I had a Thai driving license while I was working in Thailand which expires today. I moved my work contract to HK in January but am in Thailand a lot. I have DTV and APEC. Am I able to renew my Thai driving license with these? Thanks for any advice.

For anyone needing to do their 90 day report on the DTV, I thought I’d share my experience for the first time at Koh Phangan office. I went around 2pm much quieter at this time. Documents I needed….

- TM30 (from landlord)

- TM47 (filled out at immigration)

- E-visa (printed out)

- Copy of passport (ID page and entry stamp page, copied at immigration)

Had to sign all pages.

I was given a ticket, waited 1 minute and all done. No cost. I was actually 1 day late and they were ok with that. They said I had 7 day grace period. They also said I could have submitted the report up to 15 days prior.

They mentioned from now on I can do my 90 day reporting online. They advised for online reporting it must be done either day before or on the day. It cannot be late it will be rejected. Also cannot be too early.

Anyone German here who just got a DTV and would maybe give me some advise for the process?

Appreciate it!!

Is it good idea to go Singapore for DTV? How long it might take any suggestions?

DTV Workcation Approved - Hanoi! 🎉

Here's my timeline:

March 30: Applied (Remote Worker / Freelance)

April 1: Request for additional documents (bank statements from both my French and Wise accounts)

April 2: Pending Approval

April 9: Approved!

French citizen, freelance developer, applied through the e-Visa portal.

Two tips that I think helped:

I sent a polite follow-up email to consular.han@mfa.go.th asking about the timeline given Songkran holidays were approaching, got approved the next day.

I also messaged their official LINE account (@snz7050f) in Thai. Not sure if it made a difference but another member here did the same and got approved 2 hours later.

I used AI (Claude) to review my application, draft my cover letters, and prepare my follow-up messages, definitely helped avoid mistakes and keep everything professional.

Thank you to this group for all the shared experiences, reading other people's timelines kept me sane during the wait. Good luck to everyone still pending!

Funds have not been consistent throughout the last 3 months

Thinking to apply for DTV. My travel date is first half of May and I only plan to visit for 2 weeks. But the company I work for, won't allow work on tourist VISA. I am a contractor, so I won't be paid.

The problem is, I don't have funds consistently in my account. It goes as low as 15,000 TBH to as high as 500,000 THB in the last 3 months. This moves out to a separate my own account from where I pay Credit Card bills and stuff. To add, I do have ~150k THB Fixed Deposit.

I have more money in my Company's account, but I guess I can't show that. have moved money from my account to Company's account, so I can move it back as well. Now, I can move money from the company account to myself. But people have mentioned the funds need to be in the account consistently for 3 months.

Do note, every month I do receive 330k THB from the client in my account. I can show statement of that as well.

I am applying in New Delhi Embassy, India. Any suggestions?

For those that have been approved for DTV. What did you put for your “flight number” and “accommodation in Thailand” if you had no flight/accommodations schedule!?

Appreciate your response. I have just resigned from my job in Bangkok. I was living here since last 5 years with base salary per month in excess of 200k bath per month so I have significant savings in thai bank account.

I want to register a new company in my country and apply and come here on DTV. but since this is new company there are no clients or income as its first time i do start a company. will my professional exp. of 15yrs in same field as IT consultancy with significant saving give me the visa?

This is a first time for me… I am 69 years old … I would like to apply for the DTV .. my only issue is what to I put down or apply for … I currently am a music creator and putting out music etc on Different platforms… I don’t make a lot of money out of it , it’s more for my own personal interests.. can this profession be used to apply for the DTV … please looking for a serious answer I’m looking at living in Thailand for the next 5 to 10 years .

are there any adult content creators (onlyfans) here who were granted the DTV? i wonder if the soft power route is the only likely way to get accepted. or if it's fine to obscure some of these details