DTV Visa Success

Hello friends!

I got a visa after getting and organizing a lot of information here.

Let me sum it up briefly

-Arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on November 5th

Digital Nomad Type

Online document acceptance

Document

1. a photograph for a passport

2. Passport

3. Hotel reservation card + passport stamp

4. Bank balance certificate + 6 month transaction statement + 6 month salary statement + 2 customer recommendations

5. Certificate of employment + Business license + Self-introduction + Portfolio

-Change status during document review on November 6

-Change status to wait for approval on November 8

-Visa Approved on November 12

I hope my friends succeed, too

Have many people been refused a DTV and lost their application fee and if so for what reasons? Curious to know the success rate is..

For those that have been refused have you applied again and had success or have you went for a different visa..

I do some remote work but would intend on staying for martial arts, is it easier to go down the soft power route rather than have to make sure my remote work reports are squeaky clean?

If the success rate isnt so great I may be inclined to go for the education visa and study alongside training..

Thanks in advance, any advice is appreciated.

Here is my story on how I applied for DTV through Royal Thai Embassy in Colombo (Sri Lanka) : [members only]

This is how I applied for Thailand Destination Visa (DTV) From Sri Lanka under Workcation category: Refer [members only] for more info.

I’m a Sri Lankan living in Chiang Mai. I got an ED visa last year, which I can use until this December. I wanted to apply for the DTV soon, so I came back to Sri Lanka on 31st October. I gathered the following documents and submitted them on the eVisa portal.

Financial Proof:

• Bank balance confirmation letter: Final balance as of 3rd November.

• Pay slips: Last 6 months.

• Bank statements (salary account): Last 6 months.

• Bank statements (savings account): I only had the 500,000 THB+ balance for the last 2 months. There was no money there before.

Work Profile:

• I wrote a cover letter about my situation (I’m a software developer working remotely for a foreign company, and I’ve been to other Southeast Asian countries as a digital nomad).

• Attached my professional agreement letter with my employer and included their contact emails for verification if needed.

Payment:

• The fee is 120,000 LKR, equivalent to 14,000 THB. (Not sure why it’s higher than usual.)

Timeline:

• Application Submission: 5th Nov, 6:30 p.m. (IST)

• Document Request: Received email on 6th Nov, 3:30 p.m., asking to upload all pages of my passport.

• Passport Upload: Uploaded on 6th Nov, 11:30 p.m. (Creating a PDF under 3MB while retaining image quality for 33 images was tricky.)

• Interview Request: Received email on 7th Nov, 11:00 a.m., asking to visit the Royal Thai Embassy in Colombo for an interview on 8th Nov, 10:00 a.m.

• Interview: I went with hardcopies of all my documents (bank statements, offer letter, etc.). (It was a casual conversation — I think they just wanted to confirm I was in the country.)

• Visa Approval: Received on 8th Nov, 11:30 a.m.

Interview Summary:

There was no one else at the embassy. The officer asked me why I wanted this visa. I explained that I’m a digital nomad and have been traveling in Southeast Asia for the past few years. I mentioned I’d wanted this visa since it was announced.

• He asked how long I’d been in Thailand; I said 15 months on a student visa.

• He asked what I was doing there, and I explained I was learning Thai and living there.

• He asked about where I stayed, and I said mostly in Chiang Mai, though I’d visited the south as well.

• He reminded me I’m not allowed to earn money in Thailand, to which I replied that I understood.

• He asked if I had any family there, and I said no.

He took all the hardcopies and informed me that I’d receive the result via email.

Everything was pretty fast, with no major issues.

#srilanka #colombo #dtv

Hello all,

I am planning to fly to Ho Chi Minh City at the end of this month. Is it possible to apply for the DTV visa online from Thailand at the Thai embassy in Ho Chi Minh City?

Thanks in advance.

Hi, I am just opening my Thai bank account and wondered if anyone had advice on cheapest way of transferring large sums into the account. I can use Swift from my uk bank and have Wise and Revolut but open to any suggestions to minimise charges. Many thanks for any reply

I was planning to return to Thailand with the 60 days upon entry, in February. Now I seem to be reading that Somehow I must return to immigration to show TM 30 or tm something after I arrive? They may be making it too challenging …I would appreciate some clarification upon entry please.

I need to open a thai bank account so a local can pay me. Having trouble doing it via Wise for example so I would like to open a bangkok bank or kbank account. Open to any thai bank. I have a signed year lease for a property and can get the resident certificate if needed from either my embassy or from thai immigration

Good evening,

I am currently studying as an exchange student at a university in Thailand and am on a 90 day non-ED visa. Since my visa expires on December 4 and I am studying until December 15, I would actually have to extend my visa for 1900 baht. Could I just leave before December 4th and come back after December 4th with a visa exemption or will I have problems if i do that? I also have to leave the country again for 8 days over Christmas and then come back to Thailand until mid-January and then go home completely. So i would Need 2 more Visa exemptions. Does anyone have any experience of this?

I hope someone that can help please:

I am a UK Passport holder that was issued January 2016 but with residue from previous passport (UK Passport Office allowance as maximum 9 months) so date shown for its expiry is October 2026! know in Europe they have stopped accepting the additional months and apply a strict 6 months remaining on exact 10 years from date of issue!

Question is based on my returning to UK next September (2025) will my passport be accepted to come back in to Thailand, obviously with the appropriate visa in place?

I am not sure who, officially, to ask so hence my question here - I don’t want to change my passport early if it will still be accepted on my re-entry to Thailand.

I hope you can help or steer me, thank you in advance.

Just did my 90 day report on the DTV visa in Phuket, pretty straight forward, in and out after 20min, no cost involved for the reporting.

Documents:

Signed copy of Passport info page

Signed copy Passport last arrival stamp

DTV E-Visa printed (or visa label in passport if you have)

TM30, TM47