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May 30, 2025
9 days ago
Andrew ********
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I have a suggestion for an admin or all star contributors. Could someone make a spreadsheet that could be up in the documents (maybe a pinned post) of the current average processing times of the various cities people apply for the DTV. Not only extremely helpful - it would cover a large percentage of the questions asked :)
May 26, 2025
12 days ago
Paul ********
ORIGINAL POSTER
I’m hoping to move to Thailand this September from the usa. My income is more than $65,000 Baht all from Social security. Is my Social Security statement plus us bank account showing those auto deposits going to work for financial requirements? If not how do I proceed?
May 13, 2025
a month ago
Hello everyone! I'm planning to do a DTV visa ("soft power")

Please tell me a good Muya Thai gym or Cooking school in Pattaya that will provide all the necessary documents for a visa .

Thank you 🙏
May 7, 2025
a month ago
Raven ****
ORIGINAL POSTER
Anyone knows how to get medical invite letter from a bangkok hospital? I'm trying to do medical visa but don't know which hospital will give the invite letter.i want to take it from Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand
Apr 29, 2025
a month ago
Matty *********
ORIGINAL POSTER
Just spent 5 hours shuffling between korat immigration and dlt for them to refuse to give me the documents to get a driver's licence because I'm on a DTV. Any suggestions? I'm happy to travel so I can get all of this sorted legally. Tried contacting a few agents here but no one would help.
Apr 25, 2025
a month ago
Anyone else had trouble obtaining a letter of residence (residence certificate) at Bangkok immigration recently? -

I took all the requested documents to apply for a letter of residence. The officer took a long time looking over all the documents and noticed there was a single character typo on the rental agreement address. Informed me to amend and re-sign the rental contract with the landlord (fair enough). Then asked me to pay 400 baht (the official website says ‘no fees’ so I was confused but agreed).

After the amended rental agreement was completed and a new TM.30 submitted online by the landlord they are now asking me for more documents -

◦ House registration

◦ Owner Passport page

◦ Condo title deed (front and back)

◦ The owner signs and certifies that all pages are copies of the correctness.

Is this all normal just for a letter of residence? Or did the rules change very recently? It took me weeks just to get the TM30 from the landlord so feel like I got no chance getting all that from them 🥹.

The landlord is a foreigner (condo) if that makes a difference?
Apr 24, 2025
a month ago
Alessandro ***********
ORIGINAL POSTER
Anyone actually used Issa Compass for their document checking service & rejection guarantee?

🙏🏼
Apr 17, 2025
2 months ago
trave******
ORIGINAL POSTER
Has anyone done “Safe entry airport service” with FriendlyThaiVisa?

Are they legit ? Please only answer if you have information specifically about “Safe entry airport” with “FriendlyThaiVisa”
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