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Hello, I am married to a Thai woman and I will be arriving in Thailand on a non-immigrant visa O staying with a Thai family. I will then apply for a marriage visa. I have my thai bank account and the deposit.
What documents do I need to provide to immigration? Because the problem is:
I registered my marriage in Canada and they required my Thai marriage certificate so I no longer have it in my possession. What should I do if Thai immigration requires this certificate? Is a copy accepted since I no longer have the original. Thank you.
For a certain period of time I might need to pay daily living in Thailand with foreign credit or debit / travel cards, due to visa and bank account opening procedures and lead times.
What solutions do you guys use? My main currency is USD or AED. What would you recommend for the first 6 months of moving to Thailand when it comes to paying essentials?
Hello everyone! I (Austrian) have applied for the German Residence Permit (DTV). How long does it take to apply for family members? My husband is German and lives in Austria. Is there anything to consider with different citizenships or sth else?
Our daughter has two passports (german and Austrian) Thank you 🙏🏼
Can anyone advise whether to use agency or by myself? I have ED visa staying in Thailand and thought to apply for DTV visa for digital nomad. I'm not sure what document I need and when I apply for it, should cancel ED visa? Is that going to be risky if I dont DTV visa?
Can you guys also recommend easy embassy that will approve DTV visa easily?
I'm thinking of applying through embassy in Vietnam? Could anyone advise step by step?
Let me share my latest experience. I spent 4 days in Vietnam and returned to Bangkok yesterday. Upon entry, I showed the DTV visa on my phone, which they compared with the data on their computer. I received a new 6-month stamp without a word, nobody asked me any questions, and the whole process took about 2 minutes.
My Softpower DTV (Cooking) was just approved in Jakarta:
Timeline
* Aug 15 (Thursday) night: Arrived in Bali
* Aug 16 (Friday) 1:00 am: Submitted application
* Aug 19 (Tuesday) 12:15 pm: Request for additional documents
* Aug 19 (Tuesday) 2:15 pm: Submitted documents
* Aug 19 (Tuesday) 5:40 pm: Approved
Documents
* School’s packet with cover letter, copy of owner’s ID, copy of passport, receipt, photos of the school, and class schedule; mentioned enrollment for six months, no details on number of classes
* Photo of the biopage of passport
* Photo taken on iPhone (background removed using remove.bg)
* Presence documents: flight booking, hotel bookings, photo of Indonesian visa stamp (I couldn’t use the e-gates because I declared a cough on the entry card)
* Financial documents: cover letter, 3 bank statements (only 2 showing 500k), brokerage statement showing more than 500k
Additional document request
They asked for a passport photo without glasses and every page of my passport. I went to a local photographer who took new pictures and scanned my passport for me for about 80k IDR (~160 THB).
Day 1 - Submitted all docs (soft power cooking course)
Day 2 - Asked to book a flight (I hadn't initially) and provide an eticket from the actual airline website
Day 3 - Status changed to pending approval
Day 4 - Visa issued
It was really simple. The main challenge for me was that you can only submit one pdf in each category which has a maximum size of 3mb. Collating and compressing pdfs (ilovepdf is a great help)
My experience was a really simple and positive one. Just followed the application process and was careful not to make typos.