Just wanted to post my experience with Jakarta Embassy! For DTV remote working visa

Applied on 19th November

Applied with

- passport

- 3 months statements highlighted income

- letter from my employer stating I don't work with Thai companies and I can work in thailand.

- proof that I'm in Jakarta (visa)

- photo of me

1st December - request of more documents

They asked me for

- every page of passport

- bank statement 3 months again but not highlighted

- company registration (sent UK companies house registrstion)

- a new photo

Sent these documents on 1st

4th December - request further documents

- proof oof previous job (never seen or heard this been requested before, I think was asked because my current role only been here 11 months)

So I sent my previous contract through and CV with cover letter.

7th December - 21:45pm was approved!!

Flying on 15th december!!

This group and certain people within it were so helpful!!

DTV sponsorship letter

Hello, I want to say thanks alot for all the helpful information here.

Today my DTV was approved after about 5 weeks of waiting. I applied in Frankfurt, Germany using a sponsorship letter from my father, as I didnt have the required 500k baht constantly on my account. After 3 weeks it went to pending approval, and now 2 weeks later I got the DTV. They never requested for more documents. Just had to wait and stay calm :)

Successful DTV application

Embassy: The Royal Thai Embassy, Delhi, India.

Citizen: India

Route: Soft Power - Cooking classes (6 months)

Applied in: November 2025

My Background:

* On a long term sabbatical since Early 2023

* In terms of DTV online form, classified as unemployed

* Out of the last 12 months, I have spent ~ 7 months in Thailand. In my last entry, I was flagged by the immigration officer and escorted to a questioning cell. In the line of duty, they checked all my reservations, return ticket, finances and after the due diligence and before they approved my entry, one Senior Immigration Officer politely yet diligently guided me that I should be applying for a long term/stay visa and that started my DTV journey.

* Sources of income:

1. Stock trading and investing (which I understood, post making a research before applying for the DTV, is difficult to explain under the Digital Nomad category).

2. Other Passive income sources such as Rent, Bonds, Term Deposits etc

Documents provided:

Set 1 (Pdf)

* Cover letter explaining:

1. Sabbatical Status

2. Income summary

3. Proof of sufficient funds ie > 500,000 THB

4. Reasons why I travelled to Thailand often- not working in Thailand and only for Tourism

* 3 months Bank Statement with consistent deposit > 500,000 THB

* Income and Income Tax Statement for FY25

* Explanation of incomes in the Tax Statement by breaking-down incomes with proofs such as:

5. Trading/ demat accounts P&L statement screenshots. Since I have multiple trading accounts, I attached multiple statements for FY25.

6. Rental income proof by attaching the Rent agreement and explained the same

7. Term Deposits - Consolidated amount screenshot with Account Details mentioned

8. Bonds - Consolidated amount screenshot with Account Details mentioned

Note:

* All the incomes and numbers were originally in INR but I inserted text boxes and mentioned the THB conversion alongside each of the incomes.

* Summary of incomes in a tabular format before proofs were attached

While it might look like oversharing, I understood while preparing/ researching for my application that it is immensely important to assure and project financial stability specially when under unemployed category/ classification.

Documents Provided:

Set 2

Proof of location

1. Aadhaar Card (National ID)

2. Phone bill with address same as ID

3. Entry into India FTI-TTP (fast track immigration gates). Screenshot with explanation. This can be seen as an equal of immigration stamp.

Documents Provided:

Set 3

1. Invitation letter and related documents from Soft Power - Cooking school

Now the Journey in Terms of Working Days:

Day 1:

* Applied and and paid on the same day

* Mailed the proof of payment to the Embassy which was promptly acknowledged

Day 2:

System status: Pending Payment

* Mailed the Embassy to check if I had missed something as the status was still Pending Payment

* Status Promptly changed to Document Check to Pending Approval

Day 14:

System status: Pending Approval

* Checked with the Embassy over a call and mail

Day 15:

System status: Document check

Day 16:

System status: Additional documents requested

* Embassy asked additional questions regarding Proof of Employment and Sources of income.

* I replied with a cover letter explaining sabbatical status and sources of income. Supported this letter one more time with all income proofs and bank statements while attaching the Soft Power invitation again.

* Almost instantly and promptly the status was changed by the Embassy to Pending Approval

Day 22:

System status: Pending Approval

* Shared the status with Embassy over mail and requested for guidance

Day 22:

DTV Approved

Other learning/ points noticed:

* The Royal Thai Embassy, Delhi is extremely efficient and responsive

* November to say till February/ March is high season and applications will take time due to work-load

* Before applying for this visa, prepare documents based on how you want to present your case

* ilovepdf website is useful for editing, compressing and preparing PDF files

I'm extremely thankful to the Royal Thai Embassy, Delhi and also grateful to this group 🙏🏻.

Also, I hope this explanation helps other aspirants.

Been following this group for months and used the tips a couple weeks ago to get approved in London in two days for a workcation DTV. Today I arrived in Thailand, laminated A5 DTV in hand and was processed in minutes with a 6 month stamp. No questions, no dramas, easy as anything. Appreciate you all 👌🏾

Greetings:

Trying to narrow down and submit an application in city that is not currently overrun with applications.

Trying to incorporate a holiday into this process as well

Looking for feedback from people who have applied in the following places and any problems they encountered.

Please state your nationality if you can.

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Yangon, Myanmar

Thanks

Hi everyone. I have a serious problem. I have family in Thailand — my child and my partner. We’re not married, and I need to get parental rights through a Thai court, so we hired a lawyer. When my exemption stay ended, I left for Vietnam for 45 days and then flew back to DMK a few days ago.

What happened there was shocking. Many people were denied entry. I had all documents — a letter from my lawyer, invitation from my partner’s family, Thai bank statement, my child’s birth certificate — but they didn’t look at anything. They just said I “can’t enter for the third time,” took my passport, and put me in the detention room for the night. The conditions were terrible.

The main issue: they didn’t put any stamp in my passport. No denied entry, nothing. The next day, after returning to Vietnam, I applied for a tourist visa with all documents and clearly stated that I want to visit my family for the holidays. The next day I got a simple “your visa application has been rejected.” No explanation. Embassy and e-visa center won’t tell us anything.

Now I don’t know what to do. I’m planning to fly to Vientiane, try to enter by land, and if they refuse me again, I want to apply for a Non-O visa at the Thai embassy there. But I’ve already lost so much money that I’m afraid of another rejection.

If anyone has experience with this situation, please share advice. I just want to be with my family for Christmas. Thank you.

Seeing Tons of FUD on FB is it true people with DTV are being rejected and turned around at certain ports of entry or even given just 60 days instead of 180???

trying to book an appointment at thai embassy london to submit a passport renewel . and i’m baffled with booking system so it only works on google chrome but asks you for various name id card etc in english and then asks for thai addresses and contacts in thai language all drop down menus are in thai. how the hell does that work? two keyboards so wifey barely reads thai after 25 years and i can’t read it full stop.

anybody else had this issue as must be the same for all visa booking. shambles

Has anyone had their DTV application processed in the Cambodia embassy after the skirmish? If so, what was the processing time? Were there any issues going back and forth?

Second Entry on Workcation DTV - Late 90 day report

Plan to re-enter at BKK.

Would be grateful if anyone in the same situation could share their experience.

Toxic people please don't comment. Thank you.