I'm so suprised my visa got approved yesterday (Sunday) after applying on the 23rd Jan in Hanoi! Technically less than 3 business days (because of Tet). I was really worried it wouldn't get approved in time for my flight out of here on the 6th. They didn't ask to see passport pages (apart from entry stamp the next day after application).

Hi everyone,

I just got a request to submit further documents.

1. I submitted sponsorship letter from employer and bank certificate showing only balance. (I have spendings in EUR, USD and local currency, so bank statements will be in 3 currencies separately if I submit like that). I can also submit only salaries for whatever period, it’s not even specified. I transferred 500000 from savings account to show before applying (Jan 14). Please advice what’s the best approach?

2. I submitted employment certificate and organization registration papers both in English, not sure what to do here.

Any ideas please?

Thanks a lot!

I just received my visa few minutes ago, here's my experience:

I have multiple source of income, but I applied with my company (owned 100% by me, I'm the only employee).

Status changes:

26/01/2025 (Sunday) - Application submitted

27/01/2025 (Monday) - Requested photo in better quality and a photo if my ID card

28/01/2025 (Tuesday) - Status moved to "Pending approval"

31/01/2025 (Friday) - Approved

Documents:

3. Proof of residence:

* Address card (in my country we have a dedicated card for your permanent address)

* Recent electricity bill

4. Proof of 500 000 THB:

* A signed statement from my bank in a different country that I have about 550 000 THB on my bank account.

Name, address, account number included. I had only 250 000 THB on my account, went to an ATM, deposit 300 000 THB to the same account, went inside the bank and requested the document. It's a very simple statement in English.

5. Information about my work:

* Cover letter - Briefly introduce the nature of my work, history and ownership of the company and the reason why I want to stay in Thailand.

* Business website - Exported the main screen of my website.

* Linkedin profile - Took a screenshot of the top part of my LinkedIn profile

* Client list - Made an excel about my most important clients in the past 5 years. Included the name of the company (if it was possible), industry, dates, country.

* Official, digitally signed company register extract

* Invoices+Bank statemens (3 months) - Uploaded my 3 recent invoices from my main client and the bank statemens where I received the payments (about 200 000 THB/payment). Invoices/Statements were not in English.

I merged all of the documents together and highlighted important details using Adobe Acrobat.

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Before I sent my application I spent time to analyze the ocntent of the approvied visas in the group. I think the structure what I posted above is more than enough. I want to mention that all of my clients were huge companies or government related organizations so I was not able to show any screenshots or other details of my work.

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One more thing: I didn't book a flight and I booked a refundable hotel for 3 months.

Just came back to Thailand from Cambodia on my new DTV. Some might be interested as I was on ED visa previously.

I applied as a freelancer. Provided business registration, contract with my main client (translated in english), 6 month of invoices for this client (in english) 6 month of bank statements with highlighted payments from this client, and 6 month of saving accounts statements with the required funds. As a reference, my income is low, few hundred euros per month, but steady.

Also added an export of my linkedin profile in english, a capture of my profesional website, and a letter stating my expertise and current activities.

It took exactly 10 business days for me to get approved, not counting the day I submitted. Went to pending approval on day 2. Got approved on business day 11, late afternoon. No update in the middle whatsoever.

Printed my DTV. Came back the day after through DMK (not BKK). Paid extra for fast pass as some here suggested it might be smoother.

Handed my passport to the (female) officer (some seem to think it makes a difference) with printed DTV.

She did not mention at all my ED visa current extension and related stamp of re-entry permit. She did not try to test my thai language.

Just asked me what I was doing, I said I work online for a company in my country. She asked if I got the money in my country. I said yes.

She checked some kind of unidentified logbook, then proceeded to stamp me in for 6 month.

Finally free from the ED golden cage, at least until immigration starts not liking DTV for some random reason🙏

Any question let me know, and good luck everyone 🤞

Can anybody confirm that submitted documents can be screenshots and not physical paper scans?

DTV Approved from HCMC Embassy.

Hi, i got my DTV approved and wanna share my experience and the documents I submitted to those who are looking to apply.

Applied: Jan 16, 2025

Additional Documents Requested: Jan 19, 2025

Pending Approval: Jan 21,2025

Approved: Jan 23,2025

Applied through workcation (remote work) category.

Documents submitted:

- Passport bio page (I took a photo and covert it to pdf)

-Passport photo (The embassy does have a requirement for the photo, especially for ladies, if you have long hair, make sure you put your hair back before taking the photo. You can check if the photo meets the requirement when you upload it)

- Entry stamp to Vietnam (also took a photo and covert it to pdf)

- Hotel booking receipt (I booked through agoda, at agoda, you can get an official booking receipt that shows the property address, the dates that you booked).

- Cover letter to the embassy stating why I wish to apply for the DTV and that I will follow the law of Thailand

-Employment contract & cover letter stating that I am allowed to work remotely including in Thailand.

-Pay slips for the last 6 months with bank statements showing the transfer (merged into 1 pdf) (highlighted the payment transfer)

-Bank statement for the last 6 months showing 500k balance (Highlighted the balance at the end of each month and also covert the amount to THB for each month written next to the opening balance of each month) (merged into 1 pdf)

Additional documents submitted: Was asked to provide the company's vision & mission on the following Monday after I submitted my application. Sent the document on the same day before the embassy closed.

P.S: You can do a draft application before the actual application, so you have an idea of what needs to be submitted.

Thank you again for all the information & tips from this group.

Hi everyone is it applied last night and got this email this morning. I uploaded these exact documents yesterday lol. I did use pdf merge tool so they were part of about 5 other forms. Should I just send again separately?

Anyone else have similar situation

Hi I have entered Thailand and got a 60 days stamp on arrival where do we extend this for another 30 days is it still at Lak Si Square ?

Hello everyone,

I was wondering if any of you has a recent list of required documents for 1 year visa extension based of being married to Thai national (Thai wife).

I have the list for Bangkok immigration from last year with me, but looking for a recent one to compare.

Thank you 🙏

The following answer just came in from my local Immigration Office in regards of my DTV extension this month. Not sure what kind of insurance they are talking about. Anyone got an idea? I will ask them again…

„We would like to inform you about your DTV Extension. Yes, we need your new financial proof in English and your insurance (it must cover a whole period of your stay). You have to prepare all the documents as same as you prepared for the Thai Embassy when you first apply for DTV but all in English. You can contact us after the middle of January as your visa will expire in February.“

This also answers the speculations once more, if or if not you need all the documents and fresh proof again. Yes you do.