Sharing my DTV application experience in Taipei for reference.

Location: Taipei (home country)

Category: Soft Power – Muay Thai

Course length: 3 months

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⏱ Timeline

Dec 6 – Submitted DTV application

Dec 9 – Requested additional documents (Taiwan entry/exit record + financial clarification)

Dec 16 – Interview in Taipei

Dec 17 – DTV approved

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💰 Financial Background

Savings: ~5.5M TWD

Monthly passive income: ~26–28K TWD ( funds dividend)

No work right now

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📝 Interview

Interview in English. Questions focused on:

Why Muay Thai

Why DTV instead of tourist visa

Past work & travel history

Confirmation of no work in Thailand

No request to upgrade course length, and no extra documents after interview.

Has anyone recently gone through the DTV visa process in Vientiane and can share how long it took to get called for the interview and receive the visa?

Any recent experiences, timelines, or tips would be super helpful!

If anyone has direct contacts at the embassy, I’d be incredibly grateful.

Thanks in advance! 🙏

Hi does anyone know if these fast track sites you see online for Don Mueang actually help you get through immigration quicker and smoothly? Thanks in advance for any replies.

Hi everyone,

I couldn’t find many older posts about this, so I wanted to ask:

Has anyone here applied for a DTV visa through the Thai Embassy / Consulate in Ankara, Turkey?

How long did the process take in your experience?

And overall, did you have a positive impression of the consulate and the way they handled the application?

Any success stories from Pakistan 🇵🇰?

I just did my first 90 day report in Ubon Ratchathani and I was completed in 5 minutes. I handed my completed TM47 and passport to first desk, they told me to go to the next officers desk. They checked passport and stamped a receipt for 90 days. There was NO CHARGE for this. I took a heap of documents with me but didn’t require anything else.

Ubon Ratchathani Immigration is the best. They made this very simple.

DTV Approved!

I just had my application approved from the embassy in Jakarta.

Submitted on: 3rd December

Approved on: 14th December

Wait time: 11 days total (6 business days)

Submitted all the docs requested for the workaction route and additional docs based on the information I've seen this embassy requesting additionally just to anticipate the request.

Happy to guide people through my application if you want to send me a DM.

I exited Thailand through BKK new automatic doors and I haven’t been given any DEPARTURE STAMPS.

It’s like I never left the country…

While I’m outside…

Normally when you exit they stamp with the departure date so that any future agent reading the passport can see you exited before your visa expire.

Is this normal ?

I just received my DTV yesterday at like 5:45pm from HCM . I applied Nov 27 , received Dec 12.

Was requested more docs day 1.5.

The whole thing gave me anxiety toward the end. I waited in HCM first 12 days and was going crazy . Flew to Dalat and wish I had gone sooner. I would reccomend to go travel and be patient. Dalat is incredibly beautiful place . I was well qualified for the DTV and had what I needed. I’ve never over stayed never even once in over 20 years visiting my favorite country of Thailand.

This was muey thai DTV.

Provided Savings account ( 6 months of statements) 3 times more than min.

They still asked for proof of income or am I unemployed .

They wanted a Letter explaining how I will support myself and what I will do beyond 6 months coarse .

And yes every passport page with time date stamps and all pages even blanks , as others have mentioned.

I have rental income from

My home Country enough to support myself and I showed 6 months of checking account deposits in addition to the 6 months statements of savings account .

I explained all that they asked in a nice professional letter.

Good luck people

Hello to all. Has anyone applied for DTV in Manila. If so pros and cons. Thank u in advance