My retirement visa is due 12 month renewal. Can I renew this at phetchabun or do I need to return to Chiangmai where it was originally issued.

Hello everyone,

I wanted to share my recent experience regarding the DTV visa application. I submitted my visa application on December 9th and received my approved visa on December 12th! 🥳

The process was very simple and efficient. The documents required are quite straightforward:

- Employment contract

- Proof of my work through emails or client references

- Thai bank statement for the last 6 months with a balance of over 500,000 THB

A big thank you to the Thai Embassy in Vientiane for their excellent service. I highly recommend going through them if you need a DTV visa.

Good luck to everyone with your applications!

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Has this ever happened to anyone? I don’t know how to move forward from here, there’s no way to contact them, they have nothing on their website, no email, chat, and their phone number is not working - I paid the $500 so it’s frustrating to be stuck like this. Is there anyone I can contact?

I’m very confused, I don’t know even know what it means that the country didn’t match the passport - Im a US citizen with a US passport, so I’m confused what didn’t match.

EDIT: I applied online in Indonesia, my passport is USA, never went to an embassy.

Thank you 🙏

Approved🙏 online E-visa DTV soft power/Muay Thai, with an ongoing membership at a Muay Thai gym that I already had since last year.

- 5th December 10pm submitted

-9th requested more things (my e fligh ticket, and 3 different documents from my Muay Thai gym)

-10th sent them

-12th December 10pm accepted

Was surprised when it got improved at that time since it’s 5am in Thailand at that time.

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I want to convert to retirement visa but I read that you have to have money in a Thai bank for 3 months first but I also read you cannot do this if here as a tourist.

Is anyone able to advise the best way to get this done? Pay for visa agency or is it possible to do myself? Do I have to be out of the country to arrange? I am able to transfer 800,000 thb into a Thai bank account if I can open one.

I'm sure this question has been asked many times before but it's all very confusing when trying to arrange for the first time.

Any help would be appreciated 😀

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