Just did my first reentry into the country since getting my DTV. My 180 days weren't up yet but I had a trip planned. I flew in from Tokyo, I was a bit nervous but immigration was a breeze. I'm on muay thai soft power and nobody made me do a spinning back kick before stamping me in! Happy to be back in the heat and back to training.

Can a person apply for the DTV by signing up for a Muay Thai or cooking course ,

AND ALSO get his spouse over for 10k THB ?

- will it work for this DTV option ?

Does the spouse need proof of financial stability with personal bank account showing 500k THB , or can he/she be using the same joint account with their spouse ?

Anybody can advise , thanks 🙏

Has anyone successfully applied for DTV using the soft power related activity option , does the course which we signed up for be a 5-YEAR COURSE?

Also, are we ONLY limited to these 3 options for soft power related activity and stated in this website

[members only]

• Muaythai

• Thai culinary training

• Medical treatment

IS Learning Thai language not considered one of the options for the approved course ?

Must the financial evidence be in THAI BHAT ? It can be in our own country's currency, right ?

Hi DTV community! I'll be in Phnom Penh next month. I will make my application for DTV under workation category.

I am a freelance online ESL teacher with clients from China. I was in Th for two years (on and off) and learned Thai for a year. I was doing my online job while schooling and receiving my payments using my Bangkok bank.

Has anyone tried showing their proof of income using Thai banks? My clients are from China, but I decided to receive payments using my Thai bank for convenience and better exchange rates. Will it be a problem?

I don't have a contract/company. Can screenshots of my work be enough proof?

Will appreciate your feedback.

DTV APPROVED @ Jakarta, Indonesia

Applied on January 14th at 5am

Approved on January 20th in the afternoon.

I was not requested for any additional documentation as I had all my Muay Thai documents in order. I showed 6 months of bank statements. I did not have over 500k until I topped it up a few days before applying.

I highly recommend doing ur DTV visa here.

Now I guess the next step is to wait till 90 days gets closer and do my 90 day online or possibly in person. I have been here in Thailand already on a ED visa but canceled it when I departured the airport.

Any questions please comment and I will try to answer them all. Thanks to everyone in the group.

Approved 😀

Thank you to this group for providing such valuable information!!!! To pay it forward, here's how my application went.

Applied in HCM on Wednesday 15/01 around 8PM for Muay Thai DTV

Had a quick look on Friday 17/01 and saw status moved to pending approval

Was getting a bit nervous today (business day #5) as I didn't want to be stuck here for Tet. Emailed the consulate this morning (no reply) and called them at 4:30PM (30 minutes before closing). The lady on the phone said my application would be approved today or tomorrow, I asked her if it please can be today and she said she'd speak to the consul.

40 minutes later (5:10PM) I got the approval email.

Documents:

Proof of location: pdf with a picture of entry stamp, boarding pass, hotel booking and Vietnam visa

Financial: Savings account 01/07/2024 - 15/01/2025 (day of application), there was well over THB500K in the account for the entire period. I gave them monthly statements with all transactions and beginning/end amounts (Dutch bank, did not translate the statements)

Muay Thai:

* letter of endorsement

* letter of enrolment (8 months training, start date, also stating I had paid 1 month ahead and will be living in the gym)

* training schedule

* gym business registration

* sports authority registration

* house book gym

* house book gym owner

* ID (back and front) gym owner

Form

Home address: hotel in HCM

Permanent address: gym in Thailand

Thai address: gym in Thailand

Employment: unemployed (I'm actually a freelancer but between contracts so technically not lying)

My background

November '21 - July '23 countless visa exempts, a few tourist visa's, extensions, border runs and (remember those?) 2 COVID extensions

July '24 - now ED visa + 1 ED extension (did not get a re-entry stamp when I left last week), visa I got through a language school

I genuinely train at the gym, have been since 2018, it's a relatively small, family-owned gym that only does DTV for people who will actually attend training (so unless you're willing to do so, don't ask which gym it is 😉)

Flying back tomorrow, will update this post to let you know how immigration went (Phuket).

Hi everyone just wondering when applying for the DTV visa how much do you need remaining on your passport. Cheers.

Hello,

I heard DTV Visa is being seen as problematic and might be regulated/canceled, is that true?

Should I apply now even if I don’t plan going thailand before 6 to 10 months from now?

I want ideally do the Visa the workcation way but I don’t have customers yet.

I am thinking of using the softpower way with muay thai: can I go something like 1 class a week during 6 month and then never do muay thai class again if I want to stop but still live in thailand under the DTV Visa? or are they gonna ask me to renew classes if I want to stay in thailand?

Can I work remotely for non thai customer if I got my DTV Visa the softpower way?

Niche DTV bank account post info that might help others in a similar situation. I've had a BKK bank account for a few years that I opened on a Non-O retirement visa back before DTV's were a thing. Switched to DTV when it came out as it works best for the wife and I. My debit card expired last week and I'm on a new passport since I opened the bank account. Thought uh-oh I'm on a DTV now, maybe BKK bank won't let me get a new card. They sent all the details off to Bangkok head office and 1 week later I had a new debit card good for 4 years. So even though we are now on DTV's I could still get a new debit card. While bank people were helping me and talking in Thai I could hear the phrase DTV a couple of times so they definitely knew I was on one. Only thing I use the card for is Grab as we always do card-less ATM withdrawals to avoid skimmers. The card spent it's life in a drawer and only when Grab stopped working did I know it had expired.

Has anyone had experience applying for the DTV for remote workers for Thailand in Hanoi? (Costs, time it takes to get everything done, ease/difficulties, etc.). Thankful for any advice. Many thanks in advance.