Can a direct relative's bank account be your proof of fund ?

Ex : Dad has more than 500kTHB and "sponsors" his son by showing his bank statements. I've understood this is possible through some posts here but I wonder if I got it all wrong. Seems nice, but almost too nice?

Hi everyone

first thank you to this amazing group and all the help provided! im posting this as a help to people who are in the same situation as us so please dont come after me with nasty disrespectful comments please!

US citizens applied in Hanoi october 7th

my husband is a remote worker and makes good money! we provide all documents requested ( tax returns, paystub, company registration documents and letter that states he can work remote) except 500k baht! in liue of that we provided his father’s bank account along with a letter explaining he will be our emergency sponsor!

we applied in Hanoi on October 7th. on october 8th they requested proof of relationship with his dad which we uploaded his birth certificate.

approved october 15th

on October 15th we applied for me and my daughter same documents.

on October 16th they requested 3 months bank statements with 500k baht! i uploaded my father in law’s letter and bank statements. few minutes later the status changed to processing pending approval!

today we both got approved.

before we applied i emailed the embassy and explained the situation they responded you can provide sponsorship only from your immediat family. so I was sure there wont be an issue. anyway. good luck to everyone and thank you again for being so helpful

Just a quick question regarding sponsorship..

Does it have to be a parent or spouse?

I am self employed but contracted long term to a friends business would they be allowed to sponsor me as an individual or as a company?

Thanks in advance 🙏

UPDATE:

I received the e-Visa just 3 hours after submitting the Invitation Letter. Had my wife write/sign/date, included copy of her Thai ID and pages from family house book.

THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP!

Re: Non-O e-Visa, I received an email from the Los Angeles embassy requesting an Invitation Letter from Immediate Family.

I searched the group for “invitation letter”, and while I found helpful posts, none I found seem to match my situation.

My wife has been living with me in the USA for 10 years, and now we are moving to Koh Samui. We will be renting at first, but do not yet have an address. Her family is in Khong Chiam (Ubon).

Any suggestions on how to write the letter? From my wife and hotel or friend’s address? From family in Ubon and their address?

Thanks, this group has been a tremendous help to me thus far.

Hello ,

I am so discouraged. I was approved with my DTV on 4/22

I applied for my children DTV on 4/23

On 5/5 - I received an email for additional document request.

My original application in which my DTV was approved with Washington DC embassy. (They required only one bank statement .

Now they are request “3 months” of bankstatments for my children DTV along with other request. I want to know does anyone know if all 3 months have to show over 16k?

new to the group and would like to understand how the DTV works in terms of bringing over a spouse and child. I’ve heard that once an individual qualifies for the DTV, they can include their spouse and child in the process. Is this correct? If not, could someone clarify the steps or requirements for sponsoring family members under the DTV?

DTV approved - 5 business days, 2 additional document requests. Submitted 02 Jan 2025. Approved approx. 4 hours after second document request.

I'm in Australia (a local), run my own company, did not have 500,000tbh in cash to show.

Financial evidence:

- Contents page (found this to be very helpful as my second document request was for the same thing as the first and I forgot to update the contents page)

- Sponsor letter from family member

- Driver's license of family member

- Evidence of the 500,000thb in their accounts (document request updates were for updated statements)

- My personal tax return summary for the last 2 lodged years.

- Company P&L for previous tax year as not yet lodged.

Employment evidence:

- Contents page

- ASIC Company Registration

- Shareholders register of company (showing I'm sole shareholder)

- ABR Company extract

- Letter from company approving remote work

- Employment contract for myself from company (this was an additional document request)

- Link to my company website

- Links to portfolio of existing clients/work.

Thanks to all the comments and answers to other questions in the group, really helped me get this done in record time. Hope the detail helps someone else out!

Hello, I submitted a DTV visa and i'm reading that not all embassies accept a family member like a mother as a sponsor.

I'm applying to Madrid embassy and I have spanish passport. Do you guys know if this is true?

There are so much confusing info, like some people say I need to submit a 6mo statement, which means I need to have the 500k for long time to make sure it is not a single loan, and other say that adding those 500k one time is enough.

That's why my mother is sponsoring me, do you guys have any idea about it?

also, do you know how much time can I expect to have the approval?

Thanks for your help!!

Has anyone received a DTV using a sponsorship letter instead of the B500k in a bank account? does this sponsorship letter come from employer, or can I as a parent provide that in the case of my daughter thanks

I'm asking this question in reverse this is about Thais getting work visa's to go to Australia , I own a company and employ many foreigners in Australia on WHV but my partner is thai and I would really like to get her brother to Australia to work for me, even if it is only a short period, I've asked Australian solicitors and they tell me Australia has no agreement with thailand so the old 457 doesn't apply and never met a thai on a WHV am I missing an obvious solution to this issue ??