Hello,

I am in Ho Chi Minh City applying for the remote worker visa category.

I was in a well paid remote role for many years, but the months of April - November I was unemployed living on generous savings from a redundancy payout. I have been in new remote employment since November 2024, but cannot evidence salary during that time as I was living on my redundancy savings payout.

If I am rejected under the remote worker visa category, would this prevent me from applying again under the soft power option?

I believe I fulfil the requirements however as my case is a little bit complex and non-straightforward I feel it might just be rejected under the remote worker option and I'd be better off going the soft power option instead.

Thoughts?

Kindly appreciated ♥️

"I received my DTA visa last year in November, and I'm currently based in Australia. I work in Australia, where my primary income source is, but I’m planning to move to Pattaya for good. I’m drawn to the lower cost of living and a more peaceful lifestyle there compared to the hustle and bustle here.

I have a fair bit of savings (about 150k AUD) and plan to live off them for the first 1.5 years. My monthly budget is roughly 30,000–40,000 THB. I’m not a partygoer and would like insights into potential monthly expenses, including:

* Rent

* Food

* Transport

Could those familiar with the cost of living in Pattaya provide realistic estimates or advice on this plan? Thanks in advance!"

I guess it’s too early for anyone to have experience with this yet, but does anyone know if it’s possible to change to a different Muay Thai gym after 6 months of the soft power Muay Thai dtv?

I’m trying to open a bank account in Thailand so I can apply for a marriage visa when I’m back in UK beginning of March .

Banks will not do this as I’m visiting without a visa for 60 days

If I had a Marriage Visa no problem the banks say

So we went to

Local Gov offices in Ratchaburi and was told today we would have to make an appointment and only three days left in December

Would need to Bring our Village Elder

A Neighbour

A Member of mt Thai Wife’s family

To the appointment just to be able to open a bank account that’s needed to apply for a marriage visa. Need to deposit 400’000 baht into the account for two months before applying for Visa too

We will try and get this achieved before we have to return to UK

Unless you know of an easier way ?

Anyone know what muay thai gyms in bangkok have this visa available? Thanks in advance

Hello

I registered my gf's house at the TM30 portal and added my name to this address .

The status of my gf's house register is "Approved", the status of my address registration is "Informed" and I can download the receipt.

There is no function to upload my passport copy file on the address register page.

If you go to the immigration office with a TM30 you need to show a passport copy.

Why not if you register online?

Or did I make something wrong?

Hi, has anyone successfully opened a bank account using a DTV? If so, could someone recommend a trusted agent to assist? Thanks in advance!

I have my (multi-entry) DTV and I'm leaving for 10 days to Taiwan soon - do I need a reentry stamp from the airport?

I have an appointment on December 6 in Vientiane and I just learnt that there is a public holiday on December 10 which is my passport pick up day.

Does this mean that my passport pick up date has now been moved to December 11? And if so what time are they usually ready for pick up?

Interested in DTV qualifying courses, can anyone recommend any that they used to get the DTV?