I want to apply for the DTV visa for Thailand (l saving this September) I have all the qualifications and except the REASON. I am not a digital remote worker.

I have enrolled in a 2 week yoga intensive. I have contacted a few places where I am going but they either only want cash on arrival so no ability to present a receipt of payment for enrollment before applying for the visa from Canada.

One cooking school said “someone applied from here for their visa through our school” and this school offers one day - all day courses but….one day?!

The language schools I contacted want me to enroll of 2 months for 1000$.

Two extremes.

Has anyone found a happy medium for a place on KPG that will take payment from Canada in order to justify a long stay?

If they reduce the entry stamp back to 30 days, due to the fact I have already bought my ticket for a 40-day stay, I will pop into a Thai embassy in Chumphon and get an extension, apart from proof of a ticket back to the UK, my passport, and 1900 bhat what else to I need to take

Hello I am Australian and I need a tm30 for my visa extension is it still required ?

Yesterday i applied for the DTV. I thought it would take 10 workdays for it to be either approved or denied ( the Netherlands)

Now i read different stories that it takes more days. My flight is on the 5th of June.

Im thinking of changing my flight to a later date.

What would you suggest i should do?

Hi Guys new here so be gentle, I am planning to retire to Thailand in a year or two I have a conviction for drink driving will this hinder my attempt to obtain a retirement visa. I'm 62 and married to a Thai girl for 26 years and have 2 grown up children. All other requirements are fine.

Hi All

Looking for some advice.

Retireing in Thailand later in the year.

I have had the same UK works phone number for over 30 years, and use it for everything.

Obviously this uk sim will have to be returned.

I will then have to get a new uk sim and change my mobile phone number on all my uk accounts ect.

I realise I will have to get a Thai number when I move for Thai bank reasons.

Do I have to keep swapping between uk and Thai sims, maybe have 2 phones. Or will uk banks ect accept a Thai number ?

Just looking for a simple and cheap solution.

Thanks for your help 🙏

Hi all, should have said, I have an iPhone and would like to keep it,

I just got my DTV eVISA approved and sent to my email (PDF). Valid from 17/05/2025 to 16/05/2030!!!

Do I still need to go to the embassy where it got approved to get a sticker on my passport? Any advice on next steps is more than welcomed!!

Process:

1. Applied 29th apr 2025

2. Docs check 30th apr 2025

3. Additional proof requested 2nd may 2025

4. Pending approval 13th may 2025

5. Approved 17th may 2025

Less than 20 days.

Applied for a business visa. They asked for a document indicating current location (Filipino who traveled to China for business). Submitted my entry stamp as a proof. Few days later, my application got cancelled due to "Inadequate support documents or explanation."

What else do they need or is there anything else I failed to provide? I don't have a hotel booking either since I'm currently staying in the company dormitory here in China.

DTV (workcation) APPROVED IN 3 WORKING DAYS

(British Passport via the Sri Lankan Thai Embassy, Colombo)- currently on holiday here for 3 weeks with no flight booked to Thailand until my VISA was approved (hoping it will be within this next 3 weeks)

Before applying I have been living in Thailand for the past 2 and a half years on a NON O Visa, dependent on my British wife having a NON B Visa and work permit.

Date applied: 8th of May 2025 at 12:30 (Day 0)

Stage 1:

Passport/selfie uploaded

Confirmed personal details- it did throw me out when it said "Home address " (so I put my UK address) and then I said my current location wasn't my home address and it said to enter home address again? From reading advice on this page, I entered my hotel address in Colombo

I then confirmed workcation- I have a UK based buiness and I am the sole employee so clicked the buisness owner option

Stage 2: Evidence of sufficient financial assets

Documents uploaded were a contents page and then included a letter from "my employer" (me) supporting the DTV application, 3 months payslips (feb/mar/apr 25), my bank statements including the final balance showing over 500,000B- this bank account is brand new so could only show April/May therefore I also submitted a letter of support from my wife (she has just sold a buisness in Thailand and transferred me the money from her thai account to my thai account), 6 months bank statements from my wife's thai account, copy of our marriage certificate, a picture of her passport and her picture of her thai exit stamp.

Stage 3: Employment contract- remote working/certificate of incorporation

Again for this section I uploaded a contents page and submitted a cover letter from employer highlighting I can work remotely and I am willing to work within the constraints/in accompliance of the DTV, my employment contract- again highlighting/allowing me to work remotely and a certificate of incorporation for my UK based company registered with Companies House.

Tools used: I had some difficulty uploading so many documents and even some pictures (of my passport/selfie) as they were "too big". After reading advice from this page I used a website called "Tiny JPG" to compress the size of pictures and another website called "ilovepdf" to help merge and compress any other documents.

UPDATE: Request for further documents on 8th of May 2025 16:00 (Day 0)

"Kindly send a photocopy of ALL pages of your passport including both the visa and non visa pages"

UPDATE: 9th of May 2025 15:10 (Day 1)- Request for interview email. Interview scheduled for the 14th of May (the 10th/11th is weekend and 12th/13th are holidays). It was strange when I logged onto the Evisa website to "accept" the interview it came up as a document request and wanted me to upload something. For this I just wrote on a word document that I would like to accept the interview and would see them on the 14th.

UPDATE: 14th of May 10:30 (Day 2)- arrived at the Thai embassy having printed everything out. After a 20 minute wait or so, they took my documents, had a brief chat- confirming that my company was UK based, checked that I am infact IN Sri Lanka and I understood how the DTV worked (I can't earn money in Thailand). He checked that my non o and my wife's non b/work permit was cancelled (which is was) and asked if my wife would be applying for a dependent- I explained she was returning back to the UK and IF she was applying as a dependent, it wouldn’t be until later on in the year. There was no questions about my company, my job role and I wasn't asked to show my bank. No problems- out again in 5 minutes.

UPDATE: 14th of May 17:30 (Day 2)- I didn't have any email alerts or anything but though I would log on to the e visa website in the evening and it's updated to pending approval...

UPDATE: 15th of May 14:35 (Day 3) VISA APPROVED 😍

This page has been a massive help with my VISA application with certainly knowing what to (and what not to submit)! I feel lucky I sorted out a bank account using my Non O status before leaving Thailand! With anyone currently living in Thailand on ED VISAs I suggest you get a thai bank account before switching to the DTV.

I am busy organisimg an international driving permit(IDP). Do the Thai traffic officers require the hard copy of the IDP or will a digital copy suffice?

Home country driving license from South Africa.

TIA