Dear all,

My name is Christian and I’m a married father of 2 kids (10 and 6 years old).

We might intent to relocate to BKK next year from the UAE where we live and work today. My wife and I are 41 years old and have a German passport, UAE residency and UAE tax residency not paying income tax at all.

Once moved to Thailand, we will live off passive income

My questions:

- What kind of visa could we use?

- Is DTV an option?

- ⁠can we apply for a guardian visa for my kids who will study at an international English speaking private school in BKK?

- ⁠how to minimise or avoid Thai income tax legally ?

- ⁠can you recommend a good visa law / tax consulting firm?

Thanks for your help.

hello to you! Question is it simpler and especially faster to get the accompanying DTV? If you've had experience I'm a taker. I have a main DTV, my daughter was well validated leaving France but my wife was refused for an error in entering the file 😡 I didn't write exactly xxxx ep xxxxx but xxxxx/xxxxx. We are in Thailand but my wife is on a tourist visa ducoup we have to go out and apply. Thanks to all of you

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Bonjour à vous ! Question est il plus simple et surtout plus rapide d' obtenir le dtv accompagnant? Si vous avez eu une expérience je suis preneur. J'ai un dtv principale, ma fille a bien été validé en départ de France mais ma femme a été refusée pour une erreur sur la saisie du dossier 😡 j ai pas écrit exactement xxxx ép xxxxx mais xxxxx/xxxxx . Nous sommes en Thaïlande mais ma femme en visa touriste ducoup on doit sortir faire une demande. Merci à vous tous

Hello

I applied for me my husband and my 2 kids (2 ans 5yo).

Should I give bank statements with 500000thb under their names or mine is good ?

Thanks.

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.

When you apply for a DTV through a Muay Thai program, do they just help the participant with their visa or will they also help a spouse & child get theirs as well?

So a family applying for the DTV visa if both parents work remotly and married is it better to get two main DVT and a child dependent or one DVT with a spouse and child dependent visas. Do all applicants need access to the 500,000 THB in both cases or would we just need 500,000 THB between the three of us making it better to apply for the latter.

Hi

My husband was approved quickly but mine and my son ‘S application are pending approval from many days. Better change the fly?

Thanks

I recently got my dtv visa. Now I'm in the process of getting it for my wife and kids. I got a request for further documents. One of the documents needed is a sponsorship letter for each of my kids. What must be in that letter?

Is there a template I can use for this?

Hello guys sorry for my bad englisch

Just an bad expérience 3days ago in suvarnabhumi airport .

I am french citizen , 50 years old.

Came for m'y yearly hollidays there as since 15 years already done.

Done thè online arrival qr digital .

Immigration (very angry ) woman stop me and i follow her on a dark room filled with i believe illégal migrants (.....)

She saied that i not allowed enter in Thaïland anymore if i not do visas before departure.

Anyway i had a onward ticket show i will left thailand before thé legal tourists visa 2 month période actualy allowed

2024 i stay Thaïlande 2 month +1 month extension 1900 thb then 180 days in 2024

Never been oberstay , never done wrong .

She find all my history entering in Thaïland and say that " Sir you come to'much in Thaïland "

I have a 7years old son here , but cant afford visa with 400K deposit , i just want spend maximum time with him , as all father should do .

Not all of us are retired with solid pension , or sold home or buiseness in Europe for sho bank deposit .

I am sad to see that Thaïland turn as this and dont care about familly health .

Anyway if some of us have tips or had the same trouble recently , share it !

God bless you all

Chris

Hi everyone,

My family and I (my wife and our two kids) are planning to move to Thailand for an undetermined period, in about two years. I just wanted to run my plan by you and get some feedback to see if it makes sense.

I own a company back home in Canada, which provides me with a regular salary. I'm considering applying for the DTV visa — would this be a suitable option in my case? Also, would my family be able to join me under this visa? If needed, I could also put my wife on the company payroll.

Lastly, would our kids be able to attend school while we're in Thailand?

Thanks a lot for your help!