What are the steps and requirements for obtaining a DTV visa for Muay Thai in Indonesia?

DTV APPROVED - Jakarta (Muay Thai)

DTV APPROVED - JAKARTA (MUAY THAI) UPDATED + DEPENDANT VISA.

I've already posted the following, but now we also have my partner approved as a dependant, so updated the info below with more details to perhaps help some others that are planning to apply.

Visa type: DTV – Soft Power (Muay Thai) (Main applicant)

Nationality: Netherlands

Age: 28

Embassy: Jakarta

Applied: 11 December

Additional documents requested: 26 December (passport photos only)

Uploaded the same day, status moved straight to pending approval

Approved: 04 January 2026

Details:

Employment status: unemployed

Funds: more than 4x the minimum required balance in my bank account

No cover letter or extra explanations submitted, only the required documents in the application

Documents uploaded:

Bank statement with opening balance, closing balance, and income highlighted

Muay Thai gym documents merged into one PDF (used ilovepdf.com):

Invitation letter

Gym business license

Owner’s ID copy

Also, for place of issue for my passport, in my specific case I just put exactly as written in my passport: ' Burg. van Amsterdam', however, for my wifes dependant application, since she is a Spanish passport holder, and for the place of issue it states a very long weird 'code' with letters and numbers mixed, we just put ' SPAIN', and she was approved without any notes regarding this.

Dependant visa for my wife:

Applied January 9, additional docs requested on the 24th of January: New clearer passport photo, all pages of the passport + our marriage certificate translated by a certified translator.

We just took a new photo on an iphone with a white background, took all pics of the passport, and for the marriage certificate, it was already an international marriage certificate, with multiple languages including English, my guess is they didnt notice. So instead of having it translated, I just reuploaded the same, highlighted the English parts, and wrote a small cover letter explaining this, and to have it translated would probably take another week or more.

Uploaded all of these within 3 hours after receiving the doc request.

January 26 the status moved to pending approval and today 28 it got approved without any further questions/notes.

Also, I wrote a sponsor letter with chatgpt stating I will cover all expenses etc as my wife does not officially 'work' either. Along with that I uploaded 6 months of my own bank statements with my name on it.

Overall the process was smooth and straightforward. Just took a bit longer than I hoped, but yeah the holiday season.

Hope this helps!