If choosing the soft power option,cooking school is there a certain amount of time you have to attend, like the whole 5 years? I did ask one school and they said 2 classes a Week, but when I asked for how long they as as long as you want. Didn’t really help me much.

i have the bank balance but no income, can i still get the dtv for cooking/muay thai etc? what is the simplest/cheapest one and is there minimum requirements for classes you have to attend?

Does anyone know of a cooking school that can used for DTV in Phuket that will teach me Thai cooking

Thanks

Hi if you apply for a dtv for cooking and get approved, I am assuming this means you take different cooking courses for 5 years? Or is taking 1- 6 month or 1 year class all that is required even if staying for 5 years?

I submitted my application to Hanoi on August 18th, but received a rejection on the 20th. I was working remotely, and all the documents were in order. Why was it rejected in just 2 days? If I change my soft skills documents and submit them again, will I have a chance? Do you have any reliable agents to recommend? I am in Vietnam now.

Hello everyone, I need your help. I am looking for a cooking school in Pattaya to do my DTV. THANK YOU 🙏🏾 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

Los Angeles Thai Consulate DTV soft power approved in less than 2 hours! Seriously could not believe how fast that was…after reading it had taken some 4 weeks or more! Now all set to go Sept 21! Thanks all for the helpful info!

Hello, I want to get a DTV visa by registering for a cooking course in Pattaya. Does anyone in the group know of a reputable cooking training institute in Pattaya (with whose registration form I can obtain this type of visa)?

who have successfully obtained a DTV through the cooking school.Please share to me.Thanks.

Got my DTV Visa approved today, and wanted to share the relatively painless process!

I'm doing soft power, through a cooking school in Chiang Mai that has a program made for DTV. I paid 63,000 baht for a program that's supposed to last for a minimum of 140 hours of cooking classes, and it took about a week from applying to the program to getting a pdf file from them with all the DTV info I'd need for proof of enrollment.

Following that, I applied for the DTV through the Chicago consulate on July 9th. I just got it approved today (July 16), a total of about 6 full business days. I enclosed the DTV pdf file from the cooking school (after reducing its size), a picture I took of myself on my phone, pictures of my passport page, and a bank statement for June of this year. My bank statement also held notably more than the minimum requirement.

All in all, both faster and less painful than I was expecting. Aiming to land in Chiang Mai in two months to kick off my stay in Thailand!