I am thinking about applying for DTV through soft power activities. I have 500k thb in my account but I am unemployed, is it possible to still be approved for the visa? Does anyone have experience with this?

I will be applying from Australia

Hi all. New to this and learning a lot. My question is regarding the soft power DTV.  I believe if granted it covers you for five years, but you need to check in every six months to extend. Does that mean that you need to be enrolled in one of the soft power activities every time you check in?



I got approved for my DTV! Wonderful experience dealing with Arun Thai Cooking School to obtain my DTV visa. They were willing to work with me when I needed to adjust my start date of the course in order to get my DTV approved since I had my flight already booked which threw dates out of whack.

If anyone is thinking of getting their DTV visa via a soft power activity. I highly recommend Arun Thai Cooking School. They are amazing!

Additional Details : Basically I would like to stay in Thailand and do some work (research on my own) and study online to gain new skills without getting paid. Which visa I could get. I was under the impression that DTV is a tourist visa for long term.

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I'm applying for DTV from Toronto. I'm not working since April. I plan to select "workcation" under purpose of visit and wonder what option I should choose in occupation category which has options like Unemployed, freelance, remote. I was hoping I would be considered under foreign talent category since I have a PhD in Science and past experience with biotechnology. I will be doing some independent research from Thailand. I have sufficient bank balance. I wonder are there documents I should attach other than my Resume, PhD Certificate. Would that be enough ? is being unemployed going to be a problem. Thanks !

Hello guys, i would like to apply to DTV visa before going to life with my gf at Thailand, I have the 500k but I don’t have any remote job, what can I do before going there, im still in USA and Im planning going on November

Hey everyone

I’m starting my DTV application. And I have a few questions

You must have the soft power activity approved and enrolled in to be able to apply?

Is there a list of pre approved courses to choose from? Or do you just apply to any course you like that’s 6+months and hope it’s accepted?

I saw they allow sports training, cooking classes and music festivals but I’m not sure where I find the courses to apply for (as I’m unsure if they need to be from a preapproved DTV list of courses)

We will be in Phuket ( chalong) so any help or leads would be fantastic

Question! If I book a 1 month unlimited class, do you think I can be granted a DTV Visa? Is it risky?

Here we go again, for all the haters out there of my questions I'm sure some poor sod might find it interesting, how can you get confirmation of a soft power activity for a DTV visa, no stupid answers please , I'm sure someone finds it interesting,

Hi everyone, I have a Destination Thailand Visa and under remarks it says Thai Culinary (as I've enrolled it with a cooking class course for 6 months).

Does anyone know if this restricts me only to cooking courses for the validity time of the visa, or could I re-enroll in a different soft power activity (for example Muay Thai) after 180 days when I do a border run?

Hello. Can anybody recommend a place in Hua Hin for a soft power activity for my DTV Visa application? It can be anything. Muay Thai, cooking class, whatever. It took me months to get an acceptance letter from a Table Tennis Club in Phucket only to be denied by my local Thai Embassy online. Any help in acquiring an acceptance letter for some soft power activity in Hua Hin would be greatly appreciated.