Good day, I got several questions about DTV (soft power). Do assist me if possible.

1) I understand that DTV last 5 years. I’m interested to enrol in Muay Thai lessons. It’s a 9 months course. After 9 months, am I supposed to enrol for another lessons or by registering for 9 months course, I can stay Thailand for 5 years provided I leave the country every 180 days?

2) For the 500,000 baht requirement, is it 3 months or 6 months in bank account? Will my spouse need another 500,000 baht or she can tap on my 500,000 baht account?

3) Are all embassies the same in terms of requirements and approval rates? If not, any particular country you can recommend me to apply?

4) Do wI have to maintain 500,000 baht throughout the 5 years DTV?

Sincere apologies if my post is too long. Any answers will be greatly appreciated.

Can someone clarify from personal experience how strict they are to see how long the 500k baht has been sitting in the account? If I just put that money into the account, let’s say a few weeks before I applied. Would that be a red flag or am I overthinking things?

Also, how strict are they with the income per month for a part-time freelancing gig? I was thinking to compensate for the low income of the freelancing gig, I would show more than the ฿500,000.

Any advice appreciated.

I’m 90 days into my DTV

After 180 days, I want to leave and come back for another 2 months!

If I leave the country and re enter to try get another 180 days what’s the likelihood of them asking for the 500,000B proof again? I no longer have the full amount

To be honest, I want to do a Myanmar border run but I assume that’s also a bad idea given the current state of affairs?

Sorry if this has been asked before (it’s just so many posts in this group I can’t keep up) 🧐❤️ x

Has anyone returning to Thailand had their bank account checked for the 500000 baht requirement? How does this work?

Can you get asked to show 500k baht funds when arriving in Thailand?

For the DTV is the 500,000 baht requirement just for your current balance? Or do all 3 bank statements you submit need to be above 500,000 baht?

My closing statements are:

August $20,000 (650k baht)

Sept $15,300 (498k baht) at today's exchange rate

Oct $18,000 (580k baht)

Nov $19,000 ($610k baht)

Am I going to be rejected because of my September statement?

Are there certain consulates that are bad and good for this?

Have USA Passport and applying for Workation Freelancer.

Thinking of applying in Taipei, HCMC, Hanoi, or Manila. I'm already in Asia.

Hello, does anyone have experience with using a Thai account to prove the 500,000 baht three months retroactively, and should I try or have to use my foreign account to provide the proof?

I have my DTV, but have some unexpected expenses and I will drop below the 500,000 baht limit. How will it work for trips in and out? Will I run into issues, do they check the current balance? Is there anything I can do?

Thanks!

Ps - my parents can sponsor me, but I’d like to avoid it if I can.

Hey everyone, I recently submitted my dtv and I just got approved about a week ago. Now I need to apply for my spouse. My question is, do I need to show that she has 500,000 baht in her bank account as well? If yes, can a joint account of 1m baht work?

When i re entry on DTV visa, do i have to show a new banknote on 500k Bath??