Hello everyone,

I’m going to Vietnam to apply for the DTV visa. Would you recommend going to Hanoi to do it at the embassy, or applying online from any city in Vietnam? Or another option?

Which option is easier?

Is Vietnam the best country to do it?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks a lot!

Hello everyone,

I’ll be staying in Thailand for a while and I’m looking for suggestions on which mobile company SIM card and package would be best for my stay. I’ll mainly need good internet/data coverage and reasonable call rates.

If you’ve had personal experience with a reliable provider, I’d really appreciate your recommendations.

Thanks in advance for your help! 🙏

I’m coming to thailand from the uk on 26th October for 90 days , I see I have to go online to fill in I assume a questionnaire so that my arrival will be a straight forward process, I see it has to be done within 72 hours of arrival , I’ve never done it this way in the past , it is a straight forward online form to fill in & do I need to download a copy or is it automatically sent to the airport awaiting my arrival electronically, thank you for your time and patience

I have received further documents request from the embassy in Ho Chi Minh to provide proof of purchase receipt bearing my name and the date of purchase, the only thing I have is a grab ride but it doesn’t state my surname does any know if this will matter?

Has anyone recently extended their DTV at Pattaya Immigration? My first 6 months expire at the beginning of October and I’d like to know which documents are required for the extension.

Please don’t suggest leaving the country, if it’s really impossible to extend, I’ll take a short trip abroad, but otherwise I’d prefer to extend.

Thanks.

Success in London embassy! Acceptance email came back after 2 working days. Do I need to print the e-visa upon arrival or is a screenshot sufficient?

Just got my DTV Workcation application approved!! 😆

(UK citizen - Jakarta Embassy)

Approved in 5 days

Here is a full detailed breakdown of my application.

I may have gone a little overboard but I didn't want to take any chances so you may not need to upload to this extent but I wanted to have every base covered

Documents Uploaded

Current Location PDF

* Cover page - explaining what is in this PDF broken into sections 1 and 2

* Section 1 - Cover letter. Explaining why I want to come to Thailand and agreeing to stay compliant with all of the visa rules

* Section 2 - Proof of current location. On seperate pages; my passport biodata page, picture of me on white background (took on phone and used canva to resize to a passport photo size), evidence of entry (I went through the e-Gates and didnt get a stamp so i gave picture of boarding pass, e-Visa, short stay permit), selfie of me standing outside my apartment building holding my passport next to a sign with the building name and finally an Airbnb booking confimtion

Then the next document was my Financials PDF

* Cover page - explaining the 2 sections of this PDF again with short bullet points of what's inside each section

* Section 1 - Proof of 500,000THB. For this, I showed bank statements going back to April. With Starling bank I used a date range rather than giving 4 individual monthly statements it was just one long one with an ending balance over the amount needed

* Section 2 - Proof of income. My wages are paid into a different bank account so i sent 4 months of individual Barclays statements highlighting (using chrome when you open PDF) all of the deposits from my employer in UK

The final document was my employment PDF,

* Cover page of what is in the PDF split into 2 sections

* Section 1 - Proof of employment. On separate pages I had; a signed letter from my employer on company letterhead stating I could work remotely (used ChatGPT to write it), a company registration certificate from Companies House gov website, my signed employee contract, 4 months' worth of payslips downloaded and merged together

* Section 2 - Portfolio of Work. I just made a simple document showing my workflow of what I usually do on a normal day step by step so they could see the process and I supplied screenshots for each step so it was super clear

I applied Wed 20th Aug and I received my approval email Mon 25th Aug.

Notes/Tips:

1. I only transferred the 500,000THB in GBP on 07/08/25, and it had been sitting there for 13 days

2. I only work 1 day a week remotely, so my income is very minimal

3. I read through all of the posts in this group and saw what most people was getting rejected for/requesting more docs for in Jakarta and made a list to make sure I included everything.

Everyone's posts in this group chat really helped me when I was applying so I hope this can help someone else too!

Questions for next steps

* Do I need to do anything else before I arrive other than print my visa in A5?

* How do I know which office to report to every 90 days? Do I get to choose what city it is in or is it selected for me?

* Is there any further documents i need to supply besides my visa & passport when i arrive in Thailand?

Now get me back to the land of smiles 🥳🥳🥳

Our LTR visa application recently got rejected after almost 5 weeks despite full qualification and submission of all relevant documents.

There was no explanation given.

We've written emails to BOI but haven't heard back. Has anyone else been through this process and if so, can you suggest a way out? We seem to be at a dead-end.

59 year old retired from US.

Thai bank account with 800k soon to be funded. 6 weeks left on tourist visa. What do I need to get my OA visa? I'm near Laos, so going there isn't too difficult, if I have to. I have a Thai gf to help translate, and not looking to use agent.

Can I apply for 3 month while I'm Thailand and not leave? Or do I have to leave, apply, wait, and come back? Can I extend my tourist visa another month, which will give me time for 2 months with funds in account? What is best option?

I appreciate any help or tips that you can offer.

Can I ask for a E Visa twice in the same year without problems?

I don't want to pay the fee and then be refused

Thanks