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What is the status of my DTV Soft Power visa application at the Thai Consulate in Los Angeles?

May 2, 2025
22 days ago
Calvin *********
ORIGINAL POSTER
🚨UPDATE: APPROVED MAY 2nd 2025 - Thai Cooking Soft Power - Los Angeles Thai Consulate

Original Post:

LOS ANGELES THAI CONSULATE:

Applied March 6th. Submitted further documents March 25th. Have not heard back since. It is now April 14th 2025

I applied for the DTV Soft Power on May 6th with all required documents and triple checked all information was submitted correctly word for word.

13 days later (March 25th) I get an email asking to submit a bank statement requiring a MINIMUM of $17,000 USD, with my name clearly printed and it cannot be an investent profile. My name was CLEARLY PRINTED on my bank statement, it is a statement from a SAVINGS/ CHECKING ACCOUNT with my BANK which also has the banks name and address cleary printed on it. I submitted the statement with $15,300 USD AS THE E-VISA WEBSITE and every other resource available online stated the requirement was a minimim of $15,000. I could have submitted the statement with $17,000+ the first time if thats what made clear anywhere but it wasnt.

I resubmitted a new bank statement with $17,500 1 day of recieving that further documents requested email (March 27) and ever since status has been in "Processing Document Check (1) ". I underatand as of now it Songkran in Thailand, but that document was sumbitted way prior to the holiday.

I also submitted the documents for my finacé's DTV SoftPower on April 4th 2025 with all the same required documents except I made sure her bank statement has well over $17,000 USD. We applidd to the same consulate as me. Her status has been "Pending Payment" ever since. Its been 6 business days and no status change.

I'll continue my patience but wrote this out slight confusion & frustration.

WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE THAI CONSULATE LOS ANGELES
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TLDR : Answer Summary
The original post discusses issues faced by an applicant for the DTV Soft Power visa at the Thai Consulate in Los Angeles, highlighting confusion over bank statement requirements and the slow processing times encountered by both the author and their fiancé. Comments provide additional insights on expected processing delays due to additional document requests and possible payment issues for visa applications.
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Vanessa ******
Almost 2 months for the LA embassy smh. Will definitely be avoiding that one when applying.
Mark *******
Alex *****
Hello, can you inform us which Thai cooking class you join in Thailand? We plan to apply DTV by cooking class too. Thank you
John **********
Additional documents adds 5 working days to the processing time. As to your girlfriend it sounds like the payment didn't process for some reason, check it has been taken from the account and if not pay again