Work off shore and or marine vessels ...all.ovefmr and can still run jobs on laptop ... ca. This pass for dtv as im here more then therr ?

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 !

It's a little off topic but I guess most of us use health insurance as a part of digital nomading life.

For last 2 years I've been using Safety Wing (Vumi insurance) and I had a feeling I'm overpaying due to using third party but turns out that for circa $1500 it's very good insurance compared to buying directly from insurers like AXA, Allianz etc.

While in most cases inpatient it's decent (but still below Safety Wing), outpatient benefits are negligible basically while it's $5000 on Safety Wing policies which can cover few serious tests like MRI, PET if necessary without overnight stay in hospital.

What's your experience with global health insurances? Any reasonable offers on the market below $1000 without losing most benefits from Safety Wing? Do you read T&Cs or just buy whatever and hope for the best? 😁

Hello I'm a 61 year old male in Canada .I'm thinking about getting a DTV visa and want to verify that all is needed is 10,000 baht for the visa and if I get a 180 day extension it's 1900 baht. This visa last 5 years. Any idea how long it could take to get this ?

Hello, I am planning to apply for the DTV visa from the French embassy (I am French).

Are there any people who have had a recent experience with this embassy?

I intend to apply for the DTV visa with the freelance option, but I do not currently have a company established.

Can you confirm if having a SIRET number (company registration) is absolutely required?

I would also like to know if a single invoice as proof is sufficient for the French embassy?

Anyway, what I mean to say is that if anyone has had a recent experience with the French embassy, I am highly interested in hearing about it.

Thanks 🙏

Question for y'all: I generally work as a freelance software engineer, but at the moment, I contract with a large corporation (call it A) via a separate staffing company (call it B). So, instead of a freelance contract with A, I have an assignment agreement from B that mentions that I'll be working with A.

The visa application asks for evidence of "digital nomad, remote worker, foreign talent or freelancer status." So I wrote a cover letter (attached) explaining that I'm generally a freelance software engineer, and furthermore explaining the situation above about my current employment. In that PDF, I also include my assignment agreement per above, as well as several past contracts where I truly was a freelancer.

Should that suffice? Will there be any confusion about my employment situation?

Thanks!

I have a thai husband. And soon we want to relocate to thailand with our two dutch kids.

Not planning on making the kids thai yet. I want to work but cannot work in the thai company my husband will build because we need a work peemit and more thai in the company.

So i wonder, what visas do i need for the kids and me.

Othwr ideas for my service /digital nomad work in thailand?

Love to heae from your experiences

I (m) and my two teenage kids want to stay long-term in Thailand. I’m employed by a european company and work remotely. We had been in Thailand for over two years on education and guardian visas, but since my kids stopped going to school this term, we needed another solution.

In July/August 2025, I applied for the DTV visa in Vientiane, Laos - and got approved. I’m sharing our process here in the hope it might help someone going through the same.

* Day 1: Created an account on the DTV online platform and prepared my own visa application.

* Day 3: Flew to Vientiane on a Friday, added missing information (proof of location), submitted the form.

* Day 6: Monday, paid the 10'000 THB fee in person at the embassy (cannot be paid online in Laos). Bring the printout with the QR code - it will be stamped.

* Day 9: Received email for an in-person interview in two weeks. They said to bring all original documents and that they would review online banking. (Note: everyone applying for a DTV visa is interviewed according to an information at the embassy.)

* Day 23: Attended the interview. Basic questions about my job, then I had to log in to my online bank to show recent salary payments and my WISE account. My Bangkok Bank account was not of interest.

* Day 23: Got email with approval notice and visa (PDF).

* Day 24: Flew to Bangkok to activate my visa. Prepared dependent visas for my kids.

* Day 25: Returned to Vientiane with my kids and submitted their applications (dependend DTV visa).

* Day 26: Paid 10,000 THB each. One visa approved by noon; the other was canceled because I had selected the wrong country in one of the form field.

* Day 26: Resubmitted the canceled application.

* Day 27: Paid the fee again. Embassy requested an English version of the birth certificate (it was already multilingual). I re-uploaded the same document but highlighted the English labels.

* Day 28: Visa approved.

* Day 29: Flew to Bangkok, showed the visa at immigration, and got the passport stamp.

I am going to be applying for the Workcation (Digital nomad/remote worker/foreign talent/freelancer) from the UK.

I have my own business in the UK.

UK passport

Can anyone advise on what I need please. I have read the website but want to make sure I cover all bases.

Thank you in advance.

Hello everyone! Is there anyone here who received the DTV without an income?

- Medical treatment!

Because they live off savings and crypto?