Will my ED Visa affect my application process and does the bank statement requirement matter?

Hi Oscar! Happy to share some info based on our experience assisting applicants through our cooking school and visa agent partners:

1) ED Visa: Your current ED visa won’t affect your DTV application. Many of our students either let their ED visa expire first or cancel it before applying — both have worked without issue.

2) Bank Balance: While the guideline mentions a 3-month minimum, we’ve seen successful approvals from certain embassies (like Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam) even with only 1–2 months of THB 500,000+ in the account. Approval also depends on the overall strength of your profile.

3) Not all embassies strictly enforce this. Most of our applicants did not need to translate or notarize documents.

Hope this helps!

ED should not affect application process, just be aware you might get pulled aside on first entry for them to check some thing on the system, should be relatively painless (happened to me). If applying before ED runs out make sure actually you cancel it before you leave, don't just depend on exit =cancellation scenario, school should be able to advise on that. As to the 500k, not all embassys require it to be there for 6 months, check posts here for which don't

I only had the 500k in my account for 1 month and was approved