Are there additional income requirements for the DTV visa beyond the 500,000 THB bank balance?

@Frank-Steven **********

Take part in courses does not mean that in between periods of training you cannot do a job in another country.

There is no rule that you do the course 12 months a year during 5 years.

And income not comes always from work, there are other ways.

I know German people always want a strict rule for everything, but for some things it is just better to have general rules and let human beings fill in.

You will find especially concerning visa rules there is a lot of freedom in all countries.

A minimum set of rules is in law, the rest has to be done at descretion of people.

Visa processing is just not exact science.

@Luit ****************

I know you like to argue things. You and the Thai way of bureaucracy go along exceptionally well. ;-) It is long overdue that Thailand adopts a stricter rule of law, in which officials act based on written law and regulations, instead of making things up on the go / interpreting things individually. It is highly annoying that whatever Thai bureaucracy you deal with, you visit two different offices or ask two different officers of the very same organization, you get vastly different information or requirements. This is true for driving licenses (DLT), immigration, revenue department – or you name it. It is a big flaw in the Thai way to give so much leeway to individual officers / little sheriffs. Not only is it inconvenient and leading to inconsistencies, it also is what enable the omnipresent corruption and hinders the fight against it. Bottom line: If the legal text pertaining to the DTV does not require any minimum income / financial funds beyond 500k THB in savings, there should not be any requirements by only a handful / individual embassies beyond that. If they want things to tighten up, they should change /amend the underlying legal texts, so that people have a clear understanding of requirements. It does not even make sense to ask for regular income in most cases. Like the soft power DTV is explicitly for taking part in courses / not working. So one would assume that living off of savings is the go-to solution here.

@Frank-Steven **********

The requirement for sufficient funds for living is for all tourist visa, so no need to specify again for DTV, the 500k is just extra for DTV, it is just menat for emergency situations because that risk is higher with a longer stay.

It is perfectly normal that an embassy asks for extra documents, it is mentioned on the official evisa site "the Royal Thai Embassy or Consulate-General may request for an interview or additional documents".