My partner and I (unmarried) have four children - three whom are school aged.

We each have 500kbhat in our Wise accounts and a regular monthly income each of 1,000 euros and savings of 20,000 euros in his name as well as 100,000 euros of investments (also in his name). Finances are in his name because of international politics and it’s been this way for a decade, trust is not an issue because I have access to everything so no point going down that road…

We are both building online businesses which should give us each an additional 2,000 euros a month within 6-8 months. We do not want to touch our investments for a few years at least.

We would like to live in Thailand and enroll our children in a school we have already chosen and which fits our budget… and we are depending on school to give us time to work!

But we realized recently that when applying for the DTV we may need to have 500k bhat in savings per person (1.5 million each / 3 million total) and that we are not allowed to touch that money even after receiving the visa. Is that true, and is it a strictly implemented rule in your experience ?

Are there alternatives? School enrollment visa seems to have the same financial requirements, but as we want to work online we would need the DTV, right?

We were hoping to have access to that 500k in our Wise accounts to pay extra expenses / supplement our income until it is high enough to sustain us, especially with school enrollment costs which will deplete our savings quite quickly.

I’m feeling discouraged because the plan we were building the past few months seems to have some flaws in it. Can you offer any helpful advice, insights, experience, work-arounds or options I am just not seeing?

Thank you!

Hello everyone,

just curious if anyone have been requested for the futher documenations when applying for the DTV(remote work) as below and how to deal with it as it´s doesnt make any sense to me. I have a ticket to Thailand but not back yet because i am not sure when ill going back. Also i have booked accomodation for the 7 days and provided them the recipe, but having accomodation for the whole stay(possible 6 months) is crazy. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you

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Hi everyone, this is kind of a long question so please excuse me.

I wanted to clarify the qualifications of the DTV Visa. I would be applying for that in Taiwan, which is where I’m currently living at. In fact, I heard the embassy here is rather smooth and easy to deal with compared to other places.

What I particularly wanted to ask about was the ฿500,000 qualification. I’m not sure whether it makes a big difference which option to check between “workation” or “freelancer”, is one option easier to use than the other?

Also, when it comes to proving that you have the ฿500,000 does it matter how long it’s been in the account? In other words, if I just transferred it, and it shows that it’s been in the account for just a day or two, would they give me a hard time?

How strict are they when it comes to proving that you work as a freelancer? In my case, I would be doing private tutoring online, in addition to investments, but I’m not sure if they care about how much you’re bringing in per month for that job, or they only care to see if you’re working at all? If they don’t care, then I guess all I would need is proof that I’m working for that employer?

Sorry for the long question, and thanks in advance!

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Hi everyone,

I’m planning to apply for a DTV (Workation) visa at the Thai Embassy in Warsaw (Poland) and I’d really appreciate some advice from people who have already been through the process.

I already have the following documents prepared:

• Certified translation of my B2B contract and the annex

• Letter from the company confirming permission to work remotely from Thailand

• Company registry extract (CEIDG) in English confirming active business activity

• Passport photo taken 2 days ago

• Bank statements for the last three months: September, October, November

My questions:

1. Should I also provide a certified translation of a December bank document confirming my current balance?

At the moment there’s no option yet to download the full December statement.

2. As proof of residence in Poland, is a photo/scan of my national ID card plus a certificate of permanent residence registration sufficient?

Or would it be safer to also include something like a Revolut transaction statement showing payments in Polish stores (I use it for daily expenses)?

3. I’ve seen that applicants are often asked for scans/photos of all passport pages and a boarding pass from the last return to Thailand.

In my case, I returned from Thailand to Germany by plane, and then traveled to Poland by private car. Could this be an issue?

4. In the visa application form, I need to provide flight dates and accommodation.

Is a Booking.com reservation that is not prepaid (since everything depends on the visa approval) acceptable?

5. Does the length of the accommodation booking matter?

Would one week be enough, or is it better to book two weeks or longer? I only need a hotel at the beginning and then plan to rent an apartment locally.

6. Is there something more that I should prepare?

Thanks in advance for any insights or experiences 🙏

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