Did my OA extension of stay in Chaeng Watthana Division 1 in Bangkok today and was successful in getting my passport stamp for another year in the Kingdom. It went pretty smooth, with minor hiccups. This was my first extension and I thought about getting an agent but decided to do it on my own. I’m glad I did because I saved a lot of money and learned a lot with the process. Immigration was actually very helpful by copying some forms that I forgot to. Just posting to let people know it’s not that hard to do, just do some research and see what you need to bring to your particular office.

Anyone been approved recently or rejected from Hanoi doing softpowers?

I know certificate of residency has been discussed here before. However, I would like to start a thread of people's recent reports of acquiring one. I tried in Jan 2025 at Nakhon Pathom Immigration and was told no certificates for DTV holders.

For people who received one recently, please share which office you applied, what documents were needed, and a summery of the overall process.

Thanks in advance.

Hello everyone,

I would like to share my experience.

Embassy: Jakarta, Indonesia

Passport: German

DTV Visa type: Freelancer / Sole proprietor

Application submitted on June 10

Company documents:

- Cover letter in English

- Company registration in German

- Company registration in English (officially certified translated into English)

- Tax assessment from 2023 (German)

- Sales surplus calculator from the calendar year 2024 and 2025 from my tax advisor (in original language German)

- Professional short portfolio and backside of my business card with QR code to my Linktr.ee page (Link to the company website, business contacts, link to the Instagram page and link to the Facebook page)

Evidence of financial reserves:

- Cover letter explaining my finances

- Bank statement of my savings account (3 1/2 months old approx. €14,000) (all in German)

- Bank statement of my business account and my personal account (only as an overview - all in German)

Proof of location and more:

- Cover letter in English

- Registration certificate of permanent residence in Germany (original German from 02.06.2025)

- Registration certificate of permanent residence in Germany (officially certified translated into English)

- German identity card front- & backside and International Passport

- Proof of Visa stamp Indonesia (E-VISA)

- Proof of current residence in Indonesia (room booking)

- Flight booking from Indonesia to Thailand (in German)

- Proof of residence in Thailand (rental agreement for an apartment in Bangkok, rented by long-term Thai-Partner) (in Thai)

- Proof of current international health insurance (English)

Request for documents on June 19 4:35 pm

1. Picture

- New passport photo without glasses (taken in front of the hotel and edited in Canva)

2. Proof of regular income, proof of customer contracts and invoices

- Cover letter for explanation

- Bank statement for the last 6 months from the company account (in English)

- Three customer contracts (in German)

- The last 6 invoices (in German)

Submitted on June 19 at 6:30 pm

June 20 - Visa status changed at (around) 10:30am to "Pending Approval”

June 20 - Email with visa approval received at 4:30 PM, including PDF e-visa

Processing with inquiries 10 days

Note: I already had visas for Thailand starting in October 2023

- 2x 60-day e-visas in 2024

- Approximately 6-7 entries as a tourist 30 days

- ED visa from April 2024 to March 2025

I have a flight to Bangkok tomorrow at 6:00 AM from Jakarta - it was tight, but I'm very happy now. 😊

Greetings and good luck, Andy

Hello everyone,

Quick question cause I’m a bit confused. Been living in Thailand for a while now and we’re used to the 90-day report process.

Last time we travelled out of Thailand was in Dec 2024, did our 90-day at Chaengwattana in March 2025 and only travelled to an island in Thailand in April.

We tried doing our 90-days report online and it was rejected under the reason “For first-time requests of a 90-day notification in each country visit, in-person presentation at the immigration office is required.”

Do they now consider travelling outside of your region travelling outside Thailand?

Thanks!

I’m planning to apply to ALA Language School and already emailed them to begin the application process for their education visa. They replied saying I have to apply in person, which surprised me—I thought I needed to apply before leaving the U.S.

To be sure I’m not missing anything, I reviewed the Digital Arrival Card form. I wanted to fully understand what’s required. It asks for the visa type and visa number, but obviously, I won’t have a visa number until I go through immigration.

Since this is an arrival card, it includes questions about the purpose of my visit, my visa type, and visa number—which makes me wonder how I’m supposed to fill those out if the visa is only issued once I arrive. Do I leave it blank??? Any help to how I can apply to ALA would be helpful.

To those of you willing to post publicly: Has anyone had problems leaving Thailand multiple times under the DTV? Have you faced a higher level of scrutiny at immigration with successive reentries?

Has anyone who previously opened their bank account with a work permit encountered any scrutiny?

For whatever reason, every story drumming up anxiety over these issues have been posted anonymously.

Has anyone applied for a DTV visa once and been rejected, then applied a second time at another country's embassy and was approved?

Made a video explaining the process I took to get approved in Cambodia

Was approved in Abuja (Nigeria) as a Cameroonian (African) for workcation 🇳🇬/🇨🇲

PS: I live in Cameroon. However, Cameroon is ruled by the Thai embassy of Abuja, Nigeria.

PS2: I speak French and my documents were in French. I translated all of them with Google translate, add in red "original" on the french ones, merge both and send them as one PDF.

Honestly, the process is very straightforward.

I applied on April, 9th. As intended date of travel, I put June, 26th.

The documents I used:

1) Portfolio: I work online, on platforms and for direct customers.

One platform gave me a certificate of independent activity. For both platforms, I sent screenshots of my profiles and link redirecting to them.

For my direct customers, I send invoices + links to works on which I'm publicly cited.

2) Financial situations: 6-months stamped and signed statements of my bank accounts.

3) The other documents they asked for (photos, bio page of passport, etc.).

A few minutes after submitting my application, I received a request for additional documents:

- Flight itinerary

- Hotel booking for at least one month

- Employment contract: I have a contract with a regular customer. A simple Word document we both signed. I sent it.

Then I waited...

On June, 8th, I received an email stating I have an interview at the Thai embassy on June, 11th.

The D day, I had the interview. Some questions that were asked to me:

- Why do you want to go to Thailand?

- Have you been to other countries? Which ones?

- A lot of questions about the nature of my work. What I do EXACTLY? Where are based my customers? How will I be sure to have regular income?

Honestly, if it's your job and you are (REALLY) making a living off of it, there's nothing complicated.

- How I intend to pay for stuff in Thailand? My answer: credit card.

- Where I will stay? I explain that I booked an hotel and after, I will find a one-year rental contract.

- Asked me to open my bank apps to see the money.

Overall, the interview lasts around 10 minutes.

The next morning, I flew back to Cameroon. And then, I received the email stating I was approved and granted a DTV.

I made my post as detailed as possible as I don't see a lot of feedbacks from Africans. I saw a report of success and maybe 2-3 Africans saying they were approved but not a lot of details.

In a nutshell... The process is the same for all nationalities. There's no "additional scrutiny" nor "additional verifications" as I saw in some comments.

If you meet the criteria, just apply.

In case you have some questions, feel free to ask in comments. I will answer to the best of my ability.

🌚 You can comment anonymously.

❌ PS: no DM