# DTV Approved - Sydney

Thought I should give back as I am pretty appreciative of the advice that this community has provided.

1. DTV Application submitted on 28/01/26

2. Pending Approval 09/02/26

3. Visited the embassy on 13/02/26. Requested for update. Filled out a form and the guy talked to me and said they will try get it through before my departure date. They're quite nice.

4. Approved on 13/02/26. 2 hours later.

Overall Comments

I applied for Muay Thai Visa.

For the financial component, I wrote a cover letter explaining the attached financial statements and converted the balance to Thai Baht for each month within the letter, showing that I had more than the required 500,000 THB in balance. I also made a statement saying in bold and underlined, emphasising that "*I do not and will not earn any income from Thailand or Thai sources.*". I included an additional paragraph to explain how I will be supporting myself financially (remote income overseas) and included client contracts there.

For proof of residency, again I wrote a brief statement upfront, explaining what I have attached (Drivers License and Bill) and confirm my address within the statement.

Both the statement and cover letter is branded & formatted, and within the header is my full name, address and contact details. Similar to a cover letter or a CV you submit for job applications. I try make it look as professional as possible, so it stands out.

For the activity, my gym provided all the documents so I just double checked it and merged the docs together. No cover letter here because they actually wrote one themselves for me, which was cool.

Obviously this is most likely overkill but there was 2 reasons I did this:

A) I wanted to provide clarity to the people that are reviewing the documents, so that they aren't having to cross check and manually look for information across documents. This is to make their lives easier, which in turn helps the probability of my application going through. Imagine, these guys looking at document after document on a Thursday 4:30PM, mistakes can happen, so I needed to make it as easy for them as possible.

B) I thought about their pov and why they would deny DTV visas, so I wanted to remove any sense of doubt that they might have (ie. if the applicant runs out of funds, how will he support himself? Will he seek employment from Thailand, which is illegal). So I wanted to be very clear that this will not happen.

In terms of attending the embassy, my gut feeling was if I do attend, it's a very soft but possibly effective way to stay on top of mind. Again, the approval 2 hours later could be totally coincidental.

Anyways, hope this helps. Thanks to a quite a few people who answered my questions across this forum.

I am having some difficulty uploading bank statements on my NON-0 visa app. Does anyone know if they will accept just the first page or do they want the entire statement?

When I try to upload entire statement PDF file seems to big.

Also, does anyone know if a drivers license alone is enough to submit for proof of residency or do they want utility bills as well?

Thanks for any advice, if you have experience with this.

I am Applying for a DTV in the US. For proof of where I am currently living, does anyone know if a bank statement for where i currently reside would be adequate? My Driver Licensee is out of the area for Thai Consulate that I will be applying, so I hope thats not going to hinder the process. Thanks.

Hello. I am applying for DTV in Los Angeles and it asks for a proof that I am currently in the country I am residing. However, I live at a family member's house right now so my name is not on a lease. I am already submitting bank statements so it seems redundant to try and use that as a proof of my location. I have a driver's license from California but it feels like that is not much proof.

It gives examples of visa, proof of payment of airline tickets, and accommodation. Would it be valid to show my most recent airline ticket into the USA a few months ago? Any other ideas of a document that would be worthwhile to prove I am in the USA?

For 🇬🇧 DTV Holders; if you have your own business (I’m British) but business is American registered. How do you prove 3. Current location (I’m in UK) 5 purpose of visit.

And can I travel out of England after I’ve applied. What is the specific rule on the DTV? Ie; you cannot enter Thailand AT all till you’re approved as an example.

Question about METV

Required proof of residency by utility bill or rental agreement. Will a bank statement do as I have none of these. HMRC tax residency letter maybe.

You get a 60 day stay and 30 day extention then have to leave. Can I then return maybe within one day with no issuses. Sounds to me like a border bounce but "legal"

Hello, I will be applying for the Digital Nomad DTV soon and I have a few questions.

Is there a minimum amount of time that I should have my online job before applying for this visa?

Also, is there a requirement of minimum salary that I should be making?

Lastly, will I need to provide proof of residency in Thailand? Address where I will be living, rent contract or anything like this?

Thank you for any information 🙏

Hi, has anyone applied as a UK resident? The application requires a document indicating current location. However the UK has switched from a physical resident permit card to share code. Has anyone figured out how to prove their residency in the Thai visa application using the share code?

I’ve decided to get a Thai drivers license. My wife and I live in Phichit. I have US drivers license with motorcycle stamp, I have my IDP from AAA that is current. My question is I have a yellow book and pink thai ID card.  Will that suffice as a certificate of residency?

Morning

Has anyone got there proof of residency from immigration at blueport recently a friend went last week and was told they don't provide them had to go to another immigration office.

I will be needing mine shortly and don't want to waste time going to wrong office

Thanks for any feedback