Flew in today to chiang mai with my DTV which I got in Taipei yesterday. Here are some notes to help others who are looking to get the DTV in Taipei:
- I have a US passport
- It cost me 11,000 TWD (had to pay in TWD)
- I got the visa the same day I applied
- I was called some hours after I submitted and asked to submit an extra document
- A total of 22 non-thai showed up for visas (of all varieties). I know its 22 because the monitor that shows the queue number remained at 22 when I went to pick up at 5pm
- The staff spoke English and noted that they were interested in me passing. I say this to express that they are helpful and present
- Documents I used:
- A cover letter with bullet points of the what financial pages are being submitted
- 3 different bank statements showing current balance. They noted that they cared mostly about the the statement I had that said CURRENT BALANCE. In other words, previous months is not as interesting. But I would put it in again anyways
- A recent pay slip
- A cover letter with bullet points of the what work evidence is being submitted
- Articles of organization of my llc
- company's EIN (this is the document they requested)
- Some pages from two active contracts to prove I have work
- Visa application form (with a 2 inch passport photo glued. The form says to use 3.2cm but the online guide says to use 2 inch)
- Copy of passport biopage
- Every page I submitted was signed