When your DTV status changes to pending approval is that a good sign or still 50/50?

I’m hoping someone can help me with an answer to this. I am US citizen trying to apply to my local thai embassy which is Washington DC. The consulate visa department never answers their phone or emails I have sent… Does anyone know if I have to keep the 500k bhat in my checking acct for a certain period of time at this embassy location before applying? I keep seeing 3 months in certain places but also saw someone in London applied the day after the $ was put into his acct and he was approved.

DTV Approved in Bali today. It took 10 business day and the process was literally smooth and not requesting so many complex document stuff. 😊

DTV approved in HCM 🇻🇳 (2 business days)

Applied on Sunday

Approved on Tuesday.

Thank you everyone who shared experience & info. It have really helped me apply smoothly and get approved.

I truly appreciate your support and advice!

DTV approved. Applied June 30, approved July 8. US citizen and applied online via LA consulate while in Colorado. Applied for workcation as self-employed. Another friend said it took him also 8 days. Thought I messed up by putting 5 years on how long my stay would be, didn't seem to matter.

Was asked for additional documents July 7: business registration, letter of employment, portfolio, and tax return. Sent docs and was approved within minutes.

Happy to assist anyone self employed wanting the workcation DTV.

Approved in Hanoi (Workcation)

July 1, Tue: Applied

July 2 Wed: Add Doc

July 7 Mon: Approved

First of all, thank you so much to everyone who shared countless application reviews.

In my case, I annotated the Financial Evidence section in detail for the past three months and even included screenshot captures on current day, but ultimately, I was asked to simply resubmit the original bank statement. Just for your reference.

Just as I’ve received help, I’ll do my best to answer any questions you may have.

I saw a post about Ankara being a scam embassy to apply from, but we used them and both of our DTV visas were approved in 6-7 working days. They were also very responsive through FB chat. While waiting for approval, I was talking to three others on Reddit who were using that embassy, and all of them also received their DTV visas in a timely manner. Please do not be dismayed or fear using that embassy. They seem to like submissions that are well organised and 6 months of bank statements helped - so for you supporting documents make a table of contents and then order your documents to follow such. Good luck!

(I am posting anonymous so the disgruntled guy doesn't drop my name to them or associate with me in any way when he contacts them)

DTV easy entry at BKK.

It took exactly 10 business days to be approved while in Bali.. Everything has been done remotely. No need to go to the embassy.

I didn't really care to print anything out since they have it all in TDAC form.

It is just my second time in Thailand, but I witnessed people in front of me being interrogated for Visa runs.

So I thought to myself I want to do it in the most sustainable way possible.

Thank you Thailand for creating opportunities for us nomads.

Visa Approved! I would have not been able to get my visa approved without the help of this group and the thorough details from some of these postings. Thank you!

Applied for Visa on June 9th

Asked to share more documents on June 17th

Sent the requested documents on the 20th

Approved on July 2nd.

Good luck to everyone and please let me know if you have any questions. I would like to pay it forward 🙏🏾🤞🏾🫵🏾

Hello!

Do you know any bank in Chiang Mai DTV visa holder can open the bank account?

Here's our story of approval DTV visa.

I hope this helps someone.

▼me and my husband

Nationality: Japanese

Type: DTV soft power Muay Thai

Place to apply: Bali, Indonesia

【for my case.】

・3th June 13:00: Submitted visa application

・13th June 10:00: Requested additional

document such as

1. entry stamp or stay permit from Indonesian Immigration.

2.Financial evidence: an amount of no less than 500,000 THB in English ( because I only submitted my Internet bank account screen shot in Japanese)

・13th June 16:00: Additonal document submitted

・13th June 22:00: Approved

【For my husband】

・May : He applied for a dtv visa in Japan in May, but the visa he was approved for was a 6-month tourist visa, not a dtv visa.

・3th June 13:00: Submitted visa application for 2nd time.

・13th June 10:00: Requested additional

document such as

1. entry stamp or stay permit from Indonesian Immigration.

2.Shcool document( He even submitted but did it again)

・13th June 16:00: Additonal document submitted

・15th June 22:00: Send email to Thai embassy of Indonesia about his situation

・16th June :

They answered him

✉️he must cancel that tourist visa first. It may take few days.

・17th June : Approved

(They responded quickly and his visa was approved! Thank you😊)