Can someone explain what the embassy wants? I uploaded official documents that show my income, and they still don't accept them.

It is vor non immigrant O, 3

Months, I’m literally desperate

SAME SEX MARRIED COUPLE APPROVED✅ (females)

📍Applied via Washington DC Consulate

My wife applied as the primary DTV holder using the soft power catergory with the Discover Thai course. Her visa was approved within nine days with no additional document request. When applying we submitted the following:

- passport bio data page

- drivers license to show proof of residence

- 4 months of bank statements showing over 500,000 baht and a screenshot of current balance

- Military disability benefits summary

- soft power acceptance documents provided by Discovery Thai

- $400 visa fee

After my wifes approval we submitted my spousal DTV application. We submitted all the same financial documents with a sponsor letter from my wife. In addition we also submitted our marriage certificate, my wifes passport bio data page, DTV and my personal documents for identification. My visa was approved within three days.

Goodluck everyone!!!

Thank goodness my DTV approved using soft power cooking class.

23 March 2025 - Applied the visa online at Laos

24 March 2025

9.00am - Make the payment at the Consulate.

4.26pm - Ask for the Laos Stamp

28 March 2025

9.00am - Went to Consulate and asking my application

10.42am - Email (Ask about the DBD and Owner ID for the Cooking - must signed by the owner). Few round email.

5.00pm - Sent the right documents from the school.

31 March 2025

9.10am - Went to Consulate and asking my application

10.00am - Change status from Checking to Waiting for Approval

3.00pm - Went to Thailand and waiting for the bus

4.55pm - Email (Interview on 2 April 2025 after lunch)

5.30pm - Back to Laos

1 April 2025

2.10pm - Interview

2.15pm - DTV Visa Approval

When I crossed the border, I showed Thai Immigration my visa via phone. But she never bothered to look, because their system already showed DTV.

Hello everyone I just applied for thai visa it's submitted processing but pending payment. I have not paid anything. I selected for single entry but it shows option was selected for multiple entry and fees showing for multiple entry. What do I do know? There's no option to delete or cancel these applications. How do I tell them it's for single entry and I want to make payment for single entry. I wanted to delete all and do it from the first again but there's no option. Please help.

Visa cancelled. Applied in Jakarta. Email says wrong type of travel document chosen. Not sure what that means, I chose "Ordinary Passport". What a waste of money haha 🥲

I’ve tried to search so apologies if this has been answered previously… I have full 6 months bank statements and payslips etc but the 500k I’ve only had in full for the last month ! Will this be ok to submit? Trying to weigh up if best to apply soon or wait 2/3 months ! Thank you 🙏🏼

I got my DTV in 3,5 hours!

Yes you read that right. 3 hours and 23 minutes to honor my German friends here.

So I’m gonna share my story to contribute to this amazing group that helped me a lot in the past days 🙏🏼

I arrived in Manila yesterday night, checked in at my hotel and went straight to bed. Today I finished my documents and at 11:57am I submitted my documents online - already mentally and emotionally prepared for two long weeks of waiting.

So I went out for lunch, had coffee, contemplated what to do with my life in a concrete jungle… and when boredom kicked in I checked my emails. 15:20h … Mail from the embassy … You’re visa is approved.

Wtf.

Straight back time travel to the feeling when I caught Mewtu for the first time in Gameboy Pokémon Blue Edition.

So here‘s exactly what to do:

Preparation is everything (life lesson in here)

- If you’re a business owner, get your documents ready:

1)Certificate of active Status of your company

2) Document proving you’re the owner of the company

- Prepare your employment contract, indicating you employed yourself as a managing director for your company. You must add the following benefit: 100% remote work

- Write yourself a „letter of authorization“ that you authorize yourself 100% remote work. You will find templates and tutorials for this document on YouTube as I did

- Make a nice presentation (I did it with Canva) in which you explain in detail (!) what you do:

1) Add your website and your LinkedIn Profile

2) Explain your services/products and proof your successful business with data/pictures/numbers/metrics // if you are a freelancer show 3 of your projects/clients and explain exactly what you do for them

3) Add invoices, then add the bank statement where this money came into your business bank account and finally add another bank statement from your private account which shows you actually received this money

—> Remember: The better you prepare this presentation, the faster you will be. My presentation was around 18 pages long and took me 4 hours of focused work.

- Have your private bank statements of your last 3 months ready. The front page should indicate the current balance of at least 500.000,- Baht.

- Merge the following documents into 1 PDF (you can use a free tool like „ilovepdf“ for merging pdfs - just google it):

1) Proof of your location: Use the receipt of your hotel booking

2) Picture of your Philippines visa stamp in your passport

3) Passport sized picture (should be exactly measured based on the given size on the Thai website)

4) Booking confirmation of your flight to the Philippines

What else do you need to know?

- eTravel Visa for the Philippines: When you enter the country you are required to show the eTravel document. Be careful: there are services online that charge more than a 100€ while on the official website it is for free I assume. Why I know that some charge over 100€? Don’t ask… 😂🤦🏻‍♂️

- When entering the Philippines you must present a return flight ticket. So have that in mind.

- Don’t book your hotel for too long in advance - you might not need it.

Remember:

- Preparation is everything. The better you prepare, the faster the process will be.

- Make it easy for those who are reading the documents.

- Be kind and friendly in your words, they are still humans.

3 hours 23 minutes - I hereby require my official entry in the Guiness book.

See you in paradise 🏝️

PS: If someone of the honorable team of the royal Thai embassy is reading this post - thank you! You did an amazing job 🙏🏼

Hey everyone!

I’m looking for some advice and hoping someone here might be able to help. I’ve already reached out to my country’s embassy, but it’s been 10 days, and I still haven’t heard back.

I’ve been working in the film production industry for about 15 years. On average I work 6-7 months and the rest of the time, I’m traveling. Lately, I’ve mostly spent that time in Thailand.

I’m thinking about applying for the DTV as a freelancer to take advantage of the 6 month tourist visa, but I’m not sure if my situation fits the requirements. My work is based on project contracts, and I get paid directly through payslips. I can provide proof of financial stability, like contracts from various production companies, payslips, and bank statements.

Since my job doesn’t always require me to be on set, I have weeks when I can work remotely during the prep phase, but I’m technically not considered a remote worker.

I’m not looking for a job in Thailand, I just want to live there for a few months a year while continuing my freelance work in my home country. I also have more than 500,000 THB in my bank account.

Has anyone here been in a similar situation and successfully applied for the DTV? I’d really appreciate any tips!

Hey everyone! im going to Laos to get a tourist visa, and everywhere i've read it says its three days process or something like that, but the website says its 10-15 business days to process the visa, starting jan 1st 2025. Has anyone done a visa in Vientiane recently? any update on how long the process takes?

Hello everyone I need a good service agency in Bangkok to apply for a Schengen visa for my Thai girlfriend.

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Hallo zusammen ich benötige eine gute Serviceagentur in Bangkok um ein Schengenvisa für meine thailändische Freundin zu beantragen.