Hello!

Can I come on a one way ticket on DTV? Or I need to have a return ticket? Is it mandatory?

It is bit strange to anticipate & book your return ticket when you are planning to stay long term in Thailand.

Any suggestions/ workarounds will be really helpful to plan my DTV journey!

THANKS!

Has anyone received a DTV with the soft power for cooking lessons? The site for USA is a bit vague.

Wonder if the cooking class needs to be a certain length of time, etc ? I see a bunch of 1 day classes but assume they are looking for something more than that...? Anything else?

I would suspect that you just present your class registration receipt?

Thanks

Hey y’all. I want to get a DTV Visa (remote worker route?) and just started building websites on the side recently in the past few months, the websites are live but not earning any money yet. Is that considered a portfolio and sufficient proof?

I have more than 500k baht in savings and my current day job is a web dev, but planning to leave it because they don’t allow remote work.

Also planning to open a company next month and transfer ownership of my websites to that company. And planned travel date to Thailand is first week of May.

Do you think it’s possible to get remote worker route? Or should I go for soft power?

Any advice is greatly appreciated 🙏🏼

We are about to apply for dependent visas for our children from my DTV visa. They have 1 year and 2 weeks in their passports. Is the required 1 year on a passport taken from when the embassy approves a visa or from when you arrive in the country and your passport is stamped with the visa? Thanks!

Hey all, hope all of you had a great weekend.

Just trying to find the easiest way to get a visa for Thailand.

I will be 55 in January.

I have the monthly income that is required for retirement visa but not the 800,000.

What is the best way to get this visa?

I’m so looking to escape the daily struggles of living in the states and tired of just surviving, I want to live in peace and travel Asia.

I would like to make Pattaya my base but also travel to other Asia countries for vacations.

I have asked in a military retirement group but get different answers and have watched so many you tube videos and still not sure.

Any help is appreciated. I really did try due diligence and the closest Thailand embassy is about 700 miles away

Does anyone have experience registering a car in your name while on the Destination Thailand Visa (DTV)?

I’d love to hear about the process, any challenges, or specific requirements for foreigners with this visa. Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

Just got my DTV from the Thai embassy in Laos

Thanks to everyone in this group for their guidance and advice....

My process that I followed

Getting a Laos visa (as a UK passport holder) - USD 40 if you do VOA (visa on arrival)

Evisa option only available now as all bookings this month are full up

- 6 months bank statements showing THB 500k minimum (lucky I have a Thai bank account

but you can do with your home country bank statements showing the equivalent)

- Proof of residency (copy of lease agreement etc)

- photocopy of your passport BIO page

- photocopy of the Laos visa page (did not know this at the time..lucky photocopy place across the road)

- paperwork from the Muay Thai (fitfac) in Bangkok showing DTV approval

- proof of payment for the Muay Thai classes (photocopy needed)

- THB10000 in cash for the non refundable embassy charge.

Had appointment on the Thursday morning and picked up the visa on the Monday (13:30)

Now taking a bus (from app 12GO) from Vientiene to udon Thani (around thb200)

Feel free to ask any questions..but thanks again to the members of this group for their valuable contributions ...good luck to those going through the process

How do you open a Thai bank account to deposit the 800k before getting the visa? Or do you get the visa first then deposit the money, do I need an agent ?

Hello, I recently joined this community and am considering the DTV for my move next year. I am still unclear about the financial aspects. Do I need to have $15,000 in savings or earn $2,000 per month from a job, or are both required for approval of the DTV?

Has anyone in Australia applied for a workaction DTV recently and supplied their girlfriend's address as where they will be staying? Any problems encountered with this or additional questions asked (e.g. need copy of house book, ID card etc)?

I am going to get her to right a short letter of invite, but not sure if it needs to be handwritten and hand signed (as opposed to signed digitally which does not prove it came from her) , or whether it is better to be in Thai or English?

TIA.