me treatment has now left me with permanent damage to my spinal cord. I spent 3 weeks in the hospital with severe decompression sickness and 50 hours in the hyperbaric chamber there. If anyone could possibly recommend a lawyer who could possibly help me with this that would be very much appreciated.
Sep 24, 2024
a month ago
Martino *******
ORIGINAL POSTER
A question about DTV for a business owner.

Let's say that you are the sole owner of a private company in UK.

So you own all the money from this company but you send every month the money on your personal bank account that only have the money from the month expenses.

In these cases, what you can do?

They say that the money should be in your personal bank account for 3 months in some embassies, did somebody manage to have accepted the money in the company bank account or that the money was sended in the personal bank account before the request of DTV?

I'd like to try to ask in Jakarta or in Phnom Penh soon about the DTV for freelancers, wondering if somebody had the same issue and resolved it.
Sep 24, 2024
a month ago
Martino *******
ORIGINAL POSTER
A question about DTV for a business owner. Let's say that you are the sole owner of a private company.

So you own all the money from this company but you send every month the money on your personal bank account that only have the money from the month expenses.

In these cases, what you can do? They say that the money should be in your personal bank account for 3 months in some embassies, did somebody manage to have accepted the money in the company bank account or that the money was sended in the personal bank account before the request of DTV?

I'd like to try to ask in Jakarta or in Phnom Penh soon about the DTV for freelancers, wondering if somebody had the same issue and resolved it.
Sep 24, 2024
a month ago
Jim *******
ORIGINAL POSTER
Got my dtv from Thai embassy in London

Through e visa website

Very easy process

I have my own business online

£300 so 13500 baht not the 10000 I keep seeing

Different embassies are charging different amounts.

I got it within 48 hours.
Sep 24, 2024
a month ago
Eric ******
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Hi

I am from the Uk looking to visit Thailand for six weeks.

Do I need to apply for a visa please?
Sep 23, 2024
a month ago
Lee ***********
ORIGINAL POSTER
I applied for my DTV visa in the UK as a Freelancer, I rent out an apartment, let's say.

Firstly I did intensive research and read everything since June.

Applied on the 10th September via the evisa online and sent in-

1. Copy biodata passport page

2. Proof of capital

3. An overview of what I did and why I thought I would be a good fit for the DTV

4. Bank statements showing the income monthly over past 12 months.

5. Photograph I had taken and used at immigration in Thailand.

6. £300

Within a day I had a reply asking for 4 pieces of information -

1. Tax returns - no problem submitted.

2. A letter from an estate agent or if not an explanation- no problem submitted with tenant contract and explanation I ran things myself.

3. Upload my flight booking - although not part of the requirements it is a question on the e-visa website - no problem I'd read enough to know so I had a return ticket and submitted it.

4. A photograph close up - no problem uploaded.

Within a day, another request for 2 pieces of information-

1. A formal letter to the Royal Thai Embassy explaining what I do and why I wanted to spend time doing things in Thailand - no problem I wrote a very official letter.

2. Another photograph, they want your face to take up 70 - 80% of the picture - try again 😆

Then my application went to pending decision, few, I waited and I waited, I thought it wasn't going to happen, then on the 20th 2345hrs it came through approved. Celebrations yay.

Points I noted were, they asked alot more detail than everything I had read suggested, wanted full address and contact details of who/where I was staying.

I'm so overwhelmed, I've had a tough few years and this is life changing for me, a new beginning.

So if your applying, what I take from it is, read and understand everything, have everything and more ready, expect alot more than what the simple flyers say, maybe they are tightening up as more apply who knows.

Thanks to the Royal Thai Embassy
Sep 23, 2024
a month ago
Lee ***********
ORIGINAL POSTER
I applied for my DTV visa in the UK as a Freelancer, I rent out an apartment, let's say.

Firstly I did intensive research and read everything since June.

Applied on the 10th September and sent in-

1. Copy biodata passport page

2. Proof of capital

3. An overview of what I did and why I thought I would be a good fit for the DTV

4. Bank statements showing the income monthly over past 12 months.

5. Photograph I had taken and used at immigration in Thailand.

6. £300

Within a day I had a reply asking for 4 pieces of information -

1. Tax returns - no problem submitted.

2. A letter from an estate agent or if not an explanation- no problem submitted with tenant contract and explanation I ran things myself.

3. Upload my flight booking - although not part of the requirements it is a question on the e-visa website - no problem I'd read enough to know so I had a return ticket and submitted it.

4. A photograph close up - no problem uploaded.

Within a day, another request for 2 pieces of information-

1. A formal letter to the Royal Thai Embassy explaining what I do and why I wanted to spend time doing things in Thailand - no problem I wrote a very official letter.

2. Another photograph, they want your face to take up 70 - 80% of the picture - try again 😆

Then my application went to pending decision, few, I waited and I waited, I thought it wasn't going to happen, then on the 20th 2345hrs it came through approved. Celebrations yay.

Points I noted were, they asked alot more detail than everything I had read suggested, wanted full address and contact details of who/where I was staying.

I'm so overwhelmed, I've had a tough few years and this is life changing for me, a new beginning.

So if your applying, what I take from it is, read and understand everything, have everything and more ready, expect alot more than what the simple flyers say, maybe they are tightening up as more apply who knows.

Thanks to the Royal Thai Embassy
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