What new requirements has the embassy introduced for Soft Power visa applications?

Its the fraud/abuse that is making it difficult for the rest of the new applicants. I would be careful with the soft options and will always seek the staycation business owner route etc. You have alot more scrutiny when you apply for the visa in the financials aspects of it but than you dont have to worry about being registered in school class payments etc. There are no checks for these people that have gotten this visa so you can easily come up with the idea that this is not sustainable at least not with the current rules etc. Expect changes in the future is only a matter of time until they figure this out 🙏

I applied myself online, not an agent. do i still have muay thai gym email them?

We also had this - but was not a problem the school send an email and we got approved

Thank you for sharing this! I believe it's a good implementation to reduce the number of shady agents or applicants looking to abuse the system. In our case only the consulates in Vietnam has requested for this confirmation, hopefully this is implemented across the board.

What embassy is this? consular.hom@....

Vietnam have been doing this for a few months.

When they ask for this they usually ready to approve the application.its just to check the applicant isnt using cloned gym documents

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The embassy can easily verify school details through a phone call, email, or checking the school’s registration. If they find that the school is not eligible for the DTV visa, your application will be rejected without any further questions.

Will they also start questioning some "Soft Power Centers" when receiving hundreds of so called new applicants applying to the same schools, classes for "intensive courses"? 😜

Which embassy is that request from? I got approved Fri 20 June (for soft power Muay Thai) from Hanoi without the gym sending this. My partner is still pending approval and applied same day..

If they do find out DTV issued on false papers they might just cancel thise visa the same way they did with Vol from certain agents.