Does anyone know if you can hold a DTV2 temporarily and after 6 months then apply from within Thailand for the DTV1? Any restrictions if it’s possible?

Hello, I’m 58 and have $200,00 usd in bank. And will be working remotely part time until I retire at 62. Want to go for 1 month first while I decide where I want to live. Or get a 60 day visa. Not sure which Visa I should get. And are we allow travel with a small dog?

Hey everyone ! How was your experience entering Thailand through BKK airport with an approved DTV for remote worker ? Any particular documentation requested to provide to the officers printed or on your phone?

Thanks all! 🙏

DTV Workcation Approved - Hanoi! 🎉

Here's my timeline:

March 30: Applied (Remote Worker / Freelance)

April 1: Request for additional documents (bank statements from both my French and Wise accounts)

April 2: Pending Approval

April 9: Approved!

French citizen, freelance developer, applied through the e-Visa portal.

Two tips that I think helped:

I sent a polite follow-up email to consular.han@mfa.go.th asking about the timeline given Songkran holidays were approaching, got approved the next day.

I also messaged their official LINE account (@snz7050f) in Thai. Not sure if it made a difference but another member here did the same and got approved 2 hours later.

I used AI (Claude) to review my application, draft my cover letters, and prepare my follow-up messages, definitely helped avoid mistakes and keep everything professional.

Thank you to this group for all the shared experiences, reading other people's timelines kept me sane during the wait. Good luck to everyone still pending!

I’m moving to Thailand for only 1 year with 6 and 11 year old kids , I noticed schooling is very expensive so I decided to hire a private teacher for homeschooling.

I work remotely which visa would you guys recommend?

So the DTV has been out for about a year and a half now. Has anyone who received it had difficulty staying in Thailand continuously on it (doing extensions, border runs etc.)? I have seen people online claim that the DTV is not "intended" for living here for its full duration, but nothing in the official guidelines seems to imply that. Wondering what the reality has been with peoples' Immigration touchpoints.

Hey. I’m seeing a lot of people saying they are not getting there DTV granted and that Thai authorities are being a lot stricter etc.

Has anyone had any success stories recently in the last couple of weeks?

Is it still safe to apply from bordering countries like Vietnam, Cambodia etc?

I am planning to visit Vietnam very soon and apply. I have all the required documents but just wondering is there anything to look out for? I have been on tourist visa in Thailand since last June and have done some border runs, could that have any negative impact? Would going through an agent help at all?

My company is situated in Europe but is now fully remote.

Thanks

Sharing got DTV in Germany, Frankfurt as Remote workers

Documents submit first time

Employment certificate

Bank statement

In same day the embassy request 1 more document ➡️ Employment contract

Time for approval answered by the embassy within 15 working days (Got visa 12 days after submit completed = 13 days)

Has anyone managed to get the DTV for teaching English online?

Planning to go to Thailand in December, but only will stay for less than 2 months, which I can use my free visa upon entry of 60 days. From February next year, planning to stay a longer time . Should I wait for February next year to apply Dtv? If I apply now, I feel like some months are wasted. Since I'm thinking of HCM or Hanoi, it is already in the evisa now

On the evisa system to apply for the Dtv, I saw there is a section for including the flight details and date for the length of stay, what are the dates I should include there? I'm using the digital nomad/remote worker option.