After my separation we also lost our visa for Thailand by end of June 😞

I applied for a Worcation Visa at the Munich Consulate. Sent them all requested documents (some of them just in German). After 10 days they requested a "professional portfolio". I sent my portfolio via the platform and within 3 hours my visa was approved.

Immediately I applied with my approved visa the child visa for my 16 yr old daughter. I could not deliver a 500.000 Baht (15.000 Euro) bank account statement, because she is not 18 years old. I sent instead a sponsor letter, that I will be in charge for all costs etc.

7 days later her visa also was approved.

A big Thank you to the Munich Consulate. The did NOT just rejected like obviously other Consulats. They asked for further documents. I delivered and they approved immediately.

Also during Covid I just had outstanding experiences with the Munich Consulate. Thanks again to them! 🙏

Anyone apply using the Discover Thai Nature seminars in the US lately? Specifically the Los Angeles embassy?

Hey anyone ! I’m a freelancer looking into the DTV visa – wondering if anyone’s done it via an agency or on your own? Also curious if anyone here applied in Laos? Any tips would be awesome. Thanks heaps! 😊

Hello, French citizen, UAE resident who applied for DTV Thailand as remote worker. I have the sufficient fund in my French account and provided statement but the authorities came back with the following requirement : “Please upload your personal Bank Statement in UAE with a minimum amount no less than THB 500,000 within the last 3 months and ensure it is updated until July 2025.” What are my options as sending the fund to UAE would still not meet the requirement of 3 months.

I thought that the funds were linked to the individual not the country of application.

Anyone have experiencing canceling their ED visa (not extended- after 2/3 months) and applying for DTV after?

Context: I want to leave Thailand for a few weeks to see family but am worried about having trouble upon re entry it I stay on ED.

Hey hi thanks for adding me..

I’m currently in the Uk filling in my DTV application.

I’m self employed digital designer.

Does anyone have template or examples of the section

Employment contract or employment certificate in there country or professional portfolio

Section as self employed person ??

Many thanks

Somebody suggested I make a separate post out of this, thanks again for the answers in the other one. So how to avoid being rejected like many others have been, apparently, because of wrong name entry?

Caveat in my case; I happen to have a PhD and there are some funny countries like the one I'm from where this can be put into the passport.

At first I thought it was a good idea, and probably helps at some border checkpoints. However, it is much more trouble than it is worth, esp with regards to air travel, I'll spare you the details. So pictured below are the relevant excerpts name, plus the MRZ. However, the MRZ appears to be somewhat random, also shown the MRZ of my last passport where it is the other way around. Any tips welcome. Thank you.

DTV Approved at HCM Vietnam

via Issa Compass under Soft Power @ Arun Thai Cooking School, Bangkok.

I would like to thank the School and the Agency for their highly efficient coordination and solid reliability. And a big thanks to the wonderful people of this community whose posts helped me make up my mind on how to do this, and kept me informed on what is to be expected.

I had previously held Non-IB visa for ~1yr, and two visa-exempt entries + 2 extensions. One of those was a border bounce. Also have a Thai bank account and condo rental for 1 year from my time working for a Thai company previously under the non-IB.

Timeline of the process (8 Working Days since application) -

Reached Da Nang 5th July

Document Setup 7th July

Applied 8th July to HCM

* Thai Bank Account 6-month statement with balance maintained > 500k THB, significant activity.

* Condo Rental Agreement

* Cooking school papers provided by Arun Thai School, Bangkok

* All Passport Stamps for Thailand

* Passport Bio Page

* Da Nang entry stamp

* Hotel Booking in Da Nang (Agoda)

Document Request 9th July

* All pages of passport including blanks - For this I took photograph side-by-side with my phone showing Vietnamese phone service and current date & time as proof. Additionally I took a photo of myself holding my passport bio page open in front of the hotel's signboard - after reading in the community that someone else did the same.

* Means to sustain yourself during stay - I read that you could resubmit the same 500k account statement for this, but I chose to include my bank account from my home country which also had 500k+ THB equivalent. However I did not share 6-months statement for this bank, only the last statement showing balance. Both bank accounts are in my name, and are savings accounts.

Pending Approval 10th July.

Approved on 17th July.

Questions are welcome :)

Hi everyone, can anyone help me. So I applied for a DTV visa over a month ago in the US they ended up needing more info and I thought I wasn’t going to qualify in time so was just waiting to get denied. I came to Thailand on a visa exempt for my passport and then was going to get a different visa under my son’s school because he is going to school here. However I just found out I got approved but I’m in the country now, what do I do??

Can I go to Thailand from UK without a visa, as we are exempt, for 60 days, then apply in Thailand for a non O visa for 90 days, when that ends apply for non O visa for retirement, if I've opened a Thai bank account and deposited 800,000 bhat? Or when I go from the exempt 60 days to a non o visa, do I have to deposit the money then and state retirement? Just wondering which will give me the longest time to open Thai bank account, find somewhere to live for 12 months, find our way around.