Why was my DTV visa application rejected twice without explanation?

What about visa fees. Do you lose 10,000 baht if visa is rejected?

I got rejected one time because the system imported my name from a passport picture incorrectly.

300$ for a letter.

Crazy annoying!

I would suggest Solutions - Koh Samui

They are great!

Your website states:

"How to Escape the Rat Race and Move Abroad to Thailand 🇹🇭"

"Learn how to land a fully remote job and apply for the right visa to work remotely from Thailand."

This implies that you are offering consultation services, either free of charge or for a fee. Conducting such activities without the proper visa and business setup is illegal in Thailand and is considered as taking jobs from locals.

**** Legal Requirements for Offering Consulting Services in Thailand ****

To legally offer consulting services in Thailand, you must meet the following requirements:

1.) Company Registration:

You must establish a company and obtain a Non-B (Business) Visa.

Your company must employ a minimum of four Thai nationals, each earning at least 10,000 THB per month.

2.) Office Space:

You are required to maintain a physical office, even if it is merely for show (e.g., a desk and chairs).

A photograph of you and your staff must be taken at the office and submitted to the Department of Business Development (DBD).

**** DTV (Digital Nomad) Workation Option ****

The DTV (Digital Nomad) Visa is designed for individuals who work remotely for a company or clients outside of Thailand. It allows long-term stays as a tourist, provided that the work conducted is entirely unrelated to Thailand and does not generate any profit from local sources. Essentially, DTV visa holders are treated as long-term tourists rather than business operators.

If it is discovered that you have been offering consulting services without the appropriate visa and company setup, you maybe...

1.) Blacklisting from Thailand

2. ) Current Visa cancellation

3.) Potential legal action with police coming after you if your in Thailand.

(Police used to round up english teachers in the past, who taught english online in Thailand, but their students were in somewhere like China) - As they didn't have the "right to work in thailand visa"

You can obtain a 1-year Non-B Visa through an agent for approximately 100,000 - 60,000 THB.

This visa allows you to legally advertise consulting services in Thailand, whether for a fee or free of charge. Subsequent renewals typically cost about 25-50k annually.

(It Should be about 25k annually)

It’s because you’re applying when you hopped out the country in Vietnam.

I applied when I went back to the UK, all came through in 2 days.

Maybe youve already previously been in Thailand too long on tourist visas

There could be multiple reasons …..

After how long until you get the rejection from the submission?

Learn to read between the lines, you are no longer welcome

Hey guys, do you think writing and stating that you will not be making money from thai people or nor taking jobs away from will suffice?

I also have a photography and editing business...

It’s because your income comes from social media most likely and most people on social media focus on topics on their surroundings.

The deal with the visa is to not do any business with Thailand that you would have to on social media and that’s why they keep rejecting you.

 I mean, what were we gonna do live in Thailand and then leave and Photograph only other countries?

Most likely not

So your income would be derived from Thailand and that’s against the visa

Probably not eligible

Cancelled and rejected are not the same. Your first application was cancelled because the information you supplied was incorrect. The 2nd one was rejected for a reason, how do you plan to offer relocation services without ANY interaction with a Thai entity, or people living inside Thailand?

thanks for your 2nd donation, bud

You are likely red flagged or not eligible

What a painful, frustrating process man. Sorry!

You are competing with local photographers and visa agencies. Also you do all kind of collaborations in Thailand which take away business from Thai so called influencers. This is my take on the reason for rejection.

I think you website and social media posts are the problem. Even if you prove you have income from a job outside Thailand these other things you are doing are not allowed under DTV. This was not a good decision to do workcation

Soft power because they would not have checked you website. Now a risk you could be flagged unsure

Some have applied at another embassy an approved

Maybe Laos

Cambodia now

I guess US Americans will have a hard time getting a DTV visa after some Thai nationals have already been deported from the US even as green card holders. This US policy has not gone unnoticed by the Thai authorities.

hilariously his IG feed has excited post about the 'New DTV Visa', where Mike implore all three of his followers to 'come join me in Thailand'🤣🤣🤣

Maybe they don’t want you …

Have you tried speaking to a Visa Relocation Consultant?

Just become a real digital nomad, there’s a fella who claims to be a professional on koh samui selling courses on how to become one! 🤣🤣

Thought you are a relocation expert 🤣. They most probably looked at your website and decided to reject you.

I think it has been in Vietnam right?

Where did you apply from?

As already pointed out, that makes sense as you are clearly in breach of the DTV requirements

Helping people move to Asia when you are struggling for a visa yourself, ironic.

Use a Visa Agency instead. It's worth the money to avoid that. They know how to deal with it better than us.

Maybe it's because Foreigners are not allowed to participate in photography,

If a freelancer needs to be physically present in Thailand to carry out their work, it can be seen as a job that could potentially be held by a Thai resident, leading to disqualification. Just a thought.

"auto generated" means (normally) kicked out by the automatic pre-check... that means that your personal data are somehow wrong... mostly something is different to your passport. You put the wrong "place of issue" again? Just maybe?