[My Experience Getting the DTV in Paris – April 15 to May 7, 2025]

Hi everyone!

I’d like to share my full experience applying for and receiving the Thailand Digital Nomad Visa (DTV) via the Royal Thai Embassy in Paris. I hope this helps those of you who are preparing your applications. Please read my posts carefully before asking the questions.

1. Application Submission:

I submitted my application online on April 15, 2025, via the official Thai e-visa portal. Paris is the only processing option, since I’m currently based in France. I am holding an Asian passport (so I am a foreigner). I am using Workstation type.

2. Initial Review & Document Upload:

Shortly after submitting, I received confirmation that my application was under review. A few days later, I was contacted by the embassy via email and asked to submit an additional document. I uploaded the revised document promptly via the same portal. So, to sum up, I uploaded what the embassy is asking for:

* Document indicating current location (Residence permit)

* Financial evidence: an amount of no less than 500,000 THB (bank statements), using only 1 account

* Latest payslip

* Employment certificate

* My activities explanation

3. Processing Time:

From submission to final approval, the whole process took 22 days.

* Application submitted: April 15

* Additional document requested & submitted: April 22

* Status changed to “Pending Approval”: May 5

* Visa approved and issued: May 7

I’m really excited to have received my visa and to begin this next chapter in Thailand.

Hope this helps, and good luck to everyone applying!

Want to open Thai bank account this May to put in funds to apply for retirement 1 year extension.

Got non immigrant o visa. Uk passport. Proof of address UK

Going to stay at same hotel in Pattaya I stayed for over 3 months left March .I

kept receipts.

Will pay for one month and will be staying there first 3 months.

I will get copy of TM 30.

Will this be enough to get me a residence permit from the immigration office in Jomtien ?

I have been there before to get a 30 day extension.

Do I just join the queue to try to get residence permit or is there a separate section at the immigration centre who deal with this matter? Any advice appreciated.

Trying to avoid using an agent.

First of all thank you very much for the administrator of this group and the people’s support to provide the right information- really helpful.

I need your opinion about DTV visa for my daughter, who is 25 years old . She born and brought up in Thailand , now doing her masters in Europe . She wanted to apply DTV visa from India in the Thai cooking class category.

My questions

1: Any problem realed her passport which is issued from Indian embassy Bangkok

2: I am a PR holder , showing my residence details as per the PR for her residence in Thailand

3: In addition to her bank balance , should I show my Thai bank balance and PR as a sponsor

Thanks in advance for your advice

Approved in Ankara from the second attempt.

Attempt no. 1

Applied on February 11 and waited until March 22 just to get "Wrong place of passport issuance".

So, I lost $400 for indicating an authority and not my home country. They require your country name and not an authority.

Attempt no. 2

Applied on March 27, approved on April 5.

Work:

I'm a freelancer, so I created a long PDF with my portfolio, Terms of Service of one of the platforms, a letter from one of my customers allowing me to work remotely.

Residence:

I uploaded my Turkish residence permit, my rental agreement, and Turktelekom bill to confirm my address in Turkey.

Finances:

I uploaded a fresh bank statement (no stamps, just downloaded it from the app) for theast 3 months.

No additional requests.

Pending approval on April 4.

Approved on April 5.

I wanted to make their work easy, so I prepared 3 PDFs with tables of content and I decided not to add excessive documents.

I have the DTV visa

I'm buying a new scooter from Honda garage, and they need a copy of my residence permit.

I don't yet have this.

I am currently in a sublet. The original Thai landlord can peovide me TM30, copy of their title deeds and ID, but the rental agreement is between them and the person I am subletting from.

Is it possible in this circumstance for me to get the residency certificate?

Hi, I have a problem with my DTV visa, I applied for it 3 weeks ago through the website, it was sent to Ankara embassy, ​​I am a Ukrainian citizen but now I am in Georgia but I have all the documents (like residence permit etc.) but the problem is it has been 3 weeks and the document pending status is still not completed and I am starting to worry as my flight is arriving in 2 weeks and I still don't know what to do. But the main question is, can I go to Thailand, get my visa on arrival, stay here until I get a response on my DTV visa (if I didn't get it in time before my flight) and then just re-enter Thailand with my DTV visa?

I wanted to share my frustrating experience applying for the DTV through the Thai Embassy in The Hague because I’ve seen so many people in other countries getting easy approvals without strict residency requirements.

I’ve been a digital nomad for 12 years and currently live in the Netherlands, but I’m not a Dutch citizen and don’t have a Dutch ID. Despite this, I provided clear proof of my residency, including:

✅ A lease agreement for my home in Alkmaar

✅ Bank statements & utility bills with my Dutch address

✅ A passport entry stamp confirming my stay

✅ Immigration-stamped documents from when I imported my service dog

🚨 The embassy flat-out refused to accept any of this and insisted I needed a Dutch residence permit or national ID, which was never stated as a requirement in their own guidelines.

📉 What makes this worse?

I previously applied and was even approved for an interview, but my application was canceled when I was temporarily out of the country. Now, with this new application, suddenly the requirements have changed, and they are completely ignoring my requests for proper communication.

Meanwhile, I’m seeing people in Jakarta, Vietnam, Taipei, and Laos getting easy approvals, even though they’re clearly not residents of those countries. So why is the embassy in The Hague making this process impossible?

I’ve now had to escalate my case to Thai Immigration directly because of how unprofessional and inconsistent the Dutch embassy has been. If you’re thinking about applying for the DTV and you’re not a citizen of the country you’re applying from, I strongly recommend choosing a different embassy to avoid this mess.

Has anyone else faced issues like this?

I have a valid residence permit sticker of another country, but my DTV was issued in another country (which is not my home country). Messy, I know. Could this raise issues?

I will travel again to Thailand this month and also I am planning to start a business coffee shop and restaurant in Thailand it will be my first time l need more information about the law and about a visa is it is the process to get a residence permit difficult, the cost of the visa, I want the necessary information ??????

Good morning everyone,

I wanted to understand and have clearer ideas if possible.

So 2 days ago on the 15th of this month I landed in Suvanambumi with an international flight, during the process to get to immigration everything was very fast and not many people but when I arrived in front of the agent for the classic check I was put aside and this is where my doubts began.

The agent checks my passport (I have an Italian passport) and sees various forms of extension and re-extension, then he calls his colleague and takes me to another checkpoint and he saw that I have done many extensions and re-extensions per visit family, then asks me to call my wife in an inappropriate way (call your wife, call your wife, call your wife), I point out that I could not open my mouth to make them understand that being a sailor and working on a cruise ship I stay out of the kingdom for 4 months and then return for 2 months, (sometimes 1 and a half months and sometimes for 2 months and something because always depends on the company when it gives me the next assignment but never more than 2 months and a 1 week).

After he spoke to my wife in Thai on the phone he tells me that this time he will let me in but next time NO more and I can be banned for 49 years😏. I know that I could request a NON-O visa based on marriage and I would have all the documents in order but for the work I do it is not really feasible as to get an extension of one year I have to initially stay 3 months without leaving the kingdom when I am at maximum on holiday for 2 months.

So after he stamps entry and I go in.

Perfect then since I had no peace yesterday morning I went to the main immigration in BURIRAM where I live and I explained to the officer what had happened to me, he told me that they CANNOT NOT let me in, that the visa based on marriage It is NOT suitable for me and within 1 year I can request this extension visa to visit family 4 times and I can always have it when I enter the kingdom by plane, I would like to point out that the official in BURIRAM notified me of residence I live in Buriram and it has attached in my passport.

Has anyone had a similar experience?

Who should I listen to?

Better i process this NON-O based in marriage?

And because every officer says different things?

Thanks for your advice.

Cheers.