Hi everyone, I’m applying for the Thailand DTV Visa this Monday and I have a question about the financial requirement.

Right now my savings account shows about 521,000 THB. Until a few minutes ago it was 406,000 THB, but I just added 115,000 THB.

I work remotely as a software developer for a Turkish company and my monthly salary is about 92,000 THB, which is paid into another bank account.

The issue is that I haven’t had 500,000 THB in my savings account for the past 3 months — I’ve been adding roughly 70,000 THB each month and only now reached 521,000 THB.

Will this be a problem for my DTV Visa application, or will my income plus current balance be enough?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

Hi,currently on 1yr ext married to Thai.exp 30th dec 2025.im stuck in uk after op for hernia went horribly wrong.wife in Thailand.if i cannot make a return til nx yr(2026),can i extend on return due to ill health..what are my options pls team

Agent recommendations in Hua Hin? 🙏🏻🏆

Situation: Changing from business visa to retirement visa. Meet all the requirements, got the bank funds etc, got all the paperwork, confident could easily do it myself.

But .. always nice to not have to wait in every line and get possibly hassled about every 'discretionary' detail. Take a nice agent friend have it all go smooth.

Thanks for sharing resources that you found useful!☺️

Has anyone been asked to attend the DTV interview in person in Bangkok? Is this even a thing?

Since I live in thailand, my YouTube subscription has been cancelled, as they noticed I was using an european YT plan in thailand.

I tried to subsribe to a thai YouTube plan, but impossible to pay with a foreign payment method.

So what are the options?

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I am looking for official translation agencies to help translate my bank staments from Chinese to English.

Googled a few that seem professional.

For the folks who translated their documents with an agency, could you please recommended the agency you used?

Many thanks!!! 🙏🙏🙏

Hello everyone, any tips on how can we open a bank account in Thailand? So far I was rejected at 2 branches (Kbank and Bangkok Bank)

After living in Thailand for two years, i am expecting to transfer 1m THB per year of my personal pension into Thailand.

The UK will tax this amount (including national insurance) by approximately 10% ie 100,000 THB.

What tax would I need to pay on this money when transferred into Thailand?

Hi all, I'm new to this group and thought it would be best to ask about my situation directly as it's pretty specific, but might be able to help some people in the future (and hopefully isn't too redundant)...

I'm an American living in South Korea, planning to move to Thailand with the DTV. I have the 500K baht in my bank account, but currently I co-own a bar in Seoul. We just opened our new location after several months of downtime, so I have no real reportable income for the last 3+ months. I own an LLC in the US which holds ownership in the Korean bar - I've structured it this way because, while I do currently have a visa that allows me to be a co-owner / "employee" of my own bar, at some point my Korean visa will expire. Having my American LLC hold ownership allows legitimate ownership in perpetuity.

ANYWAY, the 500K baht is in my Korean bank account. As proof of income, I could use my LLC, which would write me a letter (to myself) explaining what I do, that I can work abroad in Thailand, etc. But even if it starts generating income from my bar this month, that would go into my business bank account, which is a Wise account - different from my Korean one.

All of this boils down to:

1. How strict do they tend to be about proof of consistent income from freelancers/self-employed applicants?

2. For the sake of the application, would it be better to position myself as a consultant/freelancer for the bar (operations, directions etc.) and invoice the bar from my LLC, rather than just state I'm an owner?

3. Should the bank account where I'm proving income be the same as the one where I have my 500K baht savings?

4. If yes to the above, would it be better to show my contract with my own bar co-owners, and my registration as an employee in Korea? Or better to accept payment to my LLC, then send it back to my Korean bank (forfeiting the expenses of that double exchange, obviously...)

I know this is quite complex, I'm curious if anyone has any (even slightly) similar experience, but any insight on how to approach the application process would be really appreciated.

Thank you all!

Hi

Wanted to see what visa options were available if I was to fly over without a return ticket (estimated stay would be 3-6 months)

Thanks