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What are the requirements and process for obtaining a Thai visa in Vientiane with a focus on soft power activities?

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Approved 9 days after paid in Vientiane. No additional docs required. No cover letter. No exit flight or Thai accomodation. They wanted updated bank statement but I would have had to wait, so I showed ATM receipt with balance in photo with passport and debit card with numbers covered, held them in selfie photo, made all into one page pdf. They accepted that.

Soft power activity with official institution letter and receipt. No interview, no questions of employment or anything. Also, bank statements were only summary pages (first and last), did not show every transaction. This helped make the file size smaller. Also, placed 4-photos/page to save memory.

Thank you group for suggestions and polite encouragement, you can do it! It’s almost there! “Pending approval,” is the light at the end of the tunnel. It was one day after pending approval that I received email with visa attached.

The trolls who laugh at people on here have little weenies, they can’t get a girlfriend in their home country so they come here. But nobody likes them here either 5555
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A user shares their experience getting a visa in Vientiane, Laos, highlighting that approval occurred 9 days after payment without needing additional documents like cover letters, exit flights, or Thai accommodations. They provided an ATM receipt showing their balance instead of a full bank statement, which was accepted. The user received encouragement from the community and noted that no interview was required. Several comments discuss the possibility of changing policies regarding interviews, the necessity of detailed bank statements for remote working visas, and a mention of Muay Thai courses.
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Alexander **********
Alexander **********
so the only financial proof you uploaded was that atm receipt?
GenuinePin**********
GenuinePin**********
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@Alexander *********
No, I submitted 3-months statements summary pages, not all transactions. They wanted to see a more recent statement in addition but the new one was not available for another week. So rather than wait another week, I submitted ATM proof and they accepted based on that.

One commenter below says that if you’re performing a Workcation or Freelancer DTV you’ll need the full bank statements.
Anonymous ******************
Anonymous ******************
Statements with all transactions will be needed for remote working DTV visas to show you have incoming balance from your job.

For soft power activities, if you show actual balance of over 500,000 baht for at least 3 months - it's ok.
Alexander **********
Alexander **********
Anonymous participant 239 Ok I'm remote worker and they will see my pay coming every 2 weeks on my statements but the 500k ending balance would only be for the most recent month. Is that fine?
Anonymous ******************
Anonymous ******************
@Alexander *********
no. You also need 500,000 for 3 months
De *****
De *****
Interesting, I was under the impression Laos had a mandatory interview, apparently this policy has changed?
Andi ***********
Andi ***********
@De ****
Recently they have approved without interview.
GenuinePin**********
GenuinePin**********
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@De ****
I’m not sure, their website does not say mandatory interview. Perhaps other DTV types are asked more questions and have to show more documents and artifacts. However, DTV via soft-power activity is very easy to achieve, as I have found it to be.

Will it change in the future? I dunno, I think this visa type makes a wise investment for them. I think they will maintain DTV as an option.
Anonymous ******************
Anonymous ******************
How many months of Muay Thai course u registered?
GenuinePin**********
GenuinePin**********
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Anonymous participant 582 What is Muay Thai?
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