Question for the group. I have a non O visa that I'm hoping to get a 1 year extension as my wife is Thai. Living in the Samut Sakhon area and my 90 day visa runs out on the 28th of July. I'll have the 400K baht in my bank for 2 months as of the 13th. In your experience is 2 weeks enough time to process that application (as I read online it sometimes takes 3 weeks) and what options do I have if there isn't enough time? Sorry if this is a dumb question I could find easily online but I didn't see anything.

Long post, but wanting to give as much info as possible, in hopes of getting proper / thorough answers

47 year old Canadian.

I'll be applying in either Canada, or Vietnam...in October

I haven't had an income in over 5 years

Formerly self employed.

Living off savings.

Been traveling nearly 4 years.

Recent 1 year Ed Visa (expired in Feb).

The bulk of my finances is in investments / TFSA.

I pull from TFSA as needed, keeping my bank balance at approximately 10k Canadian.

Question...

-Will the balance of my TFSA be accepted as proof of funds??

-Will my investments?

I can transfer 500 000 bhat at anytime. Should I do this now, in anticipation for applying in several months?

Should I apply in Canada or Vietnam?

I'm planning on applying for a DTV Soft Power visa through the Los Angeles consulate and had a question about proof of funds. The account I keep $17k+ in that I would provide statements for proof is a high yield online savings account administered by Goldman Sachs. Its not an investment account, its just a savings account and any transfer requests to my checking are done within 24 hours. Has anyone had any issues with that type of account being used as proof of funds.

My checking account statements show ending monthly balances of about $8k-$9k. Would including statements from that and explaining that I keep most cash in the savings and can have access within 24 hours to the savings if the need should arise?

I’ve always extended my retirement visa with the minimum 65k baht monthly deposit method. However, I’ve had in excess of 800,000 baht in a deposit account in my name only for around eighteen months. Would there be a problem if I wanted to chance to the banked money method for my next extension. Would I have to get the full twelve months statement from my Bangkok Bang account.

Do I need the proof of funds (500k TBH) 3 months before or can I send the funds to an account the month before for example?

I know showing proof of funds isn’t common upon re-entry into Thailand, but has anyone been asked to show proof of full 500k baht? Or is it only 20K baht you have to prove? Thanks!

Has anyone been asked to show your 500k baht on your bank balance at immigration in the airport on your first time entering with an accepted DTV visa? Or are you okay to move the money out once you get accepted?

Hello everyone, tomorrow is my interview for DTV. Can anyone give me some suggestions or advice?

Has anyone been asked to show your 500k baht on your bank balance at immigration in the airport on your first time entering with an accepted DTV visa? Or are you okay to move the money out once you get accepted?

Hi there, I applied for DTV (Workcation) at Delhi Consulate on 28 May and got 'Application Cancelled. Disqualified'.

Here is the overview of the info and documents I submitted:

1. Have visited Thailand before: Yes (but this was from my old passport and I got renewed passport just few days before applying DTV)

2. Proof of current address: Arrival stamp in India from 15 days before applying the visa (but this was from old passport) yet nothing about old passport I mentioned in the application.

3. Proof Of Remote Work: Provided my NZ and India Company Extract initially. Was requested Employment contract 5 days after I applied, which I created and signed and stamped myself with all details regarding remote work, salary/dividend etc.

4. Proof of funds: Deposited 16k USD worth of BTC into Xapo Bank, converted to USD 1 day before applying the visa and sent the USD statement. Also there were multiple transaction of 2k-3k USD in and out every day from last 3 months. Also added Revolut NZD statement for 3 months which had not much balance but numerous transactions of 2k-3k USD and also many card transactions in Thailand.

5. Was also asked more documents for current address proof, for which I sent my Indian driver license and National ID (Adhaar).

3 days after submitting the additional documents, I got the email 'Application Cancelled. Disqualified'.

Now I am planning to apply again but don't want to make any mistakes. I am currently in Thailand 60 day visa free and planning to transfer my BTC again to Xapo bank again but this time keep for 3 months after converting to USD. But I am not sure that the bank statement may have caused the application cancellation last time. Could it be passport arrival stamp before the even the passport was issued? Could it be the self attested employment certificate?

What are your guesses and advice?

Would really appreciate any response! Thank you