Quick question:

I have a Retirement Visa that expires this week, and I will be applying for a new one. I also have a brand new passport, but my current visa is in the old passport.

Do I need to transfer the old visa into the new passport before applying, or can I just bring both passports and have the new Retirement Visa placed directly into the new passport?

Thanks in advance.

I’ve been seeing my Thai girlfriend for 5 months now and I want her to come to England for a couple of months, just to see if you could live there in the future. How do I go about doing this with visas? Do I have to book the flight 1st before I apply for the visa? Do i use any of these agents what say they can help or just do it myself? TIA for any information

Hi There,

You have to have your Accomodation and Flight booked to apply for your DTV Visa, which I believe can take between 2- 4 weeks to be approved.

I would ideally like to leave in three weeks for Chiang Mai. If the visa isnt' approved by then, am I able to enter on a holiday visa and then switch over to the DTV visa once I am there?

This may be a daft question...

I'm looking to apply for a Non-Immigrant O-A Retirement visa for Thailand.

I plan to retire there at the end of this year.

When does the Visa period start?

For example, if I start the application now and it get's granted in say 2 months, will it's validity start the moment I land in Thailand?

Or when I get granted the Visa?

As I say, apologies if this is obvious to you all and thanks for any clarification.

Hello,

My husband usually stays with me on a tourist visa but has gone back to Italy to apply for his spouse visa (Non-Immigrant O). He applied last Monday, but his return flight to Bangkok is this Monday and his visa still hasn't been approved.

Do you know if he can enter Thailand on a tourist visa while waiting for his Non-Immigrant O visa to be approved? Or is he better off rescheduling his flight, and if so, to when?

Thank you in advance for your help

If I'm applying for a DTV visa in Cambodia, my money is in my Canadian bank account. Does anyone know if it has to be in there for 2 months or can I just show the money in my account? Thanks in advance.

Hi all,

Has anyone here applied for the DTV in Vientiane, Laos? I’m planning to start the process on Monday and would really appreciate hearing from anyone who’s done it there. 🙏🙏I’ve seen a lot of people applying from Vietnam, Cambodia, or Bali, but not so much from Laos.

I've gotten a reply from Thai embassy for my DTV and I have 2 questions

1) does anyone have experience on what to put in the business case request?

2) do you need to have 500k consistently for 6 months of bank statements? Or just the latest the reflect the right amount? ( other months were shown ( ranging from 35k - 190k).

Applying from hcmc embassy.

Thank you.

Hi all. Thanks for posting great advice on the DTV visa. Older Aussie couple here. I have a couple of questions.

1) Is there a reputable Cooking school in Hua Hin to help with obtaining DTV?

2) Which is the best neighbouring country for processing the DTV once we have left Thailand after our tourist visit?

3) Would you recommend we both apply individually or one as primary and other as trailing spouse?

We have a joint account with over the 50,000 Baht limit, would this be acceptable for use with both our applications?

Thank you for your help with these questions.

We are wanting to apply for the DTV via the Chicago Embassy in the US. We plan on doing the Muay Thai class or cooking class.

How many months of bank statements is needed with the 500,000? And does a bank account summary work or do I need every account printed out?

I've seen this question posted but they are older posts and not Chicago specific. Just seeing if we can apply now or need to wait a few months.