Got my visa approved via Sydney embassy while in Aus (I’m Australia) after being on multiple tourist/education visas over the past few years. I applied for workcation, with a combination of employment in my father’s company and my own business/freelance work. I only transferred the proof of funds money in a couple days before application, but I submitted two letters from my father saying he would sponsor me (1 as my part-time employer and 1 as my father so both grounds were covered based on info I found via searching this group). Just wanted to share this here bc this group helped SO MUCH. Turn around was about 1-2 weeks. 🤯😍🌻🎉 Thank you so much to everyone who supplied info in here, and sending much love to those struggling with their apps (I was SO anxious when/about applying so I really feel for those getting knocked back/feeling understandably confused etc ❤️🙏).

One item that was new to me on my approved DTV application in Philippines, I do have a shared checking account and I was advised by the agency to have double the base baht in there.

So 1 million baht + a little as the balance.

I had also seen another post suggesting a letter from everyone on the account was a good idea to include but I didn't do that.

DTV: Approved

1) Submitted in Philipines at the end of the day on 8/11

2) asked for extra documents on 8/14 (credit card statements showing that i actually paid for the 1 year thai power course)

3) approved around 11 AM 8/18. 5 years.

Visa Approved

I submitted my application on the 14th from Indonesia (Jakarta embassy) around 4pm.

I got the approval email 4 hours ago.

No extra documents required.

Submitted 6 months of bank statements and only the last one with the 500K THB. Proof of the services I provide and proof of LLC incorporation.

Citizenship: Danish

Applied: Royal Thai Embassy in Denmark

Soft Power Course: Discover Thai Nature

[members only]/

It got approved in less than 4 business days (only Danish citizens can apply from here).

Submitted 13/08:

* Passport bio page + photo

* Bank statement showing 2x the required amount for 6 months (1 PDF containing conversion rate, bank statement and screendump with English translation)

* Proof of current location (copy of my health insurance card and my address from [Borger.dk]([members only]))

* 1 PDF with cover letter + course invitation from the company.

August 15:

Status update: Pending approval.

August 18:

Visa received in e-mail.

Hello everyone 👋

For those who have received a DTV visa in Laos, Vientiane, can you tell me, please, how long after the interview I will have to wait for the e-visa, if approved?

Thank you for any answer 🙏

Finally after 1 rejection I think cos of to earley aply I got my dtv now.

Netherlands embassy

Soft power with Wildcat Muay Thai . In chiang mai.

I recommend her aswel as she is verry helpful so you dont need an agent.

I'm so happy 😁

Advice o applying for a non o retirement visa? Online from Australia or wait until I get to Thailand and use an agent? If I apply and get accepted in Australia there is only one embassy here, do they know at the airport when I arrive in Bangkok that I have been approved? Thanks in advance 🙏🏻

FRANCE 🇫🇷

dtv soft power

33 days to be approved

Be patient 😁

I (m) and my two teenage kids want to stay long-term in Thailand. I’m employed by a european company and work remotely. We had been in Thailand for over two years on education and guardian visas, but since my kids stopped going to school this term, we needed another solution.

In July/August 2025, I applied for the DTV visa in Vientiane, Laos - and got approved. I’m sharing our process here in the hope it might help someone going through the same.

* Day 1: Created an account on the DTV online platform and prepared my own visa application.

* Day 3: Flew to Vientiane on a Friday, added missing information (proof of location), submitted the form.

* Day 6: Monday, paid the 10'000 THB fee in person at the embassy (cannot be paid online in Laos). Bring the printout with the QR code - it will be stamped.

* Day 9: Received email for an in-person interview in two weeks. They said to bring all original documents and that they would review online banking. (Note: everyone applying for a DTV visa is interviewed according to an information at the embassy.)

* Day 23: Attended the interview. Basic questions about my job, then I had to log in to my online bank to show recent salary payments and my WISE account. My Bangkok Bank account was not of interest.

* Day 23: Got email with approval notice and visa (PDF).

* Day 24: Flew to Bangkok to activate my visa. Prepared dependent visas for my kids.

* Day 25: Returned to Vientiane with my kids and submitted their applications (dependend DTV visa).

* Day 26: Paid 10,000 THB each. One visa approved by noon; the other was canceled because I had selected the wrong country in one of the form field.

* Day 26: Resubmitted the canceled application.

* Day 27: Paid the fee again. Embassy requested an English version of the birth certificate (it was already multilingual). I re-uploaded the same document but highlighted the English labels.

* Day 28: Visa approved.

* Day 29: Flew to Bangkok, showed the visa at immigration, and got the passport stamp.