Hello good ones, is there any Spaniard who has already accepted the visa for soft sports? To be able to comment on certain doubts

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Hola buenas, hay algún español al que le hayan aceptado ya la visa por soft sports? Para poder comentar ciertas dudas

When applying for first DTV, i want to still work as an employee for a year before retiring.

But also, as im interested in the thai language, i want to go to school each morning for formal lessons.

But i think I have to apply stating remote worker as my main reason for DTV.

Anyone recommend how I should proceed?

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DTV Extension SUCCESS at Old Town Phuket for myself and my wife (Remote Worker / Digital Nomad)

First, a Note (for the 100th time)—— there's literally no need to tell me "it would've been easier if you would've just boarded an airplane." Busy family of 5 with three young kids— it would've been more expensive, more chaotic, and potentially more risky in our case. PLUS— I care about other people having access to this process. I'm happy to do it for science so people can have a little more clarity.

if you're somehow disgruntled about my doing this extension in this way, then why are you even in the group?

Timeline—

1st Day— Went to Immigration at Old Town Phuket. See previous posts about what I brought. Went through two or three rounds of varying degrees of checks. The Immigration officer was actually very kind, and let us know we needed: a *bank statement* for the *current* month. We also needed a *more recent* remote work authorization letter than the one I originally applied for the DTV with (Even though it's my own company— me authorizing myself).

2nd Day— Waited for my bank to auto-generate a bank statement for Feb-March (brought Jan-Feb, too). Wrote myself a new auth letter. Brought it all in. Waited my turn (very quick), the officer remembered us, quckly flipped through the documents and asked: "These are the new ones, right?" (he remembered us). Took our passports, docs, and money (1900THB each) gave us a little slip of paper telling us to pick up our passports on Friday (submitted on Monday).

3rd Day — Brough paper straight to Desk 5, they brought our passports out with a receipt and an extension stamp. Did our second 90-day check-in on the spot.

Tips / Takeaways :

- We were a primary holder + 1 follower. We have a shared bank account that has at 500,000 THB in it, but not much more than that. Our statements did not show that amount going below 500k at any point. There didn't seem to be concern about needing 500k per person.

- We kept all of our documents in order from the time we initially applied for the visa in Jakarta, Indonesia. This made it very easy to apply for an extension. All I had to change were the bank statements and authorization letter.

- Applying for an extension in Phuket took longer than applying for the visa in Jakarta. We submitted the application on Monday, picked up Friday (submitted on Monday, picked up Wednesday in Jakarta).

- The officers and staff, while they didn't talk much (likely because they're very busy), were very helpful and kind. Any anxiety and pressure I felt was put on myself, and never came from the staff or officers.

10/10 would do it again (but can't)

Has anyone successfully get a 180 days stamp after re-entering Thailand after their 6 month course expired and not renewed a new course? I am under the Muay thai dtv, but want to change to remote worker, must I re-apply my visa?

Hi! I'm applying for the DTV in the US as a business owner/remote worker. In regards, to bank statements can someone explain to me exactly what the IO's are looking for? Do they want to see final bank statements or the transactions from the bank accounts?

Hello, I applied for DTV in HCMC under remote work. I was on opening approval status for 5 working days and today it went back to pending document check status again. And they are not requesting anything from me.

What is to be expected in this type of situation?

Wanted to share my experience applying for the workcation DTV in Malaysia. Got a lot of comments saying Malaysia is notoriously strict and slow, but this was not the case for me.

March 21: applied after hours as soon as I landed

March 24: got request for bank statement, employment contract, business license, portfolio, all pages of passport

March 26: request once again for business license, bank statement, employment contract

March 27: request for statement about remote work/dtv relevance

March 28: approved

My guess is that if you have strong documents, bank balances, and portfolio, Malaysia is fairly quick to approve. I was never asked for an interview. Thanks for all the help in the previous posts.

Does travel vlogging count towards remote worker or freelancer status? I do meet the financial requirements, but I’m not actively making money off the vlogging

I recently applied for DTV (Remote Worker)

I'm from USA and applied to the Washington Embassy

I originally applied for LTR-T WFT which is currently pending.

Impatiently waited 2 months for LTR so I applied for DTV too

While I wait for LTR to be approved, I now have DTV.

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Total Business Days until approved: 5 Days

March 17 @ 5PM - Application Submission

- I provided the following:

* New Passport Compliant Photo (Professional)

* Passport Bio Photo

* USA Driver License (i.e. phone bill)

* Bank Balance (>500,000 THB)

* Employment Verification w/ HR allow to work from Thailand

March 21 @ 2PM - REQ additional Documents

- Request recent pay slip w/ company, full name, and period date

- Submit 6 Pay slips in one PDF file

March 24 @ 4:45PM - Emailed Results

- Application Approved

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Application:

* thaievisa.go.th/

Washington Embassy DTV:

* washingtondc.thaiembassy.org/en/page/dtv-visa/

TM30:

* tm30.immigration.go.th/TM30/Foreigner/TM30EN/index.html/

90 Day Report:

* immigration.go.th/?page_id=1648/

I learned the first 90 day report must be done in person.

Can anyone confirm you can report online after your 1st 180 days entry or extension?

Wanted to share my experience entering via Suvarnabhumi Airport on DTV visa.

As soon as the IO lady saw my DTV, the first question asked to me was “how long you’ll stay here?” I answered 4 months. Then she said “what will you do for 4 months?”, I said I’m a remote worker for a US company and I plan to travel and work online. She then asked me to show almost all documents I used to apply for the DTV visa. Thankfully, I had them on my laptop.

I was asked to show my Employment Contract, Employment Letter, Company registration documents, Bank statements, rent agreement for my stay in Thailand, my portfolio website. The IO lady kept noting something down on a sheet of paper. She asked why I applied for the DTV from Laos instead of my home country. I replied, “because I came to know about DTV while I was in Thailand on visa exemption already, and flight to Laos was much cheaper than a flight to my home country.” She gave me a odd look and finally was stamped for 180 days.

Overall, it seems if you’re entering on DTV, you’ll have to pass their questionings. Better have all the required documents and the required bank balance as well.