Any LTR Wealthy Pensioners in this group? How did you meet this requirement? "A. Health insurance policy (travel insurance NOT accepted) covering the entire course of stay in Thailand and providing at least 50,000 USD for hospitalization and medical treatment in Thailand with no less than 10 months of remaining coverage." Any of you have BCBS Federal that covered this? TIA!

Next week I am gonna apply in Jakarta and wanted to summarize all documents.

After the process I will share a detailled explanation about my experience there.

I will hand over in an ENVELOPE:

- Visa Application form

- 2 passphotos 3.5*4.5

- 5.6 Million IDR in cash

- INTRODUCTION LETTER applying for DTV workcation category, confirming can work remotely,

explaining my work, mentioning employer, position, salary and ability to take care of myself and my keen interest to live in Thailand

- REMOTE WORKING CONTRACT - employee can preform their duties remotely from any location abroad with wet stamp and signature from both parties

- 1 PAYSLIP from 1.10.24 (started to work for US Company with 1.09.24)

- BANK STATEMENTS: transfered savings from brooker and other accounts over 14k € a few days ago to wise account. On 1.10.24 first salary receivement, usually had just a few hundreds or thousands € on Account over the last couple month, provide 1-2 months statements

- PROOF OF CURRENT LOCATION: AIRBNB in Jakarta, receipt and pdf for visa purposes

-TRAVEL INSURANCE - it is mentioned in contract and supports the ability to support myself

I am from Germany, 2024 have been in Thailand for more than 180 days. More or less since 15.3 (with border runs and short travels) - stamp expiration 18.10

I have a rental Agreement(in Thailand) from 01.09.24 - open end.

In the remote working contract, which I signed in August, I have my current Thai address in - could ask for change, if necessary.

Any recommendations or adjustments? Appreciate any kind of help 🙏🏽

Posting to give back as I received a lot of advice on here....

I was approved for a DTV at Vancouver Consulate. I provided a credit card statement for proof that I was in Canada because my driver's license was expired. Also provided previous month bank statement showing closing balance over $20K CAD, though the balance was lower than $20k at certain times of the month. I own a Corp in Canada, but I'm the only shareholder, so I provided the Business registration docs all in 1 PDF. 7 days later, they ask for further documents regarding the nature of business of the Corp and how the applicant would work in Thailand. I answered those questions in an official company response and submitted it... was approved 6 hours later.

Feel free to call the consulate to ask questions before applying. They are very helpful and often pick up on the first ring.

Got my DTV visa in Ho Chi Minh Embassy under Workcation category.

I highly recommend this embassy:

- The security guard is friendly despite me being late for the appointment (delayed flight). Once arrived, you have to provide the booking of the appointment and the passport so they register you in their notebook (old school Vietnamese way of doing things)

- Hassle free booking system: can cancel within 24 hours and recommended to book within 14 days

- The attendants are very respectful and helpful. They have 2 attendants and the Vietnamese one on the left is very friendly

- Passport will be returned with 2 working days. Example: I applied on Wednesday morning and I got my results on Friday afternoon.

Documents needed:

- Passport

- Filled application form with passport photo. There is no option for DTV in the form so you can leave it blank

- Bank statement from the last 6 months, with current balance over 500.000 baht

- Freelancer contracts: I created my own contract with my clients’ signatures. I added a detail of remote work condition and my clients’ company registration

- Proof of current location: confirmation of the Airbnb booking

- Additional documents: not required however I have the printed screenshots of my works, proof of stay in Chiang Mai (lease contract) with the identity card of the landlord

- US$340, the money must be in good condition with no tears.

Upon arriving Thailand: No issue with the DTV visa though my immigration officer did not know I have the DTV visa stamp and asked me about my return day. She was curious about the paper work and fee of the visa.

Hope this is helpful.

#DTVVisa

Successful DTV Visa with spouse - Phnom Penh Cambodia 🇰🇭 🎉

Processing time- Minimum 1 week

Walk-in. No appointment necessary.

Submitted documents

1. Thai Bank Statement - 900k

2. Singapore Bank Statement - 20k

3. Uk Engineering Degree

4. Supporting letter from company director that I can work remotely

5. US Business license

6. Singapore Business license

7. Thai Vehicle Ownership Document and Thai House Rental Contract as supporting documents

8. Marriage Certificate for spouse

9. $400 visa fees per person

Our visas were approved.

Many others front of us were rejected and they refunded visa fees.

Tips: They mainly check 2 things. Financial and work supporting documents.

You need to convince the visa officer that you can work remotely. So, submit as many verified documents as you can.

Submit thai bank statement if possible so that they can confirm with their banks. Otherwise, they may ask for last 6 months statements.

They prefer work category instead of soft power or others.

Best of luck 🤞

So far we’ve heard several accounts of those getting their DTVs successfully and that’s great but I’m just wondering what about those who tried to apply but were rejected. It’d be great if you could also share your stories so that others can avoid the same mistakes.

Hi, I'm applying in London for a DTV via the eVisa site, but I cant get beyond the travel information screen because the site wants a flight number, which I dont have because I havent bought a ticket.

Any advice please? Or should I email the embassy?

Sorry for the anon post

Does anyone know the new address of Samut Prakan immigration office?

I was told at the government complex to go there for my visa extension.

I know they announced they were changing addresses so I don't know if the one of google maps or the one on their website is the correct one.

If anyone has recent experience with tourist visa extension there please let me know some tips and tricks and what to avoid.

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I'm going to apply for a Non O multiple entry visa based on marriage in Savannakhet. A few questions before I make the trip:

1. Is it a good idea to fill out this application form from their website before hand to save time, or is it better to fill out the form that is supplied at the Thai consulate (perhaps the form at the consulate is different/more up to date than the online form for example)?

2. Do I just write: "Multiple Entry" in the top left and give the 5,000 baht, as there doesn't appear to be anywhere to request that on the form?

3. Permanent address: My current Thai address, or my home address in the UK?

4. Purpose of visit: Usually I put tourism, but as I'm married now and applying for the marriage visa, do I just write "marriage"?

5. Name/address of a guarantor in Laos/Thailand. For Laos I was going to put my hotel. For Thailand should I put my wife's name & address?

Thanks.