Today I received my DTV from the Thai Embassy in London, in about 5 working days from account creation to visa.

At first I had applied for a private cooking course with a professional chef, however I changed my strategy to Muay Thai lessons after being requested by the London embassy specifically for a headed confirmation letter from a school.

I confirmed with the London embassy that yes, when applying from the UK I must be applying to a school, not with an individual. This is slightly stricter than the official "Thai department of consular affairs (Bangkok)" line, who stated that it does not have to be a school and private lessons would be okay.

My wonderful girlfriend helped me find [members only] Muay Thai school.

They answered promptly to my initial email and booked me onto a course with just email correspondence which was great.

Bashir from Tiger Eye was very very helpful dealing with my request and seemed to have all the documents templates ready to go, which shows that there are schools actively participating in the DTV scheme.

Note on contacting the London Embassy:

Google reviews have stated that staff at the London Embassy of Thailand are near impossible to reach. This was not my experience. I called at around 4:30pm last Wednesday. I just waited past the dial tone, and the message that "[they were] only open until 12", reaching a member of staff in about half an hour.

Doing my 60 day tourist visa, and it’s asking for a confirmation letter? Any clue what this means or what type of document I need to upload? I’m not at school and I’ve left my job to travel so are they wanting a pension statement? Any advice would be great.

I’m due to apply for my next extension in a few weeks at Bangkok’s CW. I use the monthly 65k Baht deposit method and bank with Bangkok Bank. I know they have a branch in the CW building, and was wondering if I could get my confirmation letter re: 12 months of 65k Baht deposit from there as they would be very aware of what is required. I don’t bank at that branch, but would that matter. Anyone had any experience getting a letter from there.

Long stay O-A Visa brick wall!

Can anyone tell me what I need to do for the upload that says A confirmation letter from employer, School, Self-assessment, Pension.

I am applying for the retirement visa but do not have a pension coming in but I do have enough funds. If I do not add something to this I cannot proceed. Any ideas anyone???