Hi everyone! I’m on the DTV visa (Workation category) and have a couple of quick questions about the new Thailand Digital Arrival Card (TDAC):

1. For “Country/Territory of Residence”, should I select Thailand if I rent an apartment here and live in Thailand full-time (no residence anywhere else)? Or should I still put my passport country?

2. For “Purpose of Travel”, is it best to select “Holiday”, since we don’t have a Thai work permit? Or is there a better option for DTV visa holders?

Have any of you entered Thailand after the TDAC was implemented while holding a DTV visa, and what did you do? If you have something else to recommend, please do let me know. Thanks in advance for any advice!

Yes, I made a mistake. No excuses, since I should have read the group posts more carefully.

I submitted a workation application in Hanoi earlier today but now, reading the group, I realised that as "Document indicating current location" I submitted only my hotel reservation document, but not the page of my passport with entry stamp and flight to Hanoi. Did someone receive a request for these additional documents? or is it going to be straight rejection? 🥲

I read for about half hour, but can't find this question.

Thank you.

1st update: indeed like most people told me, I got asked to send the photo of my passport plus another document on the day after I applied and now it’s in “pending approval” since a few days.

2nd update: approved!

Hey, i am from Germany, what is currently the best and fastest way to apply for DTV ?

Thank you

Hey folks, for the workation DTV option, has anyone used funds in a Thai bank before? I currently have the required 500k in a Thai bank, but I couldn't find any information if that's allowed or not

Your visa application has been cancelled :(

I apply in Warsaw Poland

My road to cancel;

27april - apply for workation visa

28 april - request for additional documets

Document indicating current location: Please upload copy of Polish ID card, both front side and back side. Documents that consists several pages must be merged to a single but multi-paged file.

Financial evidence: amount of no less than 500,000 THB, e.g. bank statements, sponsorship letter : Please upload copy of bank statement (in English) with closing balance min. 500.000 Baht (or equivalent in other currency) for the last month (name of the applicant as an account’s owner, balance and date must be shown).

I send all. Statement in English with 26000 euro.

8may - request for additional documents

Other request documents: Please submit the departure flight details from your most recent visit to Thailand.

I send boarding pass exit from Thailand

12 may - another request

Other request documents: Please upload copy of written statement (signed by an applicant) with information regarding current place of stay/location status. All documents must be in the English language or accompanied by a certified English or Thai translation.

Other request documents: Please upload employment verification letter (in English). The document must be signed (handwritten or electronic signature) by an authorized person and affixed by the seal of the company.

Send both with stamp in pdf.

14 may - additional request. This same docs but photo no pdf...

Other request documents: Please upload a photo of the employment certificate. The certificate must bear the handwritten signature or electronically verified signature of an authorized person, and it must also include the official company seal.

Other request documents: Please upload a photo of the statement of current place of residence. The declaration of current place of residence must bear the handwritten signature or electronically verified signature of the applicant.

Send both

16 may additional request....

Other request documents: Please upload a copy of your departure flight ticket from Thailand corresponding to your most recent stay in the country.

I back to Poland via USA so I send all boarding passes for every flight on route thailand usa Poland.

20 may. Your visa application has been cancelled

Without any reason

Hi everyone! 🥰🥰 I’d really appreciate hearing about your experiences. I was denied entry to Thailand two weeks ago due to concerns about long-term stays.

However, I’ve just had my DTV visa (workation–freelancer) approved here in Korea. I’m planning to re-enter Thailand next week.

Given the previous denial, is there still a chance I might face issues at the border, even with the DTV visa? Thanks so much in advance! 🙏🏾

DTV visa - workation, approved in Taipei!

Sharing my experience as this group has been super useful!

I'm Spanish, applied for DTV workation in Taipei on the 30th April with:

- employment contract

- past 6 months salary

- bank statement showing 500k

- passport copy and ID picture

- Airbnb in Taipei

4hours later I've submitted the application I got a request to provide:

- certificate of arrival in Taipei from national agency

- company registration certificate (company is from Europe)

So the following day, I went to the national agency in person, got the certificate of arrival within 30mins, paid €3 then submitted it with company certificate online.

24hours later I've received a request for interview mid-May, so 15days later that my application.

I've emailed Taipei agency asking for another date (sooner) and after few days of waiting ... they've agreed to interview me on the 9th May. (You can't call them online email)

I've showed up at the Taipei Thai embassy with all the documents printed (same as those submitted online - printing is mandatory), waited for 45minutes, then got interviewed for 10minutes about the business of my employer (SaaS) and my role.

2hours later I've received the approval via email.

Lesson learned: do not book your return flight too soon (like I did) as it's now common to request for interviews in Taipei (4 other people were interviewing that day before me for DTV).

➡️Total days from online application to approval: 10 days

Hope my experience will be useful to some of you!

DTV APRROVED MANILA 6 business days

Russian Passport

Next is applying for the dependent!

Hi all!

I submitted my application for my DTV (workation)on Sunday 27th in Manila. The application has been pending approval with no update. No additional documents were requested. I’ve emailed them and they said it takes 7-10 days to process each application. We really thought it would be quicker from reading success stories in this group.

I still need to apply for a dependent for my son. We were planning to leave back to Thailand next Monday. I guess it’s not as fast as we hoped and we have to stay another week to wait for this🥲

Anyone in the same boat?

Success story from Hanoi. Figured I should write one of these because I found it helpful reading others' accounts when I was planning things out. (Thanks!)

I applied for a Workation visa. I'm a freelancer with a sole-proprietorship from the US. Previously, I've stayed in Thailand for over five years on Tourist visas and Education visas.

I supplied all the required information and put "Freelancer" for occupation instead of "Business Owner". The tricky part is the PDFs it asks you to upload to prove everything. I suggest getting AS MUCH information as possible. Err on the side of providing TOO MUCH rather than too little. I was never asked for any additional documents or for an interview.

For documents indicating current location (merge all into a single PDF, plenty of tools to do this online):

1. Photo of entry slip to Vietnam

2. Hotel reservation PDF

3. Plane ticket PDF

4. Photo of Vietnam visa stamp in passport

5. Vietnam e-visa PDF

6. Photo of hotel key with the name of the hotel in my reservation

Financial documents:

1. Balance letter from my bank indicating current balance (created on the day I applied)

2. Screenshot of bank app from the day I applied (from the web as my phone app did not allow screenshots)

3. 6 months of bank statements (reverse chronological order, I had the 500,000 baht in my checking account for only the past 3 months)

4. Screenshot of exchange rate from the day I applied (Google or any other exchange rate website are fine, put 500,000 baht in so they can see how much it's worth in your currency)

Employment contract or proof showing I'm a remote worker or freelancer:

1. Proof of employment document (I'm self-employed, so I wrote a letter explaining that I'm a freelancer, have a sole-proprietorship, the work I do, how I do it, and that I will not take any Thai clients. Put my name and contact info, signed and dated with a PDF signing service)

2. Contracts with two of my clients (I had no formal contracts with them, so I drafted up a simple, two-page document for each explaining the work I do, how long I've been working with them, how I am paid, explaining that I can work from anywhere remotely, including Thailand, and sent it to them with Dropbox Sign for their signature and date, and sent them a polite email explaining it's for a visa)

3. 5 invoices from recent months sent with my invoicing software

4. Screenshot of Stripe's transactions page, which I use to accept payments, showing the last few months of transactions

I stayed in Hanoi the entire time as I knew I could be called for an interview any time. I arrived on April 17th, applied on the 18th, got my status changed to "Pending Approval" on the 21st, sent an email to the embassy on the 29th asking for a status update, and got approved on May 1st. It was a bit longer than most stories here (9 working days), but patience is a virtue, I guess. My stay in Vietnam is until May 14th, which may or may not have had an effect on the processing speed.

Hope this helps anyone else planning a trip to Vietnam. All in all, it was a pretty easy process, but it was a bit nerve-racking with it taking so long. I would recommend quadruple-checking all of your info before you submit it. I spent nearly an entire day just filling out the application (about 6 hours of work compiling and checking all the info as well as formatting PDFs). Good luck!

EDIT: Just adding a couple of things I forgot to mention in the original post regarding the amount of time the 500k being in my account and salry slips)

DTV Visa (Workation) Approved in Hanoi!

I submitted my application on Wednesday, April 23rd, and it moved to “pending approval” on Thursday, April 24th.

Today, May 1st, I received the approval email!

Documents I submitted:

• *Edit* 6 months of bank statements with salary deposits clearly highlighted, also included 6 months of salary slips from my employer)

• *Edit* Ending balance of 500,000 THB (the closing balance of 500k was added 2 weeks prior to my application) no need for the 500k to be seasoned for a long time in Hanoi!

• Letter from my employer outlining my job description and working hours, signed by the director

• Cover letter signed and dated by me, confirming I comply with all visa regulations and will not work for a Thai company

• Screenshot of my LinkedIn profile

• My personal resume

• Screenshot of my arrival stamp in Vietnam

• Screenshot of my hotel booking on Agoda (2 nights)

If anyone has questions or needs help with the application process, feel free to ask—I’m more than happy to help!