Professional Athlete training in Thailand. Is this considered "foreign talent" for the purpose of the application?

I would like to share my experience. I have received the approval for DTV Soft Power in September from the Thai Embassy in Paris (I am French).

I have applied with Arun Cooking School for their 6 months course. The application was prepared with the help of a visa agency in Bangkok.

Visa was approved by the Embassy. However when entering Thailand to activate it this weekend, they were reluctant at first because I had already spent some time as a tourist before during the year.

Immigration officers in Suvarnabhumi were super nice and calm during the whole process. I had to wait a bit for an 'interview' with them. They were surprised that I was granted DTV for cooking school, and were wondering if I should have an education visa instead...

In the end, they stamped me for 180 days and told me they were going to notify the Embassy about their feedback. I find it weird because they are the one to set the rules for DTV anyway and visa was granted already.

So a bit of a stressful experience but it ended well!

I wonder what will happen in May 2026 when I want to stamp another 180days! Especially if I have not extended my cooking lessons (not sure if I will, I would like to try something else)

my situation I leave on December 4th flight booked Qatar return on March 31st last year I entered on November 11th with visa on arrival and I had with run additional 30 days now since I'm a little worried I'm waiting for the tourist visa from the Thai embassy in Prague because I'm a Czech resident of Italian nationality I could have problems Thanks for advice

I have to file my first 90 day report after my last trip to Vietnam in August. My online filing was denied because it needs to be done in-person. I don't feel like going to the immigration office, so I reached out to a visa center who will do it. They are telling me they do not need my passport and they can do it by me sending in photos of my passport. Is this accurate? The last time I went through the Visa office, they needed to take my passport for a few days while they submitted my report.

Just arrived with the dtv for a 6 month muay Thai course .. when I leave at the 180 days do I have to have a new course to come back in on or will I be able to just reenter as it is a multiple entry visa and also will they ask to see the 500k baht in your bank account ?

My Viza Runs out December 5 we're is the best place to get a Viza for 60 days i have been told Lao is good

90 day reporting

Reporting in Bangkok can be done 2 weeks before the 90 day date or within 1 week after the 90 day date. After that you will be fined.

1. Don’t go early in the morning, you’ll wait the entire day. I came at 1PM and got to the counter in approx. 2 - 3 hours. There are 6 counters and it takes approx. 5 min per person.

2. You only need your passport, a filled TM47, and a TM30. I printed my passport scans, property lease, and my DTV visa. All they took is a TM47, that I filled in at the immigration office, and my TM30. If you remember, write down the arrival card number on the TM47. If you don’t remember, don’t stress, no one is going to do anything with you. My immigration officer was nice, she wrote that down herself.

3. Make sure your address is properly mentioned in the TM30. I was rejected the first time because my address in TM30 was just the name of the condo. You need to have the name of the condo, address, and your room / condo number.

If you’re using the BTS to get to the immigration, don’t follow Google Maps, follow the people and they will lead you to a free shuttle bus thst goes between the BTS and the governmental complex.

Good luck 🙏🏼

Hi guys, Does anyone have any experience in Malaysia with DTV visa for muay thai?

I have question if anyone would know the answer I would be grateful. I have DTV and my passport is getting full, and I want to know if I need to get new passport do I need to apply for DTV again ? Or it could be linked with my new passport. Thanks

Hi all.

If I get my DTV, do you have to put the date of first entry in? Or can you just come whenever?

Also, if I stay for example two weeks, is it fine if I then leave for six months and then come back?

Thanks