I’d like to apply for my DTV in Ho Chi Minh. I live in Vietnam and am legally registered here, so I would have to apply in HCM anyway. Will I be able to apply for the visa online, or do I need to apply in person?

Is there anything specific that the HCM visa center might require? I know some visa centers ask for additional paperwork sometimes. I’m a freelancer, so I’m a bit limited on financial documents. Also, do I need to show a balance of $15,000 over a 6-month period, or just at the time of applying?

Does anyone have experience with spouses of DTV holders applying for a DTV? Is there anything special that needs to be provided?

Feeling uneasy..flight at 505pm today but still my evisa from Vietnam is nowhere to be found..still processing the system said..6 days now..so in worse case scenario hubby has to fly alone, I lose my flight and will be stucked here in Bkk for a few more days alone till the evisa comes..sucks! But still hoping I get it before check in counter closes.. 🤞

I successfully opened a bank account with a DTV visa without incurring any extra charges or needing an agent.

You can also open a bank account at most TTB Bank branches with the following documents.

1. Passport

2. DTV Visa

3. Thai Driving License or other gov ID card

4. Residential house registration

5. lease agreement

6. TM30

Getting ready for my first 90 day reporting. How many days in advance of actual 90 day date will immigration allow you to attempt in person reporting ?

During this past week, several Thai Embassies and Consulates around the world have officially announced and posted Notices that they will go to the Thai E-Visa website [members only]/ system to accept Thai E-Visa applications, process, and issue Thai E-Visas starting on the New Year, 01 January 2025.

Generally, they will stop accepting in-person visa application submissions and stop issuing Thai Visa Stickers on Christmas Eve, 24 December 2024, with a few Thai Embassies/Consulates stopping before that on 20 December 2024 or earlier. At Taipei, they will stop on 27 December 2024.

Do note the processing times with Thai E-Visa are longer than before with many announcements stating 10–15 working days to process and issue Thai E-Visas.

Also, some Thai Embassies/Consulates will NOT be accepting card payments via the Thai E-Visa website, but will instead be accepting payments in Cash after submitting an Thai E-Visa application via the website.

Those Thai Embassies/Consulates that have announced this different method of payment (Cash) are: Vientiane, Savannakhet, Yangon, India, Brunei, Pakistan, Tel Aviv, Jordan, others....

These announcements are in line with the stated goal of the Thai Government to change all 94 Thai Embassies/Consulates around the world to the Thai E-Visa website system by December 2024.

Hi everyone,

I was just denied the DTV visa at Savannakhet because they wanted the original remote work letter from my company, and I only had a printout (and presumably they needed original bank statements also). They needed the documents to have signatures, although not sure if that means original signature with ink, or a copy of a signature. And from the previous posts here it seems to me that other people submit simple printouts and that gets accepted?

So my questions to who went through this already are:

- When you applied in-person, did you have to bring all originals with signatures/stamps, or just printouts?

- How would you possibly get an original bank statement if your bank is in Europe? You'd have to get it mailed to you?

And lastly

- Since they're moving to an online system next month, do I understand correctly that they won't be requiring originals anymore? Since a PDF file is not an "original" in a sense that it doesn't have a genuine signature, unless we're talking about digital cryptographic signatures (which is probably not what they're looking for).

If you want to apply for DTV in Taipei, go on or before 27 Dec 2024...

My main bank account has had less than 500,000 in it as all my money is tied up in investments and such.

I've just dumped 500,000 baht into my bank account and have a statement showing the account has more than 500,000 baht inside, however, will this be a red flag due to not having 500,000baht worth of my hoem currency in my account for over 6 months?

Is a bank statement with my address on it a proof of address?

Also, i'm currently in Australia, ready to go to thailand but i'm sending this off. Once the visa is in motion, can I leave and visit thailand on a 60 day tourist visa or do I have to stay out of the country until it gets approved?

Which visa type is the DTV listed under?

Also, has anyone gone through the process in Singapore before?