Will soon apply for the DTV.

My understanding is that I have to apply first and get approved. Then I have to submit separately for my son.

Is it typically a shorter review for kids?

Has anyone had their child not get approved?

I applied for DTV visa and got cancelled because wrong passport number.

Fun fact: the Evisa website loads the data of my passport picture and I trusted that they correctly read my passport photo. The Evisa website read my passport number with O instead of 0.

Lesson learnd: never trust this evisa system, always write your information manually otherwise they collect a 14000 Baht just for pleasure...!

DTV (Cooking Class)

Approved in 4 Working Days

Submitted: 4 July evening,

Approved: 10 July afternoon

Location: Hanoi Thai Consulate

Hanoi is still fair & efficient.

1-500,000 THB settled for 5 weeks (SGD bank statement with a short explanation for why I used it)

2-Financial Declaration Letter explaining support from my husband

3-Submitted 6-month bank statements from my husband’s account.

Does it matter if I enter the country from Hanoi but I’ll go to Ho Chi Minh and apply from there ? Can I just show them Country Entry Stamp in Hanoi and Hanoi to HoChiMing flight tickets ?

Hi everyone.

I'm going to be applying for a dtv freelance visa soon. I have about 800,000 bhat in a tax free cash isa (UK account). This is not my main checking account. It has been there for over 6 months.

From anyone's experience, is this excepted? I will go to the Thai embassy in either Hanoi or HCMC vietnam.

Thanks in advance.

Edit: I have just found out that although it's possible to withdraw the money from this account early, it involves a small penalty and you have to personally visit an English bank to do so.... I'm guessing they won't exept this.

Has anyone applied with a British or Irish passport recently from a SE Asian country and been approved ?

I have been away from from the Uk for two years and was advised by an agent to apply from my home country due to my passports.

Hi everyone, I need some help regarding the DTV Soft Power visa (Cooking category).

We are a group of seven friends from Serbia, and we’re all planning to move to Bangkok.

On July 1st, each of us deposited 500,000 THB into our personal bank accounts, to meet the 3-month financial requirement for the DTV visa.

We plan to fly to Bangkok on October 15th, and were originally thinking of applying for the DTV visa on October 1st at the Thai embassy in Athens, Greece.

Now here’s our concern:

• If we apply on October 1st, we only have 15 days before our flight.

• We’re not sure if that’s enough time for the visa to be processed.

• If it gets delayed or rejected, we might waste the application fee and miss our flight plan.

So our question is:

👉 Is it too risky to apply for the visa in Athens just 15 days before our trip?

👉 Would it be a better option to just fly to Bangkok on a tourist exemption, and then do a visa run to Laos to apply for the DTV visa from there?

Any advice or similar experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Hello, I have a question about the 500000 THB financial requirement. Has anyone been approved or know of someone who’s been approved with funds that were recently transferred? The funds I submitted were 3 months worth, but in an investment account, which I realized isn’t acceptable. I just transferred the funds to my checking account and plan to send this documentation once they hit. I’d like to know if this is sufficient. Applying from the Jakarta embassy.

Question, is it easier to apply online from America, or to go into an embassy and start applying while you’re there ?

I am hoping someone can give me some clear direction on a Non-O visa applied for in the USA.

I applied for a non-O visa online via the Thai embassy website in the US on June 4, but as of July 4, it has yet to be approved. I am set to depart the States on Sunday July 6th to return to Thailand and join my wife. I have tried to get into contact with the embassy in New York for the past week unsuccessfully.

My questions are, should I delay my trip until the non-O visa is approved or proceed with my original travel plans on Sunday? Once/if the visa application is approved can I exit Thailand to a neighboring country and re-enter on the visa?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance