I applied for Dtv (business) through the e-visa service in Sweden, application submitted 19 October, it's still pending document check. So almost 3 weeks with no progress. Anyone knows if this is normal?

My husbands DTV visa application rejected with no reason provided.

DTV ( e-commerce business owner ) Application Rejected

We are going to start new application, but before we want to find out what should be a problem here.

Hi everyone,

I’m hoping to get some advice from this community.

We came firstly to Thailand in September 12, after month a vacation my husband flew to Hot Chi Min, Vietnam and started the application.

22 October started application -

He is citizen of Belgium (Born in Kazakhstan), but last three years we were living in Netherlands and all his statements from Netherlands.

He gave papers that proves that he is owning company. In Dutch and English.

Bank statement 3 months and so on…

Afterwards they asked for an extra documents:

- financial statement’s for 6 months : *but he gave only for one month*

- ⁠submit a photo of every page of his passport

- ⁠and an brief where he was describing how he is working remote. *now im thinking maybe this mail was too dry and official, maybe he has to describe that Thailand is a perfect destination for making business and developing… and so on.*

My husband also works as a remote worker for a dutch company, but because we are not sure that the company will give an officially that he can be in Thailand we didn’t mentioned this income.

Afterwards it was pending approval for last 2 days.

Today he received Visa application was rejected.

We were traveling in Thailand once year ago. That’s why no visa runs on passport was shown.

So far, no explanation was given for the rejection, and we are trying to understand whether:

1. Anyone has had a similar experience applying in Vietnam?

2. Can it be that the application was rejected because we already in Thailand and didn’t went to immigration office before application. We have been here as tourists so far.

3. The second is maybe because he gave only one month financial statement is the real reason for the rejection???

4. It’s worth reapplying there or trying another consulate?

Any insights, experiences, or suggestions would be deeply appreciated.

Thank you so much

DTV (Soft Power) - Approved.

Location: Hanoi

Timeline (4 working days):

03/11 - Apply & paid

04/11 - Status changed to pending approval

06/11 - Status changed to Approved, 1pm

Document submitted:

- Passport copy

- Muay Thai documents

- 3 entire months of bank statements

- Flight and hotel bookings for Vietnam

- Passport entry stamp

I have printed and laminated my DTV in passport book size. For those at hanoi westlake: [members only]

P.S. I don’t regret hiring an agent, i simply sent all my documents (naked) to the agent and the rest is done.

On my way to airport as i am typing this 🙂

Success

Muay Thai, Jakarta

Timeline:

Oct 19th applied with following documents:

Finance package: cover letter explaining contents of PDF with 3 month bank statements marked up clearly to show balance

Location proof: passport sticker from Indonesian VOA, boarding pass, visa payment receipt

Proof of activity: cover letter explaining motivation and intent, documents provided from gym, program receipt and invitation letter

Oct 28th request for further document - all pages of passport (I uploaded cover to cover, I have 1 day overstay and visa runs/bounces throughout the last year and a half)

Oct 30th request for further info- upload more proof of your past Muay Thai experience (I had included 1 picture in my original application)

Oct 31st submitted:

Cover letter explaining my genuine intent including the name of the Muay Thai gym I previously attended and my personal relation/meaning with the sport

-more photos of me doing Muay Thai

-Photos of Whattsap conversations with friends, exchange between myself and the gym, and social proof of sending photos to friends after training

Nov 3rd: approved

Citizenship: Canadian 🇨🇦

Previously I had applied with a Thai botany course. This time around I realized I want to get back into Muay Thai for personal reasons. 💪🍎

And yes, I PRINTED THE VISA and am back in Thailand now with a 180 day stamp. No more cool passport stickers but it’s all good. 😌

Applied for dtv with soft power Muay Thai yesterday 9:30 pm and got approved today 11:45 pm. Applied in Hanoi.

Sent last 3 months of bank statements + screenshot of my app (I had more than 500.000 baht so maybe this made that it went so quickly with approval)

Receipt of dinner in Hanoi, plane ticket to Hanoi, and 2 last pages of passport.

And boxing commission letter + invitation letter (info Muay Thai gym, proof payment for classes etc).

I had never expected it to go so fast after reading all the messages here! So wanted to share this experience here. It can go very fast! 😃

Looking to getting an DTV / ED and had a few questions that I can’t find definitive answers using the search bar on this group…

I left Thailand a week ago to my home country of America. Trying to immediately finalize a visa to return to Thailand hopefully the first week of December. I’ve been in Thailand for approximately 10 months this year (visa-free re-entries). I’m using up my luck if I try to “fast track” using an agency to re-Thailand. Because each time I border bounce it gets more risky that I can’t get back in. And education visa for one year would be great until we finalize marriage and I can apply for marriage visa. But education visa seems much more complex and a real school that has not got a crack down requires 390 hours of school for 12 months, which is a serious commitment.

1) I currently have transferred the mandatory minimum for the DTV visa (threshold of ฿500,000) to an American bank account. Starting today, the funds are in there, but I want to apply for a DTV immediately to leave the first week of December hopefully. Are there any countries that are allowing 30 days instead of three months of marination of funds? I’ve seen some people mentioning it but didn’t know if they were specific countries that will allow this (I could fly to and apply there?

2) are they checking funds at your 180 day reentry? (for example, asking to see your banking app). I will have the 500,000 at the beginning of each year but will be using it to live on through throughout the year so at the 180 day mark, I may have half that to prove.

3) I found an agent in Pattaya that is highly reviewed and claims they can bypass everything and guarantee entry for DTV but I’m a little concerned that later on down the road there could be a crack down just like the education visa. Anyone pulled it off using an agent for 5-10x (this 1 is 80,000 baht) the cost of applying for yourself in order to make everything happen?

I’m about 24 hours from just throwing in the towel on this and getting education visa… but clearly DTV is a much better value and require significantly less  commitment.

Can I get a 90 day non-immigrant O visa, open a bank account, then return home and apply for a DVT visa?

Hi all. American in USA applying for Non-immigration O retirement visa. Want to be in Thailand asap!

The evisa ask for a flight number and hotel accommodation. What do I do here? Not planning on booking one way flight or hotel until I know that visa is approved.

What other pitfalls will I run into filing the evisa for non-imm O?

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I currently have an LLC with funds in my business account and I’m based in Vietnam. I’m looking for the simplest and most straightforward place to apply for the DTV visa. I’m open to traveling to another country if it makes the process easier. Would appreciate hearing from anyone who’s had a smooth experience—where did you go, and how was it?

Thanks in advance!

Hello, I applied in Hanoi for a soft power visa Muy Thai on Friday around 5 PM. On Monday around 5 PM, it went into "pending approval" and I haven't heard anything since 😥