Heading to Taipei tomorrow to apply for the DTV.

The documents I have ready are:

Passport

Completed visa application form

Passport/Visa style photo

Bank statement in GBP £ showing equivalent of over 500k baht

Work contract for UK company where I work remotely

TM30 for residence in Thailand (not sure whether I need to provide this?)

Any advice on any additional documents needed would be greatly appreciated. Or anything else I can do to make the process smoother/successful first time.

Thanks in advance.

Just thought I'd let everyone know about my border run experience. I got my DTV in August and did my 90-day report a few days early. i left Thailand a week before my 180-day mark, stayed out of the country for about 2 weeks and then came back to Don Meuang airport.

I paid for fast track service and when i got to the counter, the female immigration officer took one look at the DTV sticker in my passport and called over another female officer and showed the sticker to her. They talked for a minute and then the other officer asked me to come with her.

I followed her to a male officer who looked at my passport. They talked for a minute. Then the female led me to a desk with computers on it and asked me to sit down. She checked something on the computer and then asked me "what kind of DTV is this?". I told her "for work". She said "ok" and then checked something else on the computer. Then she stamped my passport and said "ok, finished" and motioned for me to leave. I wanted to ask her what that was all about but I didn't want to risk anything and I just wanted to get out of there. I left and went to my condo.

Everyone was nice and polite the entire time.

I have no clue what happened.

Just found out I was approved for remote work DTV in Taipei!🎉

@I went on Wednesday and they asked for more documents (I needed my companies license with a government stamp@). Typhoon caused the consulate to be closed on Thursday so we came back to reapply today and it was very simple.

My fiancé applied with soft power and didn’t get approved as his medical papers from Bangkok Hospital we’re not “detailed enough”… even tho he had appointments 6 months out. They gave him a 90 day tourist visa that only cost 1200NTD so worse things could have happened. We are getting married anyways so we will do this and then I will apply with him as my dependent.

Does anyone know if you have to leave Thailand to add a dependent?

Got my dtv from Thai embassy in London

Through e visa website

Very easy process

I have my own business online

£300 so 13500 baht not the 10000 I keep seeing

Different embassies are charging different amounts.

I got it within 48 hours.

Is there anyone who applied DTV on Monday in HCMC got approved in these days? I applied on 2nd December-Monday evening around 4:00 pm and still stuck in “Pending Approval” stage. I just want to make sure there may be any problem or not. Thank you all. 🙏

Thank goodness my DTV approved using soft power cooking class.

23 March 2025 - Applied the visa online at Laos

24 March 2025

9.00am - Make the payment at the Consulate.

4.26pm - Ask for the Laos Stamp

28 March 2025

9.00am - Went to Consulate and asking my application

10.42am - Email (Ask about the DBD and Owner ID for the Cooking - must signed by the owner). Few round email.

5.00pm - Sent the right documents from the school.

31 March 2025

9.10am - Went to Consulate and asking my application

10.00am - Change status from Checking to Waiting for Approval

3.00pm - Went to Thailand and waiting for the bus

4.55pm - Email (Interview on 2 April 2025 after lunch)

5.30pm - Back to Laos

1 April 2025

2.10pm - Interview

2.15pm - DTV Visa Approval

When I crossed the border, I showed Thai Immigration my visa via phone. But she never bothered to look, because their system already showed DTV.

DTV VISA APPROVED IN TAIPEI!

A quick story…

So I wasn’t planning on getting my DTV Visa until January 2025.

But my friend told me that things were going online by then so I decided to do it sooner.

I found this FB group at the end of November and started reading through the post.

It took me almost a week of research and a few trips to the printing shop to put together all the required documents.

But I did it.

And then, I booked my flight to Taipei on December 8th and on December 9th, I went to the Thai Embassy at 9am.

I’ve seen a few people mention that they were getting strict with the requirements and they were definitely right.

Thank goodness I went over and beyond what was required because they were not afraid to ask questions and require proof.

I left the Thai Embassy at 11:00am all sweaty and flustered.

They told me to come back at 4:00pm to find out if I got it or not.

That wait in between felt like the longest 5 hours ever.

But I knew that I did everything that I could and it was out of my hands.

So when I came back at 4pm, they asked for the visa fee and told me to come back the next day.

I was almost in disbelief because of how hard they interviewed me earlier that day.

Anyway, here I am today, December 10th, holding my DTV Visa!

Thanks again to this group, I couldn’t have done it without everyone’s help!

If you want to go to Taipei to apply for your DTV Visa, just go through all the previous post about it because I just followed what everyone said and it totally worked.

Hi,

Does anyone who made a DTV request on Paris Thai Ambassy still lock on "pending approval" statut? And yes for how long do you wait now and also do you have some information from Ambsassy about this situation?

Thx

When should we report 90 days? After completion of 90 days or few days before? What is exact time and what is the process for DTV holders ?

Greetings all! I am super excited to let you all know that my DTV was approved!

I received lots of helpful information by searching within the group so thank you!

UPDATE:

Date of Application: 12 Dec 24

Date of Approval: 16 Dec 24

Embassy: Washington, D.C.

DTV purpose/category: Thai soft power related activity

Company: Bangkok Thai Cooking Academy (highly recommend)

*For my Veterans*

I’m not sure if it helped any, IF at all, but when I submitted my bank statement, I also submitted my VA benefit letter with it. (I combined the two documents into one via Adobe)

I’m not saying you NEED to do that, as it’s not a required document to submit, but since there was no opportunity to submit additional documents, MY logic for doing that was to show them that in addition to the money in my account, I also have monthly income coming in. That way they can see I can absolutely support myself financially while in the country.