I just wanted to share my experience with the Taipei office for a DTV visa for the workcation path. I own my own business in the US and do have a contract with a customer and 6 months of payment history into my bank account. I got there at 9am and was done by 10:15am. Came back at 3pm to pay for the visa or provide more documentation. They just asked me for the money! So approved and pick it up tomorrow at 4.

I will say that the #1 thing they care about is proof of payments or proof of income from your business. So make sure you have proof of income or you will have a hard time getting approved. Like the person in the next booth. I had to remind them to verify my 500,000k account lol.

And a big FYI. Only give them what they ask for. I forgot to pull some documents I had printed out in case they asked for them and this confused them allot. I told them I did not intend to give the documents to them but they would not return them, so a long explanation was needed. Also if you are from the US you need to explain to them the date format in USA is (mm/dd/yyyy).

From what I saw while I was there from other people applying while I was there (5 or 6). The soft power applicants seemed to get processed with less questions than remote workers. They ask allot questions to remote workers/freelancers so be advised.

There is no notification of them changing to E-Visa system any time soon. Also it is cold and cloudy here now so be prepared 11-16c. Thanks to the group for another successful application!

Documents requested (in order of importance)

Business tax id, business registration (with your name on it somewhere100% needed)

6 mo Bank statements with payments from customers in your business account

Contract with a customer

Employer letter

6 mo 500,000 baht account. And they will ask you to show them in the office on your bank app that you still have the money.

Hello everyone,

I wanted to share my recent experience regarding the DTV visa application. I submitted my visa application on December 9th and received my approved visa on December 12th! 🥳

The process was very simple and efficient. The documents required are quite straightforward:

- Employment contract

- Proof of my work through emails or client references

- Thai bank statement for the last 6 months with a balance of over 500,000 THB

A big thank you to the Thai Embassy in Vientiane for their excellent service. I highly recommend going through them if you need a DTV visa.

Good luck to everyone with your applications!

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Hello, I am Korean I entered Ho Chi Minh from Thailand yesterday and applied for dtv e-visa If anyone has applied for an electronic visa to Thailand from Ho Chi Minh City, please let me know Approximately how long does it take for the visa to be approved??

Anyone has used the business visa from Thai Visa Centre?

Hi. I am currently on a TR Visa (after 11 years working here) which gives me 60 + 30 days.

The immigration officer told me I could leave the country and come back on one more TR visa in a calendar year so 180 days total.

Does this chime with other people's experience?

Thanks.

Went to Chaeng Wattana for Thai Spouse visa today. Funds in bank ready. No questions asked 30 days done and asked to come towards the end of that for full extension. Bank statement was printed by bank on 7th and they accepted it. Passbook was a mess as it got jammed in the machine and ruined the printing, showed it to her and she did not care either way.

Timing was crazy for unknown reasons. 10 numbers before me crawled but i ended up taking just about 10 to 15 mins.

My suggestion, just follow this group and prepare all documents as mentioned in the posts here. There were some papers which she wanted 2 copies for, she copied those on the machine behind her.

Thanks for all the advice. Highly appreciated.

Hello, has anyone ever applied for a covid visa extension in hat yai? What was your experience? Cheers.

Another good experience with the online booking system today. Second time using it, doing my 90day check in (prefer in person than the online 90day check) appointment booked for 10:40am. Arrived at MTT at 10:00am and was escorted to the designated online booking section and was seen to straight away 40 mins early of my appointment. In my experience the online booking system puts you in a separate queue and they seemed eager to see to you if your there. Highly recommend the online queue system and advise to get there early.

UPDATE - Report on experience: 'Guardian' Visa in Hong Kong. Thanks to this group for great advice back in July when my husband and I were turned away from Hanoi with our 2nd year ED visa application. We decided to go for Non-Imm O 'Guardian' visas instead, since our two kids have established Ed visas, enrolled in International School. I'm posting in case other parents are looking for info. HK Consulate don't have requirements for this visa listed on website, so I emailed them and heard back in a matter of hours. Here's what they asked for:

- A copy of Hong Kong resident I.D. card. (If applicable)

- Passport original with a copy of main pages of a passport including the Hong Kong's landing slip [you have to got to a nearby copy place and get this copied on the way to the Consulate after you land)

- A valid at least 6 months passport with a clear page for a visa sticker

- One application forms must be completely filled out in English

- One recent photo, 1.5x2 inches in size, with clear face taken within 6 months. The photograph should have a plain white background.

- A copy of Certificate of Marriage

- A copy of your children's Birth Certificate

- A copy of main pages of your children's passport

- An original letter of guarantee from the school with authorized signature and School Seal Stamp with details about the purpose of the visit to Thailand and a copy of I.D. card of the authorized signatory is also required

- A copy of school’s Registration issued by the Education Department

- HK$ 600 (Single entry) for the visa fee in cash.

I followed up to ask about proof of funds, they said they don't usually require them, but I could bring anyway! In the end they didn't want to see proof of funds nor did they want to see original copies of Legalised Birth/Marriage Certificates, though I had all that with me. We ordered the legalised certificates from the UK because we will need them for the extension anyway. NOTE: I did check that it was okay for me to apply alone - without the daughter I was asking to be Guardian of, and without my husband (he will apply to be Guardian of our son on a separate trip as we did not want to travel together after being questioned at the border trying to get back from Hanoi - it was not pleasant having left our kids in-country and being threatened with refused entry!)

It was very quick at the HK Consulate - 10 mins total at drop off (9.30am-12.30pm), 5 mins at pick up - the next day 9.30am-12.30pm), i.e. able to keep the trip short compared to other Consulates in region. They asked a few questions but nothing difficult and I had a good experience - would recommend it for this kind of visa application. Hope that's helpful to someone.

Just submitted my visa application at Vientiane today.

Can anyone advise if the passports are handed out in numerical order?