What has been your experience with applying for a DTV visa at a Thai consulate?

Thanks for sharing your experience Roman! It’s very helpful, especially for applicants going through non-standard financial setups liked fixed deposit accounts.

From what we’ve seen helping over 100+ DTV applicants (including many business owners), it’s quite common for embassies to request a clear 3-month continuous statement showing the required THB 500,000 balance. Even if the money is moved around for interest purposes, they usually want to see that the funds are consistently available and traceable.

Cover letters explaining deposit activity (as both you and Frederick mentioned) will normally clear things up with the embassies.

It is you who have to adapt to the requirements of the Embassy, not the other way around.

So put the money in a account where they are readily avaiable, for the period the Embassy prescribes, or don’t bother about applying, or find another visa where YOU can live up to the requirements.

Australian citizen applying to the Australian consulate... DTV approved in 4 days. I too am a company owner and with my cover letter explained that I do not keep funds sitting in a low interest bearing savings account but rather have spread through a range of shares etc. I did sell enough shares to satisfy the minimum cash amount in the bank and put the cash into an account, but only a few weeks before applying showing and explaining where it came from which is evident I have held in excess of the minimum amount for a few years now.

The strangest thing I got asked? Was to provide an employment certificate or employment contract. I started, own and run my own company but I know they need something to put a rubber stamp on so I simply went online to a free certificate template website and made my own employment certificate stating 'my name ' is employed general manager and director of my business name, signed by... My name. It was approved that afternoon 😊