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Mar 19, 2026
a month ago
Jennifer *********
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Hi everyone , so i been seeing a lot of advertisements online regarding a new visa available in Thailand . It shows , If you purchase property or rent longer then a yr then you can get “the long stay visa”. Does anyone know about this visa and any advice regarding visa .

We’re a family of 5 looking to move to Thailand very soon.
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Mar 6, 2026
2 months ago
LoyalKan*********
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How can I retire in Thailand 40 years of age with my wife and kids of 3 and 4? I have the funds to retire but what visa would work best for us?
32 comments
Feb 5, 2026
3 months ago
My husband is applying for a dvt in vietnam wille and my son be on the same visa or will i have to apply for ours separately please 🙏
2 comments
Jan 29, 2026
3 months ago
Rick *******
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Can I bring my 49 year old son who suffers from epilepsy to live with me on my retirement visa. I have been here 11 years.
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Jan 16, 2026
3 months ago
Steffen ********
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I received my DTV yesterday! 🥳

Hanoi embassy, Workation, Submitted documents on 07.01@16:00, Approved 15.01@15:00.

I immediately (15.01@18:00) applied for my wife and two children. Does anyone have an up-to-date timeline of how long dependent visas take in Hanoi?

Update 19.01@12:00: Status switched to „pending approval“

Update 22.01@12:00: Dependent Visa approved. 🥳
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Dec 23, 2025
4 months ago
Trustwort**********
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My partner and I (unmarried) have four children - three whom are school aged.

We each have 500kbhat in our Wise accounts and a regular monthly income each of 1,000 euros and savings of 20,000 euros in his name as well as 100,000 euros of investments (also in his name). Finances are in his name because of international politics and it’s been this way for a decade, trust is not an issue because I have access to everything so no point going down that road…

We are both building online businesses which should give us each an additional 2,000 euros a month within 6-8 months. We do not want to touch our investments for a few years at least.

We would like to live in Thailand and enroll our children in a school we have already chosen and which fits our budget… and we are depending on school to give us time to work!

But we realized recently that when applying for the DTV we may need to have 500k bhat in savings per person (1.5 million each / 3 million total) and that we are not allowed to touch that money even after receiving the visa. Is that true, and is it a strictly implemented rule in your experience ?

Are there alternatives? School enrollment visa seems to have the same financial requirements, but as we want to work online we would need the DTV, right?

We were hoping to have access to that 500k in our Wise accounts to pay extra expenses / supplement our income until it is high enough to sustain us, especially with school enrollment costs which will deplete our savings quite quickly.

I’m feeling discouraged because the plan we were building the past few months seems to have some flaws in it. Can you offer any helpful advice, insights, experience, work-arounds or options I am just not seeing?

Thank you!
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Dec 6, 2025
5 months ago
Kylie ********
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Thinking about applying for a DTV. I have 2 dependent children. Does each dependent also need to pay the approximately 10000 baht fee or does my fee included the dependents?
6 comments
Nov 27, 2025
5 months ago
Hi everyone! I am posting anonymously as my work situation is uncertain and I do not want to share it with colleagues and others who know me.

We are a family of 3 and I am currently on work visa while my partner and child are on dependent visa. We are looking at plan B options as we want to remain in Thailand for another year at the bare minimum. So, I am reaching out to you:

1) if anyone tried the Long-Term Resident Visa (as highly skilled professional) and could share your experience?

2) which visa options you tried in a similar situation.

Any advice would help at this point
5 comments
Nov 6, 2025
6 months ago
Yael ********
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Hello everyone.

Last Sunday (3 days ago) I submitted a Followers request for my family.

Today I received the following email saying that my son's request was canceled. Everyone else is still pending .

Do you know of a similar case? Is there anything I can do or who I can contact to avoid paying extra?

The attached link doesn't open anything...

Thanks to anyone who can help.
15 comments
Aug 16, 2025
8 months ago
Ragnar ********
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hello to you! Question is it simpler and especially faster to get the accompanying DTV? If you've had experience I'm a taker. I have a main DTV, my daughter was well validated leaving France but my wife was refused for an error in entering the file 😡 I didn't write exactly xxxx ep xxxxx but xxxxx/xxxxx. We are in Thailand but my wife is on a tourist visa ducoup we have to go out and apply. Thanks to all of you

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Bonjour à vous ! Question est il plus simple et surtout plus rapide d' obtenir le dtv accompagnant? Si vous avez eu une expérience je suis preneur. J'ai un dtv principale, ma fille a bien été validé en départ de France mais ma femme a été refusée pour une erreur sur la saisie du dossier 😡 j ai pas écrit exactement xxxx ép xxxxx mais xxxxx/xxxxx . Nous sommes en Thaïlande mais ma femme en visa touriste ducoup on doit sortir faire une demande. Merci à vous tous
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