Do Tax Free Savings Account (Canada) work to show as proof of funds? In my bank statements it is under "investments", but in fact I can withdraw money from it.

Hi everyone! Any fellow Canadians here who have applied for the DTV? I'd love to know if you applied through the Ottawa or Vancouver embassy and what your experience was like. I'm especially curious about the success rate before I submit my application. Thanks in advance 😃

Hi everyone! Any fellow Canadians here who have applied for the DTV? I'd love to know if you applied through the Ottawa or Vancouver embassy and what your experience was like. I'm especially curious about the success rate before I submit my application. Thanks in advance 😃

Hello,

I too received the DTV in Vientiane today.

I’m Canadian, have a Canadian holding company and a Canadian residence. I was teaching in Thailand until this past June.

I brought a ton of info with me including Thai bank statements, tax ID card, personal Canadian tax returns. They handed this all back to me.

Beyond the standard photos, passport copies, application etc they reviewed:

- 3 months investment account statements showing 500000b each month.

- copy of lease in Chiang Mai.

- AoI from company.

- corporate tax return

- bio of company and myself.

- original signed contract with Canadian client.

- letter from Canadian client which confirmed I would be working remotely.

Essentially they wanted to know: what are you going to be doing in Thailand, where are you living, and how much money you got?

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Anyone who has successfully applied for the DTV (destination visa) from Canada please give some insight on how the process went? Thank you in advance!

Another DTV data point with a twist. Wife and I (both Canadians) already had non-o retirement visas recently approved from the Vancouver consulate. Called the Vancouver consulate about switching to the DTV. They said if we submit and get approved for DTV's they will cancel our Non-O's. If we aren't approved we can still use the Non-O's. So I just submitted my DTV application 2 hours ago and was just approved! Super fast. My wife and I own a Canadian SW development corp and so I submitted my certificate of incorporation, provincial tax return, federal statement of income and balance sheet, along with a letter on my business letterhead stating as an employee of the corp I can work remotely from Thailand. Wife just submitted hers as a dependent. Awesome! EDIT: And 2 days later, wife received her DTV as a dependent on mine. :)

I am showing cost of DTV in Canada as $650 CAD which is about $17200 baht and not $10000 baht.

Canadian here

We are looking to stay in Thailand for 4 months this year

Last year we got a 60 day tourist visa and then got a 30 day extension so we could stay for 3 months.

Can we do this then go to Langkawi and come back and have 30 more days to make it 4 months? Or is there a better way

If I hoped on a plane now from Canada and flew to Koh Samui, how long can I stay?

Can I get a visa on arrival in the airport or at an immigration office? What are the options for an education visa in samui?

I see so much conflicting and old information online regarding visas and I have no idea what is right.

TIA!!!