For the people who got rejected using Muay Thai as a soft power, did you already practice and/or compete regularly? Or have gone to Thailand to train previously?

I received my DTV visa approval in December. Now, I'm looking to sign a long-term condo lease. Do I need a copy of my TM-30 when signing a one-year lease for a monthly condo rental? If so, what other documents are required?

i applied for a DTV at the London embassy on 1st December 2025. My flight was originally scheduled for today (31st December 2025). The application has been stuck on "Pending Document Approval" since I applied. I tried emailing and messaging the embassy on facebook, to no avail.

I have since cancelled the flight out to Thailand as I had no choice but to cancel outside of 24 hrs notice.

My question are, what are my options now? I have already submitted my flight and accommodation information as requested - which shows me flying out today (31st December). The embassy have no way of knowing that I've cancelled my flight.

Will they just reject my application and I lose the application fee?

Any help is appreciated. Happy new year.

Hey there,

I uploaded soooo much when I was applying (freelancer), including invoices I sent to my customers every month of this year, bank accounts, recommendation letter from my current project I'm in since January with a stamp and sign and so on and so much more.

Today I got this.

Anyone got an idea, what I can send them?

Because my current company is in vacation, so no chance to get a business registration from them any time soon.

I'd be happy if anybody has an idea.

If it helps, the company is German and I'm German and I'm working for them on a freelancer base. So I send them invoices every month.

The "Gewerbeschein" they have is from the 80s and they don't have Handelsregisterauszug since it's a "Einzelunternehmer"

Hi All, I am currently in Ho Chi Minh looking at apply for my DTV. Looking at the required documents it seems very straight forward. Regarding the employment status, I own my own company. I wanted to ask, would a statement on company letter head confirming my status as director suffice or would it be better to show company registration documents, tax returns, profit and loss statements etc.? Any other suggestions would be appreciated.

Received my DTV Dec 26 in Ha Noi, 5 business days, American Passport

Last night before dinner, I went to a local print shop I have driven by near my Airbnb.

Walked in and Google Translated that I wanted a laminated 4x5 Mini DTV Approval letter, and a printed DTAC arrival. I was able to Apple Airdrop him both the items.

4 minutes later I had my “DTV Passport sized Packet” cost me 20,000 dong.

At dinner I looked for a fast track service. As I just wanted an easy VIP experience and no waiting in super busy immigration lines of the New Year’s Eve rush at Bkk.

Saw a few ranging from 1700-3000+baht.

“My Tour Desk” I found an ad here on Facebook and it was cheaper than most I have seen. So I took a chance. 😜.

Clicked the link, Filled out my basic Info, added my Flight Number and arrival date, and pressed pay.

💵 1700 Baht

10 minutes later I was WhatsApp messaged from My Tour Desk letting me know a “Butler” would meet me at the end of my arrival gate, and could I send a selfie so the butler could recognize me. Easy, Sent

Left Hanoi this morning at 9:30. Arrived Back to BKK at 11:30.

Walked off the plane and up the gangway, I was met at my arrival gate by an awesome energetic Butler. Greeted me and said hello.

I Handed him my Passport Packet. He was mega impressed. 🤣 Said let’s go, follow Me.

We walked to a little bit father gate than the masses and was met by Immigration Guard. He looked at all my stuff briefly, said wow looks great.

He told me to proceed past him and walked around the corner to a private IO booth, with zero people in line, to a bored older IO,

I handed him all my items, I pressed my right hand to the finger print screen. Old guy barely looked upwards towards me.

Stamp Visa, DTV E Visa written in pen. Extra stamp with exit date of June 27th.

He Handed back my passport packet.

Khàawp khun khráp 🙏🏻

I walked around the corner to where I was greeted with my 3rd Butler.

He walked me over to the carousel, waited with me for 20 minutes to get my bag, chatted about life.

Bag finally came off the belt, he snags it and started

Wheeling it away with me in tow. He walked me to Bangkok Air Domestic Departure on the 4th level.

We went over to the Bangkok Air Elite line.

I Handed my passport, cellphone my digital boarding pass to the Agent, she slapped a baggage tag for Samui.

The Butler then walked me over to the Domestic departure Boarding pass area. High Fived Me, at my request and waits until I am past boarding pass Officer Checks.

Pretty seamless and amazing experience for my First DTV arrival stamp of my 5 Years being able to Live in the Kingdom.

i read that requirements differ per embassy, where can i view specifically the requirements of the hague? I have an account and it is only asking me to upload 3 documents for workcations:

* Financial Evidence

* Employment contract or empoyment certificate

* Document indicating current location

Approved DTV (Soft Power – Cooking School) from Kuala Lumpur Thai Embassy🇹🇭

First of all, thank you to everyone in this group for the advice shared, it really helped!!! But I would advise everyone to just apply elsewhere to save you from all the anxiety and stress. Even though I’m Malaysian, I have learned my lesson not to apply from KL again 🤣🤣

KL embassy requested an additional document: an acceptance letter issued by the Thai government. Many suggested reapplying elsewhere or notarising documents, but since most DTV cooking schools are privately owned and cannot issue such letters, I decided to explain the situation instead.

Huge thanks to Cookventure for providing a cover letter explaining they are a private cooking school and emailing the embassy directly, along with my own explanation that this is an industry-wide limitation. If anyone is looking for a cooking school in Chiang Mai, they’re a great option! Thankfully, the embassy accepted this and my visa was approved. My takeaway: if a requirement feels unreasonable, it’s okay to explain logically, politely, and respectfully.

My processing time was longer than usual. Despite advice not to follow up, I did so respectfully when it felt delayed. Email didn’t work, but the embassy’s official Facebook page did (“กงสุลไทย กัวลาลัมเปอร์“) (Not sure if all embassies have their own Fb page tho, might worth checking out!). They replied the next day both times (for document clarification and status update). Just be polite and give them time!

Timeline:

• Applied: 12 Dec

• Additional documents requested: 17 Dec (submitted 18 Dec)

• Follow-up with embassy: 29 Dec

• Pending approval: 30 Dec (morning)

• Approved: 30 Dec (afternoon)

Not sure if following up helped speeding things up or if it was coincidence, but it didn’t hurt 🤣🤣

Lastly, like many people here said, don’t let negative experiences stress you out too much. Even if they’re real, wait until you actually get rejected before panicking (just kidding 🤣). You won’t if you have all the documents they need!

Now I’m back in BKK! And no questions asked from officer as what many ppl here experienced as well. Happy new year everyone! ❤️❤️

Hi everyone,

I entered Thailand on 9 December using my DTV visa. On arrival, I received an entry stamp valid until early June.

My question:

With this visa, can I enter and exit Thailand multiple times without issues, as long as the DTV visa itself is still valid? Or are there known cases where re-entry was questioned or refused?

I’m specifically looking for first-hand experiences (recent, preferably 2024/2025), not assumptions or hearsay.

Thanks in advance.

Hi , does anyone know if immigration will transfer my visa exempt stamp to a non o based on marriage . I know the old rules that I had to get a non O outside the country then have a 1 year extension based on marriage at local immigration in Thailand. But I have read online you can transfer visa exempt stamp to a non o in country but pending on local immigration office. Any clarity would be appreciated.