Can anyone advise whether to use agency or by myself? I have ED visa staying in Thailand and thought to apply for DTV visa for digital nomad. I'm not sure what document I need and when I apply for it, should cancel ED visa? Is that going to be risky if I dont DTV visa?

Can you guys also recommend easy embassy that will approve DTV visa easily?

I'm thinking of applying through embassy in Vietnam? Could anyone advise step by step?

Does the supporting ducoments can stay on pdf format oh need to be all in jpg as the biodata page and photograph?

If I land in ho chi Minh I must to do the request there oh can I travel to hanoi do it over there?

Just got my DTV Workcation application approved!! 😆

(UK citizen - Jakarta Embassy)

Approved in 5 days

Here is a full detailed breakdown of my application.

I may have gone a little overboard but I didn't want to take any chances so you may not need to upload to this extent but I wanted to have every base covered

Documents Uploaded

Current Location PDF

* Cover page - explaining what is in this PDF broken into sections 1 and 2

* Section 1 - Cover letter. Explaining why I want to come to Thailand and agreeing to stay compliant with all of the visa rules

* Section 2 - Proof of current location. On seperate pages; my passport biodata page, picture of me on white background (took on phone and used canva to resize to a passport photo size), evidence of entry (I went through the e-Gates and didnt get a stamp so i gave picture of boarding pass, e-Visa, short stay permit), selfie of me standing outside my apartment building holding my passport next to a sign with the building name and finally an Airbnb booking confimtion

Then the next document was my Financials PDF

* Cover page - explaining the 2 sections of this PDF again with short bullet points of what's inside each section

* Section 1 - Proof of 500,000THB. For this, I showed bank statements going back to April. With Starling bank I used a date range rather than giving 4 individual monthly statements it was just one long one with an ending balance over the amount needed

* Section 2 - Proof of income. My wages are paid into a different bank account so i sent 4 months of individual Barclays statements highlighting (using chrome when you open PDF) all of the deposits from my employer in UK

The final document was my employment PDF,

* Cover page of what is in the PDF split into 2 sections

* Section 1 - Proof of employment. On separate pages I had; a signed letter from my employer on company letterhead stating I could work remotely (used ChatGPT to write it), a company registration certificate from Companies House gov website, my signed employee contract, 4 months' worth of payslips downloaded and merged together

* Section 2 - Portfolio of Work. I just made a simple document showing my workflow of what I usually do on a normal day step by step so they could see the process and I supplied screenshots for each step so it was super clear

I applied Wed 20th Aug and I received my approval email Mon 25th Aug.

Notes/Tips:

1. I only transferred the 500,000THB in GBP on 07/08/25, and it had been sitting there for 13 days

2. I only work 1 day a week remotely, so my income is very minimal

3. I read through all of the posts in this group and saw what most people was getting rejected for/requesting more docs for in Jakarta and made a list to make sure I included everything.

Everyone's posts in this group chat really helped me when I was applying so I hope this can help someone else too!

Questions for next steps

* Do I need to do anything else before I arrive other than print my visa in A5?

* How do I know which office to report to every 90 days? Do I get to choose what city it is in or is it selected for me?

* Is there any further documents i need to supply besides my visa & passport when i arrive in Thailand?

Now get me back to the land of smiles 🥳🥳🥳

I put a place holder date for when I want to travel to Thailand when filling out my DTV. Will I have to go during the date I provided or can I change the dates to different days?

Hi everyone

Quick question

I’m going to Hanoi to hopefully get the DTV visa

Does the visa become active as soon as it’s accepted in Hanoi or the first time I enter Thailand?

Was thinking about doing a bit of Vietnam travelling while I’m already there that’s all

Thanks in advance

Hi all,

I have DTV and one question.

Do Check-in counter and officer ask for return ticket?

Thanks 😊

I've searched in this group about requirements for a 1 year extension on my Non-Immigrant O "Retirement" Visa but could not find.

It's about proof of address, is my initial TM30 receipt enough to bring copies of?

That TM30 landlord submit at Immigration Office within 24 hours every time I'm at girlfriends rented apartment in Saraburi when coming in from abroad.

Thanks.

VISA ADVICE

Hi everyone,

Knowing your expertise, I’d really appreciate your advice on my situation, best practices, and any feedback you can share.

I want to apply for a DTV Workation Visa.

I’m Spanish and I own a US LLC (Solo owner) where I build sales systems for coaching/courses businesses on social media , operrating only on the Spain market.

Here’s my financial setup:

* I don’t pay myself a salary. No payslips.

* I mainly use the LLC account for bigger expenses (rent, big bills, etc.) and only transfer small amounts occasionally to my personal account for daily expenses.

* Currently, the LLC account has around €4.5k liquid cash available And regular transfers and payments from clients.

* In my personal account, I just added THB 560,000 as proof of funds, i have regular daily expenses there that i can show in my statement for 6 months.

* The LLC receives €4–7k monthly, all of which I can prove with invoices issued to clients.

* At the end of each month, the LLC balance is usually around €1–2k because I reinvest most of the income.

* I am the sole owner of the US LLC, but I’m Spanish.

👉 Do you have any recommendations to increase the chances of approval? For the financial side i plan to show my personal account with the ending balance of 560k THB + My Biz account with regular transactions and income + Client bills proof.

👉 For those who submit client contracts, do you also translate them? If so, how?

👉 I won’t apply in Spain as have slow bureaucracy, but in Asia (Jakarta / Manila / …).

Thanks in advance for any input 🙏

Does anyone have experience cancelling their work permit and non-b visa before leaving Thailand to apply for DTV? Just wondering the process and timing of the steps. Thanks!

Hi! I'm a little confused about the home address field: I live in Italy but I'm currently in Mexico and will apply from here. I see the first field gets already populated with Mexico. Then when I say "no" to the question "Is your permanent address the same as your current?" it opens another field but it says again home address. So is the first field the permanent or the current? I would say the first is permanent but it was automatically "Mexico". Anyone can clarify? Thanks