Hello everyone. I have a question. We are a family of three. My wife has had her DTV visa since early July. My daughter and I have applied for accompanying DTV visas. We are leaving on August 12 but still haven’t received a response regarding the visas. Can we enter the country with tourist visas and then, once we get the response for the DTV visas, leave and re-enter with the accompanying DTV visas?

Thank you.🙏

Hi everyone,

Has anyone encountered this message when applying for the DTV after uploading their passport scan?

“Biodata page of travel document – We are unable to retrieve data from the MRZ. Please enter your travel document’s biographic information manually.”

Does this mean my passport scan isn’t clear enough? I used a scanner, and it looks clear to me and has high definition even after zooming in so I wonder why it couldn’t read the information from it 🙏🏻

Hello,

I have been in Thailand for almost 60 days and need to start the visa application process for the DTV.

Which surrounding country has quick turn around times and good pricing? I would appreciate any help, thank you!

⚠️ Warning

Passport Type: USA

I’m having to leave Thailand because my Non-B visa couldn’t be transferred in time due to a missing document from my employer. While still in Thailand, immigration told me I had to leave the country to do a border run and return on a tourist visa to restart the Non-B visa process.

This will be my first time entering Thailand on a tourist visa exempt on arrival, as I haven’t used one this year. Today, I’m flying from Thailand to Vientiane, Laos (VTE airport) via Lao Airlines. I had everything prepared for the visa on arrival: 2,000 baht in cash and a passport photo, ready before check-in at the airline counter.

However, Lao Airlines refused to issue my already paid-for ticket unless I showed them an additional 10,000 baht in cash. I’ve never heard of this requirement before.

I’m scheduled to return to Thailand on the same airline from VTE. Has anyone experienced this before? Has anyone had problems flying back to Thailand from VTE with Lao Airlines?

Question about pick up date for under consideration stamp. I’m going to apply for extension next month so just trying to plan a little bit if possible.

30 days from my current stamp falls on a Sunday. Do you think Immigration will have the pick up date for the remaining 11 months be on Friday or on Monday? Does anybody have experience with this? That would be extremely helpful and I am aware that it will ultimately just come down to Immigration‘s decision.

The reason I’m asking is because I am hoping to take a flight on that Saturday out of the country. So ideally, I would like to pick it up on Friday if possible and I will ask Immigration to do that. Just looking for anyone’s previous experience. Thank you. 

Hello everyone i submit my all documents 10 day ago than they required additional document again I submit now they invite me for interview. I apply DTV visa from Malaysia Kualalampur anyone can help me where I go for interview It is Online or I want to go embassy? what kind of document they again ask for interview please help me. 

Approved for DTV (workcation) in under 24 hours. Thanks to everyone here sharing 😃

I don’t post much in this group, but I’ve been reading everything for the past month or so—and I just want to say thank you to the community.

I finally got my DTVI. I flew into Hanoi on July 8th and got the visa on July 18th.

No extra documents were requested. Here’s what I submitted ahead of time:

* Hotel confirmation

* Entry stamp

* Cash App statements from the last three months

* Business registration

* EIN

* Articles of organization

* Receipt from registering my business

* Client portfolio showing the actual work I do

* A work letter from myself, since I own Tony Destin LLC (to be honest, I had ChatGPT help write it)

That’s it.

I know a lot of people have been trying to go the Muay Thai visa route, but I avoided that since there’s been a bunch of issues with it lately. I came in on the workation path, and it ended up being pretty straightforward.

Returning the favour as a grateful member of this community- DTV Approved in HCMC and officially back in Thailand with a 6 month passport stamp.

I am Canadian and applied for the 'workcation' DTV as a Preply teacher.

I submitted my application to the HCMC embassy on June 30th, checked the website for a status update on July 2 and it showed 'pending approval'. I received the approval email with my DTV on July 7th so it took 1 week total (including the weekend) to be processed and approved.

Here's what I submitted:

Proof of location:

~~Boarding pass to Vietnam~~

~~Vietnam Visa~~

~~Entry stamp to HCMC~~

~~Images of passport full book including empty pages (1-52)~~

~~Proof of accommodation (hotel confirmation) ~~

~~Selfie outside hotel with key~~

~~Onward ticket of flight to ~~Thailand

Work Docs:

Freelance teacher portfolio with cover letter explaining:

~~what I do, where my students are sourced, how I get paid, approx monthly earnings, why I'm applying, and stated that I will not seek work locally in Thailand.~~

~~TEFL cert~~

~~My profile stats (generated within the platform) including hours & lessons taught to date, attendance rate, etc.~~

~~student roster~~

~~earnings spreadsheet~~

~~Screenshots of my calendar from the previous month and upcoming weeks showing completed and upcoming lessons~~

~~Student reviews~~

Financial Docs:

* My exported payment history from Preply

* 6 months of Bank Statements with all deposits from my work highlighted (I also highlighted the conversion amount from USD to CAD to make is VERY easy for them to match everything up). I also made a note about a percentage that Preply deducts when transferring to non-US accounts- again to make everything as clear as possible

* The 2 most recent statements showed a balance of over 500k baht

Happy to answer questions from anyone hopping on the same boat!

Hi group,

I got approved, thank you for the information here!!

I had been ROMing this group since last year, but was really nervous about applying until I was approved. 😅

I’d like to share my experience as an example.

📍 Embassy: Hanoi (Vietnam)

🗂️ Category: Workcation

⏱️ Timeline:

* Submitted: 18th June Wed (e-mail: 8:27 AM）

* Approved: 24th June Tue (e-mail: 1:25 PM)

There was no request for additional documents.

📁Document:

Cover letter and portfolio

I included:

* Upwork documents (certificate of earnings + profile screenshot)

* Screenshots of my blog and creations (including LINE stickers)

* A remote-work freelance service agreement from a Japanese client

My Upwork earnings were about 10k USD (last July ~ this June), I didn’t include documents for my other income sources.

Writing an English cover letter was a bit tough for me as a Japanese, we are not familiar with it 😅

I included the following in my cover letter; summary of my freelance work, my purpose for staying in Thailand, a list of portfolio items (starting on the next page)

Document Indicating Current Location

* Hotel reservation documents (from OTC)

* Passport stamp showing entry to Vietnam

Financial Evidence

* I used Wise screenshot and statements (in USD and JPY, mixed)

* 6 months of records

* I was gradually saving up money, reached 500kTHB 1 month before I applied

I hope this helps 😃

私のブログにも情報を日本語で書きましたので、参考にどうぞ☺️