Should I pay an agent upfront for my DTV visa application in Thailand or handle fees and documents myself?

Educate yourself and do it by yourself is by far the best way.

For DTV agents can’t help you much.

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No need for an agent as the process isn’t that complicated

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All my friends use VisaThailand.com and got dtv, im actually in process to have mine

Suggest you make an account on the thaievisa.go.th website and do a dummy application to familiarize yourself with the steps and requests. Besides the actual soft power documents it's basically name address and phone number questions. The dummy/test application will expire in 14 days without payment. You can start a real application at any time.

The application process itself is very simple. The Thai government has designed the DTV visa process to allow foreigners to apply without needing an agent.

However, for some people, the situation can be different—they may not have time to do all the research or may be unsure which information is factual and which is just rumor.

Additionally, many people get rejected due to simple errors like typos, incorrect birthdates, or even misspelled names.

Having an agent can help you cross-check these mistakes and avoid the risk of losing your embassy fee or delaying your application by another month due to resubmission.

FITFAC also offers a document preparation service. We charge 4,990 Baht (approximately 140 USD).

We accept PayPal, and if your visa is rejected, we will refund all fees paid.

Our staff has processed over 300 applications so far. Feel free to reach out to us at or visit dtvvisathailand.com.

Our price is kept low because we don’t want people to be overcharged for a process they could manage on their own.

Basically if you are in this group and you have time to do research and find all information you need to build up your solid application so you don’t need agent at all.

For me all documents I can prepare by myself but it’s annoying to put into one file with size limit … to be able to upload so I have my assistant to do the rest.

For some people they don’t have enough or solid documents so it’s better to use agent because agents may have “special connection with schools or even banks” so in this case it depends on the agent fee is worth or not.

When you want to immigrate to Thailand, the DTV might not be the right visa for you because it just is a tourist visa.

Dont need agent go to vietnam Hanoi and do it there . Alot faster and you get to see another country. The money the agent is charging you use it for having fun in vietnam. Check my applications it will give you and idea of how things are at the momment in terms of requirements etc. Good Luck🙏

I’m using an agent because I want to do it once and get approved. An experienced agent who has handled many applications should increase the chances of success.

And of course! If my visa is rejected, I expect a refund.

What matters to me is how professionally they handle the process. I don’t mind paying more it saves time and offers peace of mind.

As for your question about paying upfront: I think it’s reasonable. But if you're not comfortable, you could ask about a partial payment. Just my opinion.

Anyway you also can submit for yourself. and will no need to worried about it. Hope you will get approved 👍

You don't need an agent. Embassies are now more likely to deny with agent. The process is not difficult if you are getting the soft power documents that's the difficult but. Save yourself some money do it yourself. Search in the search box here it's all explained

Honestly it just depends on how much the service is. If you feel uncomfortable, you just voice it. Every agent is going to have a different process. You just need to make sure that the Soft Power documents are legitimate and that you are happy with the school you will be applying with. I would focus on that part the most.