Hi, I hold an Australian passport and am in Thailand now. Planning to apply for the MT DTV in December.

- Any recommendations re cities/countries to apply from, in terms of visa success rate, length of process and price?

- Re occupation, is it easier to write unemployed’ so that they won’t ask further evidence re income?

Will DTV be rejected if I’ve been rejected from Thailand as a tourist before and stayed in a holding cell etc.

Looking at other post to get a extension on non o retirement visa you apply from home country. Fly to Thailand then after about two and a half months go to immigration and look for 1 year extension cost 1900 ฿.

I have bank account.

I have funds 800k฿.

I have accomodation sorted.

Yellow book and non Thai id.

I am semi retired. Irish.

But next year I will only be in Thailand month of February 2026 and July and August (60 days) and maybe a month in November 2026.

If I lodge 800k in to my account now.

Is there any way I can apply for non o and work it into that time frame. Or do I have to be in Thailand longer. Also can the visa or extension be multi entry.

I am trying to avoid using the visa exempt if I can as I travel more often.

All help appreciated.

Any recommendation at applying in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh and Bali?

Cheers!

I am applying for a NON-IMMIGRATION TYPE O RETIREMENT VISA from the UK and it asks to show income of 65000 a month for 3 months OR a current balance of 800000. If I apply using the current balance route how long would the 800000 have to have been in your account for ?

I applied through the London embassy. After they requested e-tickets to Thailand and a stamped bank statement from a local branch, I spent a lot of money to purchase the ticket and convert my dollars from my Wise account into pounds. Then they told me I needed to renew my UK visa because it did not have enough validity remaining.

I have been on a post-graduate visa in the UK for almost two years, and there are a few months left on it. Nowhere on their website does it state how much validity is required on my UK visa, and they are refusing to refund my money.

Is there any way around this? Is it possible to apply through the embassy of another country without actually being in that country?

What is the better visa - DTV or Student?

DTV soft power route accepted via London today🥳🥳🥳

Applied Monday evening 10pm. Tuesday 10am request for more documents. 1am this morning received an email of approved visa.

Highly reccomend Dowden Muay Thai in Koh Samui. I messaged them on instagram and they was very helpful throughout the whole process. They said they have only just started doing the DTV visa and have had less than 5 apply so far. They was very thorough and helpful. Would highly recommend. Wasn’t requested anymore Muay Thai docs so what they gave me first time round was plenty.

In reality does it actually matter under what category you apply? Workation or Soft Power? The actual visa is exactly the same.

Record my application process:

2025.05.23 Status: Pending Document Check

.......long time to wait

2025.06.18 Status: Pending Document Check

2025.06.19 Status: Request for Further Document

Other request documents: employee contract translate to English

Other request documents: all pages of your passport

Other request documents: a letter clarify the reason for DTV in English

Other request documents: business license, and social insurance proof paid by the company you work for

Other request documents: bank statement of salary payment with 6 month

submitted...

2025.06.20 Status: Pending Approval

2025.06.21 Status: Pending Document Check

2025.06.23 Status: Request for Further Document

Other request documents: guarteen letter from comapny

Other request documents: business license and ID/PASSPORT of the legal representative of company

submitted...

1.The change in status occurred on Saturday (06.21). I remember they were off on Saturdays

2.I uploaded all pages of my new passport, but not all pages of my old passport. They haven't put forward any opinions yet