Hey just submitted my dtv (soft power)with Issa compass, London embassy. How long have recent application’s taken for others. Hoping to travel for Songkran 🙏🏻🍺

Anyone tried to apply for DTV from India Delhi? Please share your experience.

Hi everyone,

I’m planning to apply for the DTV (Soft Power – Muay Thai) in a couple of months once I have my bank statements ready.

Right now I’ve just finished my 60-day tourist visa and have received the 30-day extension. My plan is to leave Thailand for a short trip to Malaysia and then return hoping to get another 60-day visa exemption.

After that stay, once my bank statements reach the 3-month requirement, I plan to leave Thailand again and go to Vietnam (most likely Hanoi) to apply for the DTV Soft Power Muay Thai visa from there.

I have two questions:

Will there be any issue if my stay in Malaysia is only short (for example a few days) before returning to Thailand to get another 60-day visa exemption?

For the DTV financial requirement, do I need to show that the 500,000 baht has been in my account for the full 3 months, or do I just need to provide 3 months of bank statements with my name on the account and a final balance of at least 500,000 baht?

I’ve had a quick scroll through the group but can’t seem to find a direct answer to these questions. If anyone has had previous experience with this, your advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

I have applied to the Washington DC Thai Embassy for a non immigrant O visa. I am over 50 and provided the require documents - passport photo, 2x2 photo, driver's license, letter's from my teaching pension - my social security pension - and my military pension - all stating my lifetime monthly award amount, and 3 months bank statements showing the deposit of my three monthly pension checks. My question: How long will it be before I will receive my visa?

Has anyone been approved for a spouse DTV visa in Indonesia? If so, how long did it take to process? My husband was just approved in Indonesia for DTV and it took about a month. I was planning to apply for spouse visa but our visa agent is saying the spouse visa will also take another month! Curious to hear anyone else's experience with this. Thanks!

Looking for the fastest turnaround, least friction DTV process (workcation):

Taipei

Hanoi

Abu Dhabi

What’s your experience? How many days?

Is there another obvious option I’m missing?

I’m a Brit, in SE Asia with UAE residency.

Thank you in advance! ❤️

Please, any brazilian who applied in Brazil 🇧🇷and have a "MEI" who can give me a little help? Tks!

Approved in Hanoi (soft power)

Posting this on behalf of a friend who doesn't have Facebook but who used this group to help with the DTV application.

Privileged western passport, applied for more than the normal 6 months of Muay Thai training, and was approved after 1 calendar week.

6 months of bank statements provided despite 3 months being requested, with the opening and closing balances always being far in excess of the required ฿500,000 minimum.

Photo of me outside the hotel in Hanoi showing boarding pass, hotel room keycard and the passport biodata page. Also submitted the hotel invoice billed in VND with the hotel parent company's official stamp and address on it.

Cover letter stated how the applicant can support themselves using the substantial bank balance and mentioned a genuine desire to train Muay Thai long-term over 5 years.

The Muay Thai gym provided all necessary paperwork which was then aggregated and compressed using iLovePDF.com. This included the payment receipt for the full course. I had no back and forth with the gym at all - the paperwork they provided included everything that was needed.

No additional documents were requested nor questions asked. Stamped straight in at DMK no issues whatsoever.

Overall a clean and smooth experience. A huge thank you to this group from where I acquired a lot of the information to put together a comprehensive and complete application.

I want to take a 2 week holiday + apply for a DTV workation at same time.l while there.

Has anyone any experience in dealing with the Colombo, Sri Lanka or the Yangon, Myanmar Thai Embassies ?

Anyone experience in laos with the DTV application?