Why are DTV application fees quoted by agencies in Thailand lower than the embassy fees?

Anonymous participant where did you get these quotes? If they're from ambulance chasers in these groups saying message me DM me and they've only had a Facebook profile for a week then...

@Sophie ****

Writing on phone's often produces that unintentional apostrophe by itself 😉

@Melissa ******

Can you please send me the link

@Rok *******

Issa Compass were 18k including fee and money back guarantee. Those higher priced ones were usually aimed as those with more difficult passports. Highest I saw was 150k

I found getting a DTV to be quite easy. This is what I asked ChatGpt just now.

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“Please put yourself in the role of a Thai immigration official.

I am a US citizen. I want to go to Thailand in the winter for four or five months. I am a landlord and rent out four rooms in my house. Every month, I need to pay the bills and collect the rents online. I would like to get a workcation DTV for Thailand. Please give me a complete list of the documents I would need to submit.”

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This is ChatGpt’s response. I submitted items 1-6 plus

1. a short PDF business plan showing the rent I get from each room

2. The first page of my IRS 1040 income tax form and Schedule E which showed rental income.

They requested the IRS 1040 so I submitted it again.

Then they approved. It was actually quick and simple.

It seems to me that they want to approve as long as you can demonstrate enough money in a checking account and that you are generating income.

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If I were telling you exactly what to upload, I would tell you to assemble this:

1. Passport biodata page

2. Passport-style photo taken within 6 months

3. Completed Thai e-Visa DTV application

4. Proof of current U.S. location/residence

• driver’s license or state ID

5. Bank statements for the last 3 months showing at least 500,000 THB equivalent

6. Business/self-employment proof

• business license, DBA, or other registration if available

• if no formal registration, add strong substitute proof plus explanation

7. Professional portfolio PDF

• describe your rental business and remote duties

8. Proof of rental business activity

• leases

• rent ledger

• recent rent receipts or bank deposits

• property tax/deed records if available

9. Income proof for the last 6 months

• rent roll, bookkeeping summary, bank deposits, Schedule E, tax return excerpts

10. Personal explanation letter

• self-employed landlord, remote online management, no Thai employment

11. Thailand accommodation details

12. Tentative flight itinerary if available

13. Any additional post-specific items required by the embassy/consulate where you apply