Hi everyone, I am applying from the U.S. embassy. I will be doing a soft power muay thai application. I have 20,000 USD in my savings account, but about half of it has only been there as of this month, since it my finances were split and it was in my checkings account previously. So i think i will do the sponsorship letter route and use my parents bank statements. I am self employed online working with training clients remotely but i dont have letters of employment or anything so ill go the sponsorship letter route.

I will be applying with a sponsorship letter from my parents who live in the united states and submit my application with their finances. Will this work? Thank you all.

Hi all! Currently planning to apply for my DTV visa and my wife’s “following” visa. I will need to submit my marriage certificate (I was married in the US and I have the document here in Thailand with me). My problem is, I have been told that I need to get the marriage certificate notarized and stamped by my embassy before I submit it, and I just found out that U.S. embassies in Thailand quit doing this service with U.S. and state documents as of March. We will be staying in Vietnam to apply but we are worried that the US consulate in that country also won’t notarize our marriage certificate. I am a bit lost on what to do! Has anyone gone through this process thst might have a suggestion?

Does anyone have experience with translation agencies located near the U.S. embassy? There are several at the Mahatun Plaza at 886 Ploenchit Road, but two closer to the embassy at GPF Wittayu Tower and All Seasons Place. I need to have an official affidavit from the U.S. embassy translated and stamped appropriately. Thanks.

Question.. Im applying for my visa and I have a question. Im from California USA, have a California ID with my fathers address on it. Im currently living in Missouri USA. I don't mind my fathers address being on documents so he can collect mail etc. but would this mean I should apply through the embassy in LA rather than Missouri?

Thank you in advance!

Affirmation of Marital Status.

I understand that I'll have to go to the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok to obtain this document and also have it translated into Thai.

Do I have to provide a copy of my Texas divorce decree or is this not necessary?

Thanks everyone.

About a week ago , I applied for Thai DTV online at the Embassy Wash DC . $400paid..got e receipt. Just wondering what the processing time is?

METV Question:

I'm American. I will be visiting cousins in Europe this summer, then entering Thailand.

I'm looking at the tourist visa website and I'm confused on which location I should select when I apply.

I want to apply for the METV. Should I select the Washington DC office even though I will be in Europe?

Is this process 100% online? From what I can tell from the application, it seems like its all electronic....

Also, is it easy to get the METV these days? Is one of the embassies in America better to select than others?

I dont want to waste like $200 if they are not giving out the METV.

After getting married to a Thai woman, should one report to the local embassy?(U.S. Passport). What will it change if so?

Should have my new passport from the U.S. Embassy soon and I'll need to transfer my current visa exemption stamp. Will I have to repeat the entire stamp process over again (TM30, filling out forms, copies of everything, fees, etc.) through the local immigration office? Thank you.

Want to say a big thank you for all of the sage advice and info in this group. I read through many posts to gather info before I applied for a METV in the U.S. through the DC embassy. It paid off because I received my METV within 2 days.

Some tips I would share - For the question on your flight info, you can only upload one document but I knew that I had to show my flight into BKK but also leaving and returning to Thailand, to support the need for a METV. So I included all flight info in one pdf that I uploaded.

For the bank balance info. I don't remember if they asked for 6 months of balances of $700+ but that is what I provided. The Embassy came back and asked for 6 months of $7,000 balance, so I provided it. I redacted my bank statements so that all that showed was the month end balance.

Info in this group also indicated that I would need a confirmation of employment. The online application did not ask for this info but the Embassy did ask for it, so you need to have it.

For accomodation - I showed hotel for 1st 15 days and they didn't ask for any addt'l info.