DTV approved !!!

Big big thanks to everybody in the forum.

Soft power via Muay Thai route in Hanoi.

I could apply through my company but it was much more of a hassle.

Applied Saturday 14th of December and got it Friday 20th the same month.

Monday documents were checked and moved to 2nd step "pending approval".

No extra documents were asked.

And Friday got it.

Uploaded:

passport

recent photo

Gym documents

6 months statements. I transfered a month ago 500k from my investment account.

Arrival stamp

The moment i got mine ,my wife applied too.

Hope we will be in Thailand for NYE.

Thank you Thailand 🇹🇭

Has anyone here ever herd of a "visa application pending approval" for past time? ie You just submitted a visa for the time of december 2023 - december 2024

Denied in Taipei🥲

Type: remote worker (for 1 company, not freelance)

Situation: coming from non B visa

Heartbroken to say that I was denied in Taipei. It is a specific situation, as I have worked in Thailand, legally for 3 years. I accepted a remote job and came to Taipei to switch my visa type to DTV.

Even with a current contract and first payment made by current company (+600,000 tbh banked and consistent income for past 6 months from past job), they denied because they wanted me to have 6 months of income *from my current contract.*

Note: I also had everything else in order, including the employment letter (stating remote position), company registration documents etc.

The issue they had, specifically, was was that I hadn’t been in my current role for 6 months. Pretty much they told me to leave and try again in 6 months time when I am established at my new job. There was no remedying it with them.

— and genuinely this was so shocking because I’d never heard of this being the case for anyone else before. Am I wrong on this?

So, if you are coming from a non B and are switching to remote work, please be aware that this is the way Taipei approaches this scenario.

If you have a similar work history but successfully gotten a DTV visa, can you please comment? I’d really like to understand what else I can do and how I can better plan my application in the future.

Is anyone applying for DTV in HCMC on December 10 (I know it’s a government day off) and still waiting for approval today?

Also, can someone please share the time they received their approval email from the embassy? I noticed that many of you got approved very late in the evening, around 1 a.m.

Just had my 90-day reporting rejected, this is the first time 90-day online reporting after the 90-day reporting in person

Has anyone been called in for an in person interview for HCMC yet and if so, why?

After a long day at Chiang Mai immigration I was successful in obtaining my first year extension of my non o retirement visa. Thanks ever so much to this group for the invaluable advice to date.

Another shocker! At Nong Khai on the Laos side they asked me to pay in USD for my VOA just now. $40 USD for Canadian. Ofc, I didn't have it because they always ask for THB and complain that USD is not in pristine condition when you mention USD.

So ofc I overpayed 1.7k baht because its their usual scammy rate. I could have saved 350THB. Well, now they don't care about THB, they ask for USD first.

I've been crossing that border for 12 years, and it's the first time they speficially ask for USD. They even have a new pink exchanger booth on the Thai side by the photocopy booth, which I should have deduced is there for a reason.

So if you need to bounce, come here with THB and exchange on Thai side and they will take your USD and I'll save 300-400THB in bogus conversion.

Hi guys

Just for share my experience :

✅I get DTV visa option soft power Muay Thai

📍Applying at Thai embassy in Vientiane Laos

✔️First want to notice the kindness of the staff at embassy

Appointment on Friday 06th December for give document and get back my passport on Wednesday 11th December

I did it by myself , no required agency . All was easy and fine .

I will train at Keh Muay Thai gym in Phuket Rawai. Anyone want to apply DTV with same option can go see them , this gym is approved for do DTV visa and ask fair price

Has anyone experienced a situation where the status seems to reset to the beginning?

• 03.12: Status: Pending Document Check

• 05.12: Status: Pending Approval

• 10.12: Status: Pending Document Check

It feels like the process has restarted, and I’m confused about what’s happening.