Hi there! I've been asking some questions here a few times, read loads of posts, and that was helpful. I just had the great new : got approved! So I thought I would share my experience. I'm talking about the french embassy here.

I applied on the 21st of July from Paris embassy for the soft power Muay Thai.

Got asked extra documents on the 18th of August.

Send it to them on the 19th and got approved about 1 hour later.

On their website it says they can take up to a month, which was exactly the time they took for me. Another person on the group applied there on the same date as me and also got approved today. So yes be patient. They are easy to reach over email, they respond quickly... I tried multiple times to get them through the phone and never had any chance, but then I saw on one of their email they said if you wanna call them it's only on tuesdays from 2 to 4pm.

The documents I had to send were the basics : picture of my passeport, picture of me, invitation letter from the gym, bank statements for 3 months.

The extra documents they asked were : License from the gym (I was the 1st one from there applying in Paris so maybe that's why), a proof of payment for the courses and my bank statement again.

For those who wonders because its different from one embassy to another, so i'm talking only about Paris :

- 6 months course is enough. I had a letter saying that I booked for 6 months, and the receipt for the payment I made which was not for the whole 6 months.

- they asked my bank statement again because I sent them only a paper signed from my bank saying how much money I have in my account, without saying for how long I've had it. What they want is 15000k each months for 3 months.

- I read in the group a lot of confusion about what to put in "place of issue of your passeport". I put FRANCE instead of the city written on my passeport. I contacted the embassy who said both are fine.

Like many people said in the group already : DOUBLE CHECK YOUR INFORMATION before submitting. I put all the info by myself and then when I uploaded the picture of my passeport, it automatically changed some dates... so BE CAREFULL!

I used the website ilovepdf to merged all the documents together and compressed, super easy and free.

I'm really bad with paperwork and I hate it, however I found it really easy to apply, the documents they ask are pretty basic... so I do not think paying a tierce person to do it for you is necessary.

I did book my flight ticket before applying because I thought I had to since they ask for it... but I read in the group that you can put any flight number, which I think is better because it was really stressful to not get the visa on time even tho I gave it some extra time. But I did see here that some people has been ask for the actual flight.

Now I'm flying on sunday and if i'm correct I just need to print my VISA and do my TDAC.

I have a double citizenship and I will be applying with the swedish citizenship. In when filling in documents u should write country of birth and it is not sweden for me, and then u need to specify if u have an extra citizenship and which country. Has anyone experienced that double citizenship has influenced thai embassy decision about DTV vida or they have asked for more documents?

I would appreciate your advice regarding my upcoming Guardian Visa extension. I am currently on my first-year extension, and for last year’s application, I submitted a consular legalized birth certificate as proof of relationship.

Could you please confirm whether I can re-use the same document for this year’s extension, or if I need to obtain a newly consular legalized version? If so, how long such certified documents are considered valid.

Thank you so much🙏

Approved in Hanoi

Submitted 26/7 approved 6/8

UK passport, workcation, self-employed - teaching online.

Thanks for the help!

Hi everyone

A easy question. Having all the proper paperwork and going to a bank to open an account how long or how many days does it take

Thank you 🙏 all

Hi everyone,

I’m wondering if anyone can help us, my husband and I are both UK citizens and have been here in Thailand for nearly 3 months.

We got married earlier this month and will be applying for DTV. Our visas expire on July 30th so will need to leave Thailand to apply for our DTV.

We have our legal Thai marriage certificate, does anyone know if this is ok to use as proof for me to join him on his DTV or does the certificate need to be translated back into English?

We will also add our 3 young children to the DTV as well.

Many thanks in advance for any advice :)

I applied for the DTV and paid the fee a few days ago. How long until I hear a response? Will they email me or do I have to login onto their portal to check?

For information only - not looking for advice but hoping it helps anyone going through the process - if nothing else to allieve anxiety.

Hubby and I completed our annual extension of stay Non O retirement visa application yesterday at Hua Hin immigration. We had one small hiccup that was probably due to communication breakdown with getting the bank documents needed. We remembered from last year Bangkok Bank required us to request our statement and the letters of account verification from the bank so we requested those last week and the statement was ready. We had to re-request the letter which they produced yesterday - but they issued both on a joint document as we have a joint account. Immigration checkin (the lovely ladies that sit downstairs to go over your paperwork and let you know if you need anything additional to what you have before going upstairs and taking a number to be seen) sent us back to the bank to get second original (only needed if you and your partner are applying - she was correct that we needed it and it probably saved us from being denied) No problem getting it and we headed back to immigration. We arrived just before 12 so sat during their lunch hour and as soon as they re-opened at 1 were processed rather quickly with no dramas at all. Staff there are extremely helpful. It was an easy process and we both got our new stamp within around 15-20 minutes of the interview start. Cost us a whopping 1900 baht each and was pretty stress free.

Should I apply in Portugal plan is to stay here until end of July, or wait until my EU visa is up go to Vietnam and do it from there. I have everything legit but just want to be wherever is easier. Plenty of people have done from Vietnam here but not so many in Portugal let me know what yall think😋

I'm going to get Muay Thai dtv visa. How long does it take in Vietnam?