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

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Jun 17, 2025

10 months ago

Roman ************

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Hello everyone,

Just wanted to share my DTV visa experience with the Thai Consulate in Dubai.

I applied as a company owner and submitted:

 • Trade License

 • Share Registration Agreement

 • No Objection Certificate (NOC)

 • Bank statement

I don’t keep funds sitting in one account for 3 months. Instead, I open monthly fixed deposits — every month I transfer money from my personal account into savings to earn interest. It’s clearly visible in the statements that funds always come from my personal account to deposits and return back after each term.

At first, I submitted 4 separate statements for March, April, May, and June, showing I always had over 500,000 THB.

However, the consulate requested one 3-month statement showing the required amount.

Today I provided the 3-month statement along with a cover letter explaining my deposit structure.

Just wondering — has anyone else faced a similar situation with DTV applications?

Would appreciate any insights

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TLDR : Answer Summary

A user shared their experience applying for a DTV visa as a business owner at the Thai Consulate in Dubai, detailing the requirements they submitted, including financial documentation and a cover letter to clarify their banking practices. They experienced a request for a consolidated 3-month bank statement instead of multiple separate ones. Comments included similar anecdotes from others, mentioning the necessity to adapt to consulate requirements and the importance of providing clear financial documentation.

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Arun ***************

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.

10 months ago

Roman ************

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@Arun **************

many thanks for your response! I’ll update my post once I hear back from them.

10 months ago

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Roman ************

Henrik *****

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.

10 months ago

Frederick ********

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 😊

10 months ago

Roman ************

ORIGINAL POSTER

Thanks for sharing your experience!

I hope they won’t just reject my application because I obviously have enough liquid funds. Hopefully, they will request something similar instead.

10 months ago

Guillermo *********

@Roman ***********

bank statements from business highliting the deposits and last 6 month of paystubs from my business bank account to my

Personal bank account

10 months ago

Roman ************

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@Guillermo ********

Thanks so much for the detailed info and for sharing your documents 🙏 That’s really helpful.

10 months ago

Guillermo *********

@Roman ***********

you got it my friend hope you get it 🙏

10 months ago

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Guillermo *********

@Roman ***********

funds must me liquid to satisfy the financial requirement of 500k thai at most embassies . I dont know about dubai thought but i will tell them as the other gentlemen did about how your financials fit into what they are looking for. In my case i did a letter of recomendation to the embassy as well as highlited the payment my business did to my personal account. All they want is to verify you can sustain yourself in thailand. Attaching both hope you get the visa 🙏

10 months ago

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Guillermo *********

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