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

Is it correct that from next month on (October) all Thai consulates in the near countries change to evisa? I'm talking especially about Taiwan and Vietnam. I am planning to fly in October to one of them to apply for the DTV visa.

Question, if it's all online, I still need to be in the country I apply for at

- the time I apply online?

- the time I receive the visa?

I only got one week time, so if my DTV isn't ready by then, i will be out of the country already (not in Thailand though), I will be in Malaysia after which seems the worst place to get the DTV hence the plan to stop before in either Taiwan or Vietnam.

Anyone knows more on that?

Is there any embassy in the neighbourgh countries not requiring appointment to apply for the visa? Thanx

Issued at Taipei, Taiwan today.

Submit docs （in person） at 9AM

and get visa 4PM same day.

Did anyone apply in Taiwan? How did it go?

Thanks in advance for helpful advice. I want to spend < 180 days a year in Phuket and I’m looking for recommendations on interesting places to spend time outside Thailand that will not break the bank for the other 180 + days.

What specific places/locations would you personally recommend that I may not know or have thought about? So far I’ve focussed on Saigon and Philippines (Cebu, Palawan).

Any bargain places with good food, beaches, nature & bars that are reasonably priced, easily accessible? And yes I have googled and thought about this a lot and am now calling on our collective wisdom.

Thanks! KO

By the way the pic is Moalboal, Cebu Island, Philippines. Nice spot, a bit long to get there…..

ATTENTION members from India & Taiwan

The thai cabinet has approved the 30 day visa exempt program for India and Taiwan for another 6 months (May 11 - Nov 11)

[members only]

Which SEA country is the best for a young expat to live long term or use as a base while exploring others: Thailand, Japan, Vietnam, South Korea, Taiwan, China.

Budget: ~$3K USD/month

hello! has anyone tried to apply for a tourist visa while visiting taiwan recently? i have a US passport and currently staying here visiting family. and have a ticket to bangkok next week. tried to go to the embassy today and they turned me away due to my US passport and because i am not a taiwanese resident. will try to go back in a day or so and see if their mood is different when i apply again.