What should I do after my DTV Soft Power Visa application was rejected in Hanoi?

As a registered 'agency user' (willing to pay premiums), you're now likely getting repeatedly rejected to ultimately drive you to an agency that contributes maximum tea money to the consulate you're using. It's a game of incentives and a competition between agencies, not goodwill.

They also know you're willing to double down because you've invested already, exploiting the gambler's fallacy. Meanwhile the consulate keeps the money, doesn't owe you a reason or explanation (convenient) and probably splits profits under the table with those pretending to act in your best interest.

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Fly in as a tourist with fast track (60 days) and extend in country (+ 30 days). After that you can try to apply for DTV again. Worked for me.

I'd advise you try one last time with a reputable agent offering some serious 'guarantees' of success (or money back). It's definitely worth the few extra thousand baht despite what some here keep saying. Of course, it's another visa fee to pay for, but at least you'll then be absolutely certain you'll have done everything you possibly could to get this DTV.

Sorry to hear that your DTV application was rejected.

The detailed reply from the Muay Thai gym is detailed. It's apparent there's a change... once initially denied for the DTV visa at another Thai Embassy.

Maybe rejected because duration of first entry for DTV is 180 days, but course is 9 months. Some Thai embassy not approve visa if course too short or too long. I believe the best just 6 months course with full proper documents and without previous rejections. Moreover Hanoi in general not high approval rates for soft power DTV, there is more easy DTV workcaction.

Apply from your home country after 5-6 months. And if you have too much entry to country via exemption (more than it should be) it could also lead.

Mate you must be down a fair few thousand baht by now especially with a 9 month course plus two application fees!

Are you in a position to wait 6 months before re applying?

My only assumption is you’ve been marked as rejected in their system for some reason

It should not surprise anyone that no reason for the rejection is given, since it is written very explicit in most Thai Embassy websites.

We are sorry about your rejected visa with our package (we are the one offering the 9-month package).

Right now, the only reason we can think of for your rejection is that in your first attempt, you used an unaccredited Muay Thai gym, which resulted in a rejection and raised a red flag with the embassy staff, even though you did everything correctly the second time.

We have encountered the same issue with people who applied for a workcation visa the first time and were rejected. When they applied with us the second time, they were also rejected — even though 99% of our clients get their visas without any problems.

We assume that the embassy is now reviewing past applicant records when processing DTV applications. People who were rejected the first time are likely to be rejected the second time, even if they do everything correctly.

In your case, we would advise you to wait about 4–6 months and apply again from your home country. You could also consider other accepted routes, such as enrolling in a cooking school.

Are you sure the Embasy in Cambodia did not add a note to your immigration record for some reason? Might be an idea to contact an agent with the contacts to check this.

Details. Which Muay Thai camp, how long was your 500k sitting in the bank, is it a normal personal bank account in your name, how many months bank statement did you provide, were you asked to prove location and how did you prove it, was there any further documents requested? How old are you?

Answer each and every one of those questions in detail.