Soft Power APPROVAL at Jakarta Embassy

Applied: September 20

Documents Requested: October 1 (All pages of passport — uploaded same day)

Approved: October 2

Here's what I included in my application.

PROOF OF FINANCES

- A cover letter with: 1) a bullet list of the documents included, 2) a statement that clearly affirms I will not work for any Thai businesses, and 3) a note of what sources of income I have.

- Bank statements for the last three months. Over 500k baht seasoned only for the last two statements.

- A screenshot showing the conversion of the final total balance on my last bank statement to baht.

PROOF OF LOCATION

- A cover letter with a bullet list of the documents included

- Flight reservations

- Boarding passes

- Hotel reservations

- Visa On Arrival

- Limited Stay Permit

PROOF OF ACTIVITY

- A cover letter with: 1) a bullet list of the documents included and 2) a summary of the soft power activity I'll be doing.

- Documents for the one-year seminar package with Discover Thai Nature.

OTHER THINGS TO NOTE:

- I am a U.S. citizen. For passport place of issue, I put "UNITED STATES"

- I put "unemployed" with income under $20k on the application.

- There's a space in my name on my passport. I've never submitted my name with a space on any document or form ever and I've never had an issue with it before. But I decided to copy it exactly and include the space just in case.

Happy to answer questions if anyone is applying from Jakarta soon. Many thanks to this group and grateful to those who have provided guidance and given helpful advice.

Does anyone know if it is accepted that the 500,000 THB is in a stocks and shares ISA account? And if it isn’t, is it ok to transfer the money over to a personal account and use this as proof of finances? (I know some people have mentioned it needs to be in a personal account for 3 months)

Hey! I would like to apply from Philippines, it’s the whole process online? I will be one night in Cebu, and then 2 weeks in Siargao, would this time be enough? Should I also add my airbnbs receipts from Cebu and Siargao?

Also, regarding the balance of 15k, I have much more than that but it’s all invested, I will reimburse from a fund so I have those 15k liquid. But it will be only for this month, if they require form previous month everything will be in investment funds or stock, would I have any trouble with this?

Los Angeles DTV Update Workcation: Remote Employee (I do not own the company)

I simply wanted to share my experience so far. LA continues to be a long and difficult process for DTV.

Reading experiences from previous people who applied, I added way more documents than requested. I included:

1. Proof of Residence via Lease and Bank Statements

2. Proof of Income/Finances at ~$40,000 USD in one savings account, plus an additional $8,000 USD in another checking account, both backed to the last 6-months. I also included paystubs from my current employer.

3. Employment Contract, Remote Work Agreement, Business Incorporation Documents, Taxes for 2024.

On all of them I provided a cover letter that explained what was included and for what purpose.

Applied May 29th. Received notice June 13th requesting further documents. Four out of the Five requested documents were already included in the initial application:

1. Proof of Location via a Utility Bill (I Included via Lease and Bank Statement)

2. Proof of Finances over $17,000 for the last 3-months (I included 6-months in previous application)

3. Employment Contract (Included in Last Application)

4. Business Portfolio w/ Description of Business Activities (This one was not included prior)

5. Remote Work Agreement (Included in the previous)

I'll keep you updated as to what happens next!

Edit: As of today, June 23rd, it was approved!

I will be applying for my next visit for a tourist visa via the e-visa system, via the UK embassy.

Probably a simple answer, but it asks for proof of finances of no less than 20,000 baht. Will they accept the £ equivalent as shown on uk bank statements?

Hi everyone. I am a British citizen currently in Thailand but I will be going to Malaysia to apply for my Thai non-B visa to work in an English language school. For the online application it seems I need some sort of proof of 'residency' in Malaysia. What can I use for this? My visa upon entry stamp? I also need proof of finances, should my adress on my bank statment be in Malaysia or is it ok for it to be in the UK? Thanks so much for any help/guidance.

Is savanahket in Laos the only place to get 1yr multi entry family visa without proof of finances ? I am sure I read on this site there was another embassy in a neighbouring country that also did this but cannot find it on the search function.

Sorry for the silly question, I just read another post about showing proof of finances. May I ask how best to show this ie bank statement or money in wise account? Please be kind, I have never travelled and so trying my best to get everything right. Any advice appreciated. I am coming from Australia on a 30 day visa exempt on arrival. Thanks in advance

Greetings 🙏🏻

I’m in the process of completing 90 day Non Imm O Visa (for visiting family) application on Thai visa website and in the long list of required documents it has:

Provide proof of finances with bank statements

AND

Provide bank statements showing proof of 10,000GBP in the account

Firstly, what proof of finance do I need to show? Is there a magical number?

Secondly, why are they asking me to show £10,000?

Thank you as always for any help 😊

Hello everyone!

I am going to travel to Thailand on Nov. 4th- November 22,

I have a Mexican passport,

Will be applying for the VOA once I am there.

I wanted ask if anyone knew if I need copies of passport style photos?

Do I need to bring a pre filled VOA application?

And when showing proof of finances, do I need something printed also or can I just show them my bank account?

Thank you in advance!