I (m) and my two teenage kids want to stay long-term in Thailand. I’m employed by a european company and work remotely. We had been in Thailand for over two years on education and guardian visas, but since my kids stopped going to school this term, we needed another solution.
In July/August 2025, I applied for the DTV visa in Vientiane, Laos - and got approved. I’m sharing our process here in the hope it might help someone going through the same.
* Day 1: Created an account on the DTV online platform and prepared my own visa application.
* Day 3: Flew to Vientiane on a Friday, added missing information (proof of location), submitted the form.
* Day 6: Monday, paid the 10'000 THB fee in person at the embassy (cannot be paid online in Laos). Bring the printout with the QR code - it will be stamped.
* Day 9: Received email for an in-person interview in two weeks. They said to bring all original documents and that they would review online banking. (Note: everyone applying for a DTV visa is interviewed according to an information at the embassy.)
* Day 23: Attended the interview. Basic questions about my job, then I had to log in to my online bank to show recent salary payments and my WISE account. My Bangkok Bank account was not of interest.
* Day 23: Got email with approval notice and visa (PDF).
* Day 24: Flew to Bangkok to activate my visa. Prepared dependent visas for my kids.
* Day 25: Returned to Vientiane with my kids and submitted their applications (dependend DTV visa).
* Day 26: Paid 10,000 THB each. One visa approved by noon; the other was canceled because I had selected the wrong country in one of the form field.
* Day 26: Resubmitted the canceled application.
* Day 27: Paid the fee again. Embassy requested an English version of the birth certificate (it was already multilingual). I re-uploaded the same document but highlighted the English labels.
* Day 28: Visa approved.
* Day 29: Flew to Bangkok, showed the visa at immigration, and got the passport stamp.
TLDR : Answer Summary
The post outlines a detailed personal experience of applying for a Digital Work Visa (DTV) for long-term residency in Thailand. The user shares their step-by-step process from creating an account and applying in Vientiane, Laos, to receiving approvals for themselves and their two teenage children. Key stages include documenting financial proof, attending an in-person interview, and submitting dependent visa applications, along with important tips on visa activation and necessary documentation.
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