Hello 🙏. I am looking to apply for a DTV visa in Laos as I heard it was a fast process (around a week)

I am currently talking to a gym in North Phuket about getting a letter of acceptance for a 6 month course that I can present to the embassy along with my bank account funds.

The gym is fully certified as a professional Muay Thai Camp. There is a plaque outside stating their certification by the Office of Boxing Sport Board , Sports Authority of Thailand Ministry of Tourism and Sports.

My question is do I just need to get the letter of acceptance written by the gym (1 day) or do I have to wait for the Boxing office in Thailand to approve me first before applying in Loas. I think the gym owner doesn’t fully understand the process about this letter and keeps trying to refer me to his agent.

From my research I understood he can write the letter and I can immediately go to Loas and be approved quickly. Am I correct ? Thanks 🙏

How to make DTV visa to a smaller passport size so I can print and laminate bit please?

Is it compressed or something different.

Hello!

I want to make DTV visa for me and my partner (we are not married yet, but we are together for loooong time).

We plan to apply separately, but add cover letter about our situation.

I need help about money statement in that case.

Do we need to have 500k for my statement and 500k for partner statement? Or my statement + sponsor letter would be enough?

What to do if she cannot show money for 6-month period, only 2-6 weeks before applying?

Please, anybody who was in that situation, help

Thanks in advance

Hello, I am exploring the idea of getting the DTV visa via Muay Thai training. Looking for gyms in Bangkok, since that is where I plan on living. Anyone have any experience that they can share pros and cons? Any recommendations on legit approved gyms that work with DTV visa applications?

Hello, re bank statements. I'm applying for DTV in Hanoi. I am seeing that they are requiring 6 months of bank statements, correct? Does every statement have to show over 500,000 baht ($15,000)? Because my last two months do indeed, thankfully, but money was dipping low over the summer.

Second Entry on Workcation DTV - Late 90 day report

Plan to re-enter at BKK.

Would be grateful if anyone in the same situation could share their experience.

Toxic people please don't comment. Thank you.

Hey everyone,

I’m flying to Hanoi next week to apply for the Destination Thailand Visa (DTV) – workation route.

Here’s my situation with the bank statement (the famous 500k THB for 3+ months rule):

• I run a fully online e-commerce business registered in my home country.

• I am the sole owner and only person with access/signatory.

• The company bank account is under my full legal name + “Company Ltd” (or LLC, whatever the equivalent is) at the end.

• This account has had well above 500k THB (actually way more) sitting there for over 3 months, and the turnover in the last 6–8 months is in the multiple millions of baht (lots of incoming and outgoing payments from platforms, suppliers, ads, etc.).

• I use this company account for pretty much everything tax-wise: rent, internet, food, transportation, travel – all legally declared as business expenses in my country because the business is 100% online/location-independent.

I do have a personal account, but it has basically zero history and almost no money in it right now.

My question to people who already went through the DTV process (especially in Hanoi or other “strict” embassies):

1. Have you successfully used a company bank account that has your personal name + “Ltd/LLC/Co. Ltd” at the end? Did they accept it without any drama?

2. Or would you play it safe and transfer the money to a clean personal account now (even if that personal account will only have the money + transfer for a couple of weeks before I print the statement)?

I know some people say “only personal account” but I’ve also seen recent reports of company accounts being accepted as long as your name is clearly on it and you can prove you’re the sole owner.

What would you do in my shoes? Leave it in the very solid company account (tons of history, huge turnover, balance never dropped below the requirement) or rush a transfer to personal and lose most of the transaction history?

Appreciate any recent experiences – especially Hanoi consulate!

Thanks

if the stamp in your passport says:

admitted until xxx

does that mean, you can stay in Thailand until xxx 23:59 or does it mean: leave before xxx?

A friend of mine was charged by Immigration with overstay 500 THB for one day.

Hi everyone! 👋

I’m currently on DTV in Bangkok and looking for the best Thai language school to start studying. I’ve narrowed my search down to two options:

📌 The Knowledge BKK

📌 ALA Language School

If anyone has personal feedback, experiences, or is currently attending classes at either of these schools, I’d really appreciate hearing your thoughts!

Also, if you have other Thai school recommendations that you’ve had a good experience with, please feel free to share those as well.

Thanks so much in advance! 🙏🇹🇭

Thailand Work Visa to DTV Experience?

I was just curious if anyone has had any experience where they were working in Thailand through a work visa, and wanted to shift to freelancing for foreign clients while still staying in Thailand.

DTV (workation) seems like the way to go in this case but I'm wondering if they're looking for an existing history of freelance already in order to grant DTV in this case.

If my last freelance gig was from 5 years ago, is this still good enough? Or would it be better for me to return home first and get freelance gigs and then try to apply after a more recent history of freelance. Thanks for your opinions everyone :D