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I applied to the Jakarta Embassy on Monday, September 1st, but as of today (September 6th), the status is still showing as “Pending Document Check.” Is this normal? DTV Soft power
I am planning to apply for the DTV (Expats type) in Vietnam and am currently preparing my bank account to meet the financial requirement.
Previously, I applied through an agent in Laos, but the documents submitted were not strong enough, so I had to cancel the application. Since then, I have been preparing stronger documents and this time I would like to apply on my own.
I have a few questions:
1. For the financial requirement of 500,000 baht, does the full amount need to be in my account for the last three months, or is it acceptable if the amount has accumulated over time?
2. Since I cancelled my application in Laos, can I reapply in the same country with improved documents, or would I need to apply in another country? Is Vietnam a good choice?
Hello, if I have a non-O annual visa in an old passport and made a new passport, I bring both passports to the entry and then have to go to immigration and transfer the annual visa to the new passport, or does that also make the Thai embassy in Berlin ?
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Hallo wenn ich ein Non -O Jahresvisum in einem alten Pass habe und einen neuem Pass gemacht habe, bringe ich nei der Einreise beide Pässe mit und muss danach auf die Immigration und die übertragen das Jahresvisum in den neuen Pass, oder macht das die auch die thailändische Botschaft in Berlin?
My Softpower DTV (Cooking) was just approved in Jakarta:
Timeline
* Aug 15 (Thursday) night: Arrived in Bali
* Aug 16 (Friday) 1:00 am: Submitted application
* Aug 19 (Tuesday) 12:15 pm: Request for additional documents
* Aug 19 (Tuesday) 2:15 pm: Submitted documents
* Aug 19 (Tuesday) 5:40 pm: Approved
Documents
* School’s packet with cover letter, copy of owner’s ID, copy of passport, receipt, photos of the school, and class schedule; mentioned enrollment for six months, no details on number of classes
* Photo of the biopage of passport
* Photo taken on iPhone (background removed using remove.bg)
* Presence documents: flight booking, hotel bookings, photo of Indonesian visa stamp (I couldn’t use the e-gates because I declared a cough on the entry card)
* Financial documents: cover letter, 3 bank statements (only 2 showing 500k), brokerage statement showing more than 500k
Additional document request
They asked for a passport photo without glasses and every page of my passport. I went to a local photographer who took new pictures and scanned my passport for me for about 80k IDR (~160 THB).
Status update: Tuesday August 5 at 3 pm, changed from "Processing Pending Document Check" to "Processing Pending Approval"
Approved: Wednesday August 6 at 1pm
No additional requests for documents, took less than 4 business days. US passport.
I submitted a cover letter using this template [members only] and added a complete description of all other files. I compressed all the files using [members only]/.
For location, since I am staying with family in Jakarta I included scans of my full passport including blank pages, a letter from a family member confirming that I'm staying with them & photos of us in front of the house.
For finances, I included a 6 month bank statement from Kasikorn Bank with an ending balance of over 500,000 baht, with the majority of it transferred in the last two weeks, but showing plenty of day to day activity.
For portfolio, I included my resume, portfolios, business cards and letters from each company I work for explicitly giving me authorization as a remote worker in Thailand, addressed to the Royal Thai Embassy of Jakarta. I'm a freelance consultant in multiple industries, so I explained my roles as simply as possible and used a lot of images to make it clear.
I have previously held 2 ED visas and had three visa free entries to Thailand, over the last three years.
Any other questions feel free to ask. Yes, I have printed out my visa, to the guy who always posts that in all caps in the comments haha.
APPROVED - Los Angeles, 5 hours. I didn’t believe it could happen, but it happened last week. I read dozens reports of 30+ days, and saw one or two of <48 hours. My goal was to try to get this right on the first run.
This group helped me a lot so I wanted to add more info. Context - im an entrepreneur with business partners so it was a little bit more complex, but spent a good 5 hours getting everything properly in order. Here’s what I provided for the Workation DTV:
* Passport biodata
* Drivers license
* 3 months of bank statements with 6 figures of funds, with name and address matching license
* Cover letter on company letterhead explaining who I am, my company, explaining that I can work remotely, and confirming that I will not to any work in Thailand for outside companies or within the Thai labor market
* company registration documents (articles of organization)