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.

Edit: Thanks for all the answers in here. Questions answered and good tips given.

If I was to transfer 65.000 monthly to my Thai bank. Are there any requirements about how long it must stay in account? I assume you can use this money as normal. I want to use this to get my retirement visa in the long run. I'm not planing on staying more then max 6 months and not interested in moving permanently to Thailand. But tourist visa is to much problems around now if using it 2 times pr year.

Point was, some of the 65k I need to use in home country as well for monthly expenses. Only interested in feedback regarding the 65k must stay in account..

For the retirement visa, for a married couple, do both have to be 50 or over? Or can one be 50 and the other 45?

TIA

I am planner at Hanoi apply , may I ask the fight ticket need buy only way or round trip..? If round trip , how many day ?

Should I upload my TM30 from landlord for 1 yr, as proof of accomodation (I know I don't need to for DTV visa, but just for making the application more strong)?