I’m planning to come to Thailand in January. Should I come on a tourist visa I get here or should I come without a visa and then try to extend it to 90 days? My plan is to turn my visa into a long-term marriage visa without having to leave the country in doing sois this possible?

Hi!

Hoping to get clarity and some help from all.

Just got my final approval document for thr LTR Wealthy Pensioner. Yay!

It was my understanding that I would next have to get a stamp issued in my passport. I live in

NYC.

Called NYC embassy twice-of course 2 different answers. They are now telling me i need to apply for the e-visa. Once that’s done i will get another document that i am supposed to take with me upon my next arrival in Thailand to get the stamp in my passport.

I litetally just got back and plan on moving permanently Oct 1. The issuance is valid for 60 days so does that mean i have to fly to Thailand to get the stamp, come back, them move on Oct 1?? Ugh. Or would the e-visa document give me a new timeline?

Any info greatly appreciated

Thx all.

Hello, is there any Singaporean who got successful application? Need some assistance here

As in Singapore passport, we have a full English name (without indication of family name and given name in the passport) and also a Hanyu Pinyin (for Chinese)

So, how do you guys key in the name? Is it just key both the full English and Hanyu Pinyin name under the given name column and leave the family name blank?

Thanks in advance

Has anyone done a recent 180days extention in BKK? How was the process?

Hubby and I are about to start the DTV process.

1. Do we need to show proof of income plus the 500,000bht or either or?

2. Can anyone suggest a Visa specialist they've used?

I'm looking for someone to make a DTV visa.

Please forgive my ignorance but I notice a lot of these posts are regarding applications from embassies in countries. Is this a necessary step? I envisaged this could all be done remotely online without the need to physically go to an embassy. Apologies again if the answer is obvious and I just got confused.

For passport pictures of all the pages: is it better to do scans of the pages OR take pictures with the phone ? One is more professional, the other is more authentic. What did you do ?

Hi I am interested in applying for a muay thai DTV soft power visa. I want to find a gym in Pattaya. I found these two gyms but am not sure about their reputation or if they are legitimate in regards to the visa process and sponsorship letter.

Does anyone have any experience with either:

1. Battle Conquer Gym

2. Fairtex Gym

If not do you recommend a muay thai gym in Pattaya.

I appreciate your help and time.

Thank you.

Was approved in Abuja (Nigeria) as a Cameroonian (African) for workcation 🇳🇬/🇨🇲

PS: I live in Cameroon. However, Cameroon is ruled by the Thai embassy of Abuja, Nigeria.

PS2: I speak French and my documents were in French. I translated all of them with Google translate, add in red "original" on the french ones, merge both and send them as one PDF.

Honestly, the process is very straightforward.

I applied on April, 9th. As intended date of travel, I put June, 26th.

The documents I used:

1) Portfolio: I work online, on platforms and for direct customers.

One platform gave me a certificate of independent activity. For both platforms, I sent screenshots of my profiles and link redirecting to them.

For my direct customers, I send invoices + links to works on which I'm publicly cited.

2) Financial situations: 6-months stamped and signed statements of my bank accounts.

3) The other documents they asked for (photos, bio page of passport, etc.).

A few minutes after submitting my application, I received a request for additional documents:

- Flight itinerary

- Hotel booking for at least one month

- Employment contract: I have a contract with a regular customer. A simple Word document we both signed. I sent it.

Then I waited...

On June, 8th, I received an email stating I have an interview at the Thai embassy on June, 11th.

The D day, I had the interview. Some questions that were asked to me:

- Why do you want to go to Thailand?

- Have you been to other countries? Which ones?

- A lot of questions about the nature of my work. What I do EXACTLY? Where are based my customers? How will I be sure to have regular income?

Honestly, if it's your job and you are (REALLY) making a living off of it, there's nothing complicated.

- How I intend to pay for stuff in Thailand? My answer: credit card.

- Where I will stay? I explain that I booked an hotel and after, I will find a one-year rental contract.

- Asked me to open my bank apps to see the money.

Overall, the interview lasts around 10 minutes.

The next morning, I flew back to Cameroon. And then, I received the email stating I was approved and granted a DTV.

I made my post as detailed as possible as I don't see a lot of feedbacks from Africans. I saw a report of success and maybe 2-3 Africans saying they were approved but not a lot of details.

In a nutshell... The process is the same for all nationalities. There's no "additional scrutiny" nor "additional verifications" as I saw in some comments.

If you meet the criteria, just apply.

In case you have some questions, feel free to ask in comments. I will answer to the best of my ability.

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❌ PS: no DM