I’m arriving in Thailand on a 90day Non O retirement visa over 50 from UK at the e

I’m arriving in Thailand on a 90day Non O retirement visa over 50 from UK at the end of the month. I’ve already got 800k in a Thai bank account for over two months. I’ll be living with my girlfriend near Maha Sarakham. What documents do I need to apply for a 12 month extension. Not using an agent?

Hi, I just had a couple questions regarding the DTV application.

1. I have a employment contract/agreement with an employer in my home country, but the base salary is pretty low. I supplemet my income by working on outlier ai (data annotation platform), should I include both jobs for the employment section? and what documents will suffice to prove freelance work with outlier, dashboard screenshots?

2. My second question is, I receive my payroll directly in my savings bank in my home country and outlier through paypal. But for the financial requirement document, I’m planning to submit my Thai bank account, which has maintained >500k for 6 months. Will this be a problem?

Excuse me, would it be acceptable to demonstrate that I transfer 65,000 baht monthly to my wife's account, or is it necessary for me to possess my own account for a retirement visa?

Any Indians who recently got approved can tell me how much money you had in your bank account and for how long? Is 10 lakhs enough? Or 13.89 lakhs (converting 500k THB)? Especially those who applied at Chennai.

DTV Approved - Mexico City

Type: Remote Work (own my own cybersecurity/IT business)

Nationality: USA/UK/Jamaican/Filipino

Applied on Sep 4/25

Documents requested Sep 5/25

* Bank statements (had already uploaded needed to highlight ending balances)

* CV

* Letter on letterhead explaining activities of the business

* Examples of the company's work (wrote another letter on letterhead)

* Sent in one recent invoice and receipt for a client I billed

* LLC registration from Texas Secretary of State

* Operating Agreement

* EIN

Additional docs requested Sep 8/25

* Uploaded two additional invoices and receipts for clients at the request of the embassy

Approved Sep 11/25

Proof of Location

* Mexican Permanent Residency Card

* Bill from Mexican internet provider

Financial Proof

* Previous 3 months of bank statement US Based regional bank in Texas (June/July/August) with minimum 500K THB each month

NOTE: If you are not Mexican or don't hold a Mexican Temporary or Permanent residency card the Royal Thai Embassy in Mexico City will refuse your application.

Experience:

The staff over the phone are extremely kind. They speak Thai, Spanish, and English. They will ask for clarifying docs almost always but are professional and aren't looking to run you around.

Yesterday I went to Bangkok Bank Jomtien branch in Pattaya to get my annual letter confirming monthly transfers of 65,000 bahts which in the past Immigration has required. The bank officer told me that they no longer provide such letters as in the past, and that I had to take my bank books for the past 12 months + photocopies of the relevant pages showing the monthly transfers, and that Immigration will accept this as proof. The bank does still issue a letter confirming that I am an account holder that will state the balance on hand on the day of renewal application., but that's all. Has anyone else had this experience?

Just got my DTV Workcation application approved!! 😆

(UK citizen - Jakarta Embassy)

Approved in 5 days

Here is a full detailed breakdown of my application.

I may have gone a little overboard but I didn't want to take any chances so you may not need to upload to this extent but I wanted to have every base covered

Documents Uploaded

Current Location PDF

* Cover page - explaining what is in this PDF broken into sections 1 and 2

* Section 1 - Cover letter. Explaining why I want to come to Thailand and agreeing to stay compliant with all of the visa rules

* Section 2 - Proof of current location. On seperate pages; my passport biodata page, picture of me on white background (took on phone and used canva to resize to a passport photo size), evidence of entry (I went through the e-Gates and didnt get a stamp so i gave picture of boarding pass, e-Visa, short stay permit), selfie of me standing outside my apartment building holding my passport next to a sign with the building name and finally an Airbnb booking confimtion

Then the next document was my Financials PDF

* Cover page - explaining the 2 sections of this PDF again with short bullet points of what's inside each section

* Section 1 - Proof of 500,000THB. For this, I showed bank statements going back to April. With Starling bank I used a date range rather than giving 4 individual monthly statements it was just one long one with an ending balance over the amount needed

* Section 2 - Proof of income. My wages are paid into a different bank account so i sent 4 months of individual Barclays statements highlighting (using chrome when you open PDF) all of the deposits from my employer in UK

The final document was my employment PDF,

* Cover page of what is in the PDF split into 2 sections

* Section 1 - Proof of employment. On separate pages I had; a signed letter from my employer on company letterhead stating I could work remotely (used ChatGPT to write it), a company registration certificate from Companies House gov website, my signed employee contract, 4 months' worth of payslips downloaded and merged together

* Section 2 - Portfolio of Work. I just made a simple document showing my workflow of what I usually do on a normal day step by step so they could see the process and I supplied screenshots for each step so it was super clear

I applied Wed 20th Aug and I received my approval email Mon 25th Aug.

Notes/Tips:

1. I only transferred the 500,000THB in GBP on 07/08/25, and it had been sitting there for 13 days

2. I only work 1 day a week remotely, so my income is very minimal

3. I read through all of the posts in this group and saw what most people was getting rejected for/requesting more docs for in Jakarta and made a list to make sure I included everything.

Everyone's posts in this group chat really helped me when I was applying so I hope this can help someone else too!

Questions for next steps

* Do I need to do anything else before I arrive other than print my visa in A5?

* How do I know which office to report to every 90 days? Do I get to choose what city it is in or is it selected for me?

* Is there any further documents i need to supply besides my visa & passport when i arrive in Thailand?

Now get me back to the land of smiles 🥳🥳🥳

So I am curious how people think I should handle this situation. I leave for BKK dec 11. I am looking into the dtv and the thing that’s unclear to me is the format in which the 500k baht is in. I have multiple bank account and brokerages etc totaling well over 500k but obviously in different accounts that consistently have larger deposits and withdraws. If I send it all those statements do you think they will accept that?

Does it make it easier to get a retirement visa if you own a condo,

TIA

Hey guys,

Currently applying for DTV Visa in Germany. I borrowed the 500,000 TBH from my parents which was last month. Do you know if I need to hold the money for at least 3 months? Or is it ok if I just prove the amount is in my bankaccoubt on my last financial statement?

Cheers!