What are the considerations when applying for a DTV visa in Thailand while planning to use Thai cooking as the basis?

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Dear all, I’ve read through many posts about Vietnam (my choice is HCMC) and general info, I still have a few questions as I prepare my application.

I’ve lived and worked in Thailand for several years at a large company - my funds (several mb) sit in a Thai bank account.

I’m looking to apply for a DTV for my family:
1. Is it OK to have the funds in a Thai bank account? I have prepared documents showing payslips and details of my severance package. (I’m told this shows the income is legal, stable and mine (not borrowed))

2. I will use SOFT POWER Thai cooking for my application and list myself as unemployed. I have written that I am taking a career break. Will this flag any questions? I plan to use House of Taste.

3. I have a property in Bangkok which is our place of residence - in the application I put “Own Property” as proposed place of residence when in Thailand. I’m unsure whether this strengthens or makes my application questionable? Should I just list Private Property?
I have put an address in my home country as my permanent address and the hotel I plan to stay in HCMC as my current location. Is this correct, even if I have lived in Thailand for a very long time, I’m told best not to use that address as my permanent address.

4. IF ASKED what I plan to do after the course ends, my actual plan is to legally start a business in SEA with a Thai office and/or potentially apply for the LTR (so DTV is more a bridging visa to ensure family stability while I handle the other components). Can I be honest here? I’m not sure how to respond for the purpose of getting the DTV?

5. Dependants - I have an infant and have been advised to group the baby on my application; however for my spouse and other children, to wait till I am approved. Has anyone had an experience here that they can share? I was hoping to add my other children on my application too and process spouse separately? Not sure if anyone has any feedback on this?

Thanks in advance for any inputs.

Ask Thailand · Answer

The user, preparing to apply for a DTV visa to reside in Thailand with their family, poses several questions regarding financial documentation, the legitimacy of their application, and the implications of their long-term plans. Key points include the acceptance of funds in a Thai bank account, the decision to apply for dependents, and concerns about being truthful about future business intentions in Thailand. Comments from community members offer guidance on application strategies, the nature of the DTV visa versus typical tourist visas, and personal experiences related to similar applications. The overall discourse highlights the complexities of immigration requirements and user-specific scenarios.

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Kool ******* · Answer

To bring all this pressure off you that you created, your wife gets her dtv first taking cooking classes. After she gets her dtv, then she adds you as spouse. That takes all the pressure off you. Then she adds the kids as dependents. That would work very nicely, and fit your plans. If you did get any kind of working arrangements inside Thailand, then it would only affect your spouse dtv status, and not everyone else if it was your first dtv everyone else's was tied to. Just saying. They are all keeping their dtvs no matter what you personally do, with no extra paperwork. You could always come back on a spouse dtv with no problem if things didn't work out business wise. Also, and not to be sexist, but the initial application could have more weight if the wife, and not the husband, was signing up to take Thai cooking classes? Thailand is very conservative in that respect.

DTV_Be******* · Answer

You apply for each individual separately. Csnt apply for your dependents until you have your DTV

Robert ******* · Answer

1. Yes, any bank will do with minimum 500.000 thb per application

2. The whole family stops working for nearly 6 years and living of the severance package. Yep, sounds easy to do.

3. You have property in Bangkok, you live and reside in Bangkok, so it make no sense to make up an addres in another country

4. There are 3 purposes, choose the one which fits, cooking a few days to avoid your intentions to set up a new company does not sound legit,

5. a Visa is personal, you can NOT add family members, children or friends.

At the end of each application you sign all answers are true and correct,

I love cooking to avoid workcation, I live in xxx country to avoid using Bangkok might seem true and corect to you or anonymous participants, but how does the Embassy and later Immigration think about it.

What are the considerations when applying for a DTV visa in Thailand while planning to use Thai cooking as the basis?

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