Hello,

We submitted a DTV application for my partner in Jakarta 10 days ago, but we haven’t received any update yet. Since I need to apply after her and we are planning to travel to Thailand within a week. Is there anything we can do to speed up the process?

Thank you very much for your help

Hello friends! So I have applied for a workation visa from Hanoi this Sunday evening, provided everything possible and known to me:

- financial(two accounts back home showing funds more than 500k Bhats for six months)

- professional (cover letter, gst registration certificate, screenshots of business, IT returns etc)

-location documents ( current hotel in Hanoi including the arrival stamps, boarding pass, tickets and also lease in Thailand and flights inwards to cnx)

But I made a mistake of pre-booking flights for coming Sunday i.e. 14th as I wasn't certain of applying for DTV when I planned my Hanoi trip and thought it was just a border run.

Do you have any recommendations to have the process expedited if at all any, as I ideally don't want to lose money on tickets and extending hotel here any further.. though that's my last option. I'm happy to even walk over to the embassy if it helps, though any inputs welcome. Also, anyone who applied from Hanoi recently, what was your turnaround?

Thank you and much grateful for this community 🙏☺️

Planning to apply for DTV Soft Power (Cooking) towards the end of this month (September) in Vietnam. I have the seasoned funds but currently unemployed.

Which embassy is more friendly these days, Hanoi or HCMC? My plan was to stay in Danang & Hue which fall under HCMC but if Hanoi is better I don't mind going north.

And secondly, do I have to fly from Vietnam to Thailand to 'activate' it, or does it not matter? I need to be in Japan early November so I was planning to fly back to Bangkok from there.

Thank you 🙏🏼

Application for DTV asks for travel information and I am not sure of exact days of travel in October yet.

How do I submit flight information when no flight booked?

Im travelling to thailand in october. My wife is thai national lives with me in ireland 20 years married Were goin to vietnam on day 59 of my 60 day.So When I return to thailand 21 days later How long can i stay. ?? Will I get another 60 days or just 30 days.Thanks.

Hello ! me again :)

I am asking before as I don't want to waste any more money :)

Regarding this section, should it be infos about :

* how I got to Vietnam (where I am now)

* how I plan to go to Thailand

Thank you all, have a good day

I have to step outside of my zone of comfort. Only because this is a little outside of my comfort zone. If there is anybody that's able to advise me with what's more feasible. Please reach out to me on messenger. I have less than 60 days to stay the course with my original plan. Or do I have to alternate between the two.

Here's the issue. I am all set for my retirement/move to Thailand late August, early September. The only thing I have left is to apply for my retirement. I recently rearranged my first class flight from Thailand to the Philippines. From the Philippines then to Thailand. Saving me a couple thousand dollars. Now here is my issue and why I need help. The cost of the currency exchange and how hard of a is it going to hit me. My goal is Thailand. I should consider staying in the Philippines because of the what is happening with the US dollar. I am struggling with this decision. Apologize for the lengthy post. Hopefully there is somebody with some sound advice. Thanks

Submitted my DTV application middle of March 2025. I put down an early june arrival date , but my plans have changed and now flying to BKK on the 19th of may and not early June.

What happens if i fly to thailand and my application still isn't approved , then gets approved once i am already in thailand ? I presume I come in on a VOA?

I am also presuming i will have to leave the country and come back in on the DTV?

I called the embassy in australia 🇦🇺 2 times now and they are aware of my new travel date. Lady said she will see what she can do!

Any advice would be appreciated,thanks in advance. Just want to make sure i am following the process. I have no doubt i am not the 1st person to do this! 🙏 ❤️ 🇹🇭

Good afternoon all.

Firstly) When applying for soft power visa, is it acceptable to write occupation as unemployed? I have the said amount of savings and every other document. Just apprehensive about the unemployed part.

Secondly) it asks when I will leave Thailand and what is my flight info. I have no plans and no flight as I intend on staying for 6 months and will purchase an exit flight closer to the time. Any help on what to write on this application would be greatly appreciated

Thank you 🙏

Hi all... I'm going to Cambodia this weekend to submit the DTV application. And I'm trying to complete the Cambodia e-arrival card. However, I have a question. It asks for departure date from Cambodia. I have a flight scheduled on May 7. But I know that's too soon as I won't receive an answer yet on my application. And it will cost me more to change the flight than take a bus. So I decided to skip the return flight and take a bus about a week later (although I don't know the exact date since it depends when I get the DTV). So I'm just wondering if in departure date I'm supposed to put my scheduled flight date because that's what it shows with the airline, even tho I may leave a week later? Or should I put the date of a week later?