Hello everyone

Could you please share your border bounce experience? Cuz my 180 day stamp is gonna expire soon

Which country did you do?

How many days did you have to stay? And

What questions did they ask upon entry of another country and

Entry back to Thailand?

Thanks so much in advance

Have a nice day

Has anyone applied for remote work and the company is a sole proprietorship, where a business registration isn't required?

Thanks

DTV Interview in Taipei – Seeking Advice & Insights

I’ve been asked to come in for an interview as part of my application for the DTV (Digital Nomad Visa) in Taipei, and I have to admit, I’m a bit surprised by this request. Given that my situation seems to align perfectly with the DTV’s requirements, I didn’t anticipate needing an interview.

For context, I work for an American company and want to work remotely from Thailand (because I am literally allowed to work anywhere and I have to travel anyways very often to Asia-pacific region for work, of course excluding Thailand). I’ve provided proof of my financial independence, my work contract, and the business license of the company I work for etc.

I’ve never applied for a Thai visa before and have always entered the country under the tourist exemption scheme (30 days, and recently 60 days). Therefore, I can guess maybe they have questions about my frequent entries and exits from Thailand over the past 1.5 years? The honest truth is, my business travel schedule has kept me outside the country most of the time, so I haven’t overstayed or violated any visa regulations. When I am in Chiang Mai, I’ve been living with my boyfriend (who is not Thai national but has an elite visa).

With that in mind, I’d love to hear from anyone who has experience with this interview process in Taipei. I’ve read some posts, but I still woud like to ask:

1. General overview of the interview process: What’s the vibe? Is it more formal or laid-back?

2. How was the overall interview? What questions did they ask for you?

3. TM30 question: Do they ask about TM30 registrations?

I’d really appreciate any guidance or reassurance you can offer. Thank you so much to this community for your help!

Which country do you suggest to apply for a dtv Visa? I've heard that Vietnam and Taiwan should be good?

Hi everyone,

I have all the requirements for the DTV soft power Muay Thai. I plan on flying in on the 12 evening and going to the embassy in the 13th. I scrolled though a lot of the recent Taiwan post amd just wamt to make sure it’s ok to do walk ins amd just bring the hard copies? Also if anyone has any recommendations of hotels nearby the Thai embassy

Thank you all for you time in advance.

Question please, for all who applied through Taiwan:

How did you get the documents (work contract, ownership of company certificate, bank statements) authenticated by the embassy of there's no embassy of that country in Taiwan?

DTV APPROVED in Taipei City, Taiwan!

Workcation version - I own a business in the US.

Walked into Thailand Office in Taipei today at 9:45M - no appointment needed or available.

Asked to return with additional docs before 11:30am.

Asked to return at 3:30pm for results. Results approved.

Paid 11,000 TWD (local currency) and only after being told I was approved was I asked for this

Asked to return tomorrow between 4-5pm to pick up Visa!

DTV Documents provided:

-Passport

-One Copy of passport

-Visa Application form (choose Other and write DTV for what you are applying for...I had to fix this)

-6 months bank statements for the bank account I receive payments from my company (paycheck from business goes here)

-6 months bank statements for the bank account with a balance of 500k baht or more

-Letter of authorization to work remote on company letterhead (I am owner so written and signed by me)

-ADP Paystubs 6 months (I pay myself as an employee of my company)

-Business Certificate with government seal ($5 in Florida to obtain online)

-Business Registration page (Sunbiz.org for Florida business)

-Two inch photo (only needed one...they gave the other back) stapled to application

Then they asked for additional documents:

-Contract for business showing my name, customer name, and my company name

-payment from customer (photocopy of check) matching contract above - highlighted my name and customers name

-Proof check was deposited into my business account (and covers my payroll amount)

-invoice matching payment above to same customer

-IRS page showing tax ID (my CPA had emailed this to me like 5 years ago…not sure where to get it online otherwise)

-Updated November statement showing account balance (I had prepared a few days before in November so my last statement was October. I applied Dec 2 and they wanted November as well by that time. She also said I could show her the balance on my phone and would have asked me to screenshot and email it to her)

Hope this helps! Thank you for all the help in this group.f

Hey everyone, I'm interested to know what Thai embassies that are close to Thailand or a short flight away to get a DTV visa and are done within a week?

Cheers

DTV in Taipei for Remote Worker - approved!

I went yesterday to the Thai consulate in Taipei. Arrived around 9.30am. I had 4 people in front of me applying for the DTV and had to wait a while til my turn. It seemed like they spoke to everyone for 20 - 30 min.

When it was finally my turn, luckily it went quick, she looked through all my papers.

I recommend you have a conversion app open on your phone as she asked me to convert the amounts on my bank statements into THB and write it down.

This is exactly what I provided:

1. Passport

2. Visa application form from their website

3. Recent color photo with white background 3,5 x 4,5cm

4. Financial evidence of more than 500k THB on personal bank account (your name must be visible)

5. Letter of Employment (written by myself in my company name and signed by me)

6. Documents of my LLC formation in the US - she checked if my name is on it.

7. Letter from the IRS with my EIN - again she looked for my name on it

8. Freelance work contract with my main client, stating I can work remotely and my client lives outside of Thailand

9. Recent invoices I have sent to clients from the past few months

10. Transactions of my business bank account from the past few months, matching the recent invoices as incoming payments

11. Print out of my website, showcasing my freelance services.

I'm fully aware that I probably delivered more than asked on the website and I'm so glad I did.

She took all my papers and said come back at 3.30pm. I went back in the afternoon to hear it was approved, paid the 11k TWD in cash, and today I returned to pick up my passport with the DTV. Needless to say, I'm soooo happy!

Thanks to this group for all the advice, it helped me a lot to prepare for this.

I highly recommend to bring more than suggested on the website. I talked with 2 other people and they were also asked to show bank transactions of incoming payments and invoices or paystubs. Definitely bring some along if you apply in the workation category.

If you want to apply in person in Taipei, hurry up as they switch mid November to evisa.

Good luck everyone! Thailand, here I come 🇹🇭

DTV in Taipei? As an American?

I can’t find any info on the Taipei website because it just lists people who can apply that have a residency visa in Taiwan .

But can Americans without a residency permit in Taiwan apply?

I am in Taipei preparing my documentation and want to use the local embassy here for DTV which I heard takes 2 days to process