I submitted my DTV application at Thai consulate Dubai with all documents including a bank statement (6 months) and closing balance certificate. I got a request for uploading additional documents which also says "Financial evidence: an amount of no less than 500,000 THB (e.g., bank statements for the last three months, sponsor letter) (The other bank statement to support for 3 months as well.)". I am not sure what do they mean by "other bank statement" since I only have 1 bank account and already uploaded the statement. Can you someone please help or share a similar experience ?

Having received my approval for the Thailand LTR Visa issuance for Wealthy Pensioner, I'd like to give some information I have learned from the process. I started the process mid-March 2025 and had to provide updates upon two requests from the Thai BOI.

Here are my thoughts on submissions:

1. Medical(Tricare): I am retired US Navy. I received a letter from the US Defense Health Agency outlining that I have Tricare Overseas that met and exceeded the $100,000 minimum coverage. Additionally, I clipped pages from the Tricare Overseas Program (TOP) Provider Manual which broke down the Inpatient, Outpatient, and Emergency Coverage Limits.

2. Medical(Civilian): I would advise providing a policy statement and the respective coverage limits.

3. Income Verification(Annuities): Obtain annuity confirmation letters outlining annual or monthly income from wherever you obtain your income. I obtained letters from the DFAS website(Navy), OPM(Government), and from Social Security. I did not include my investment dividends for my submission.

4. Bank Statements: I only provided one year's worth of monthly statements.

5. With the initial submission and with the followup requests for additional information, you have to merge all documents into one PDF relative to the respective data for that field(ie medical, income, ...). I added a business cover letter to each of these outlining them as attachments and a definition of each. I believe the initial evaluators of your data, although english speakers, may not have the comprehensive knowledge of your specific data, so it's best to succinctly clarify them in your letter.

I believe the follow on requests for data regarding my application was definitely my own doing and circumstance. If anyone submitting has a question, please do not hesitate to ask me. My response to you will only be based on my own experience and may exceed the requirements for your specific submission of data.

I wish you good fortune in your submission for the LTR Visa!

DTV approved from Yangon.

Along with passport and recent photo, I submitted only a screenshot of my bank balance and my 2 year remote work contract from a company in Myanmar.

emailed to come in for interview 4 days later.

I was way over prepared for the interview with many months of bank statements, visa history in Myanmar, photos of me at work, website, copies of my degrees....

Interview lasted about 3 minutes. They had about 20 people report at the same time and you had to take a queue number and wait. They asked me how long I would be in Thailand, (I'm not sure, but at least 90 days) and would I do any work in Thailand other than remote work (No). That was it.

Approval notice within the hour.

It was the same day the notice came from Yangon that they were not going to issue any further tourist visas. The company that my contract is from anticipates having trouble in the future with business visa as well. So this post maybe isn't that useful for this group. I couldn't find much info about applying in Yangon when I was researching in anticipation of my application, so I thought I would just record my experience.

Hey all.. been ‘travelling’ around Thailand for the past few months. Now got to a point where I’ve realised it’s somewhere I’d settle for the short-medium term.

Work freelance for multiple clients (some UK based, Swiss, UAE). Income over £2500/month - can get the 500,000 baht ‘savings’ for the DTV visa.

Has anyone tried applying for this without an agent? I’m looking for potential blockers that one may not be aware of without advice.

I have invoices, can get letters from my clients confirming employment - I can showcase work.

The only thing I don’t have is UK tax returns as I have been outside of the UK for some time ‘travelling’.

Could this void the application? How many months of bank statements have people put through?

I have done research on all of the above, and have answers, but I’d also like to collect some first-hand experiences if anyone has applied for the DTV in the past year without a visa agent.

(Or knows anyone who has…)

Enjoy your week!

If I apply for a DTV from the USA, is there any stipulations of length that I have to prove how long I've had my 500k bhat in the bank before applying? Thank you 🙏🏻

DTV: Softpower Approved in 2 days in Jakarta!

Details Below:

Applied in Jakarta on the 25th of Jan, got a VOA which takes a picture of you at the autopassport gate (if you have an e-compatible passport, apply online before or when you arrive).

Overall this was a simple, fast, and surprisingly no fuss process.

Visa Class: DTV Softpower

From: Muay Thai Fever - Derry McCourt was extremely understanding and accomidating for this part. 6 Month training plan. He supplied a full range of gym docs & certifications, training details, reciept, scheudle, anything that could be asked for by immigration.

Submitted: All required pages provided to me in a pre-combined single PDF.

Proof of Location:

Uploded the VOA email that has my picture and entry details, my hotel booking in Jakarta, and inbound flight just to cover my bases. I did not have an outboud flight booked so there was nothing to provide.

Submitted: Hotel booking, Inbound flight + VOA approval page with my photo on it, in 1 combined PDF.

Proof of funds:

I uploaded 5 months of bank statements from my USA bank, all showing over 500k THB. I only included the transactions on the most recent 2 months - while including a screenshot from that bank's mobile banking app for the current month (Jan) as I was applying right at the end of Jan and didn't have a proper statement yet. Totalling 6 months of banking. This account had 1-4 transactions each month - something that may have helped move the process through faster.

Submitted: Screenshot of my banking app showing current month + current balance, as well as 5 months of bank statements. Combined into 1 PDF.

Details:

Employement: Freelance & appropriate income. From my understanding employment, and income are not weighted in a Soft Power application, but it never hurts.

Duration of stay: 5 months - I didn't want to under, or over-apply the stay as technically stamps are for 6 months, but if I put only 2 months stay, they may instead say I only needed a tourist visa.

Address in Thailand: My current condo details, just the contact details from their google listing, no contracts or anything required.

Apply mid day Mon 27th, recieved email approval late Wed 29th, printed it out that night and flew out the following morning, the 30th.

When entering, the immigration lady I picked was smiley, but when she got my passport + printed DTV page she had to process for a while, lost her smile, then her supervisor came over and spoke a bit, and then I was stamped in no questions.

Hopefully that helps someone get their stuff sorted. I added all the details I am comfortable with sharing, so take what you need and good luck!🙌🙌🙌🙌

SHARE: Jakarta, Indonesia Embassy

Family of three from New Zealand. (Me as lead, husband as spouse and daughter 12 as dependJonny Greenert)

18th November 2024.

Applied this morning.

Hubby Jonny got short straw and went to wait at Embassy early am. He was there by 6.15am and was 10th in the queue. Probably about 100 people behind us by the time the doors opened.

In and out by 10am. The Embassy Team were super helpful all around from security to the team accepting your documents and payment. - gave back any docs not needed, took payment and gave slip to come back on Thursday to collect passports after lunch.

Applied under Remote Worker / Digital Nomad

We have two companies in NZ - one tourism, one business coaching. We choose to apply under the business coaching business cause client contracts, income and portfolio was easiest to create.

Provided the following:

For me as “DTV” remote worker

Bank account with NZ $66k at ending balance (about 1.3m baht) gave six months balance fluctuates from $2k through to the $66k throughout that period.

Investments of approx $80k at ending balance (approx 1.6m baht) kinda liquid - added just in case.

Company registration in NZ plus NZBN registration, plus companies office extract which shows the two of us as sole shareholders of business with our trust - which on the extract shows our names and my Mum’s as our third trustee. My husband and I are the two directors of the company.

Stripe report showing subscription payments of approximately NZ$300k over 12 months - didn’t bother giving Xero invoices and payments to bank as it felt excessive. I also printed out all existing client contracts but they didn’t want those. For all financials we put into xe.com to exchange and screenshot and added to application.

Letter from my husband and I saying I can work remotely.

Employment Contract showing I can work remotely and remuneration is dependent on profit of company.

Screenshot on PDf of my website, social channels and podcast.

Rental agreement for house in Thailand

Airbnb printout for Jakarta

Flight details for Friday this week.

For Jonny

Marriage certificate.

Sponsorship letter saying I am responsible for him financially and he will follow all the rules in Thailand. While educating our daughter in the rich Thai culture.

Copies of bank statements / financials.

Copy of my passport and his.

For daughter

Birth certificate

Sponsorship letter saying same as above and that Jonny would homeschool.

Copie of bank statements / financials.

Copy of my passport and hers

Three yellow envelopes of cash each with $5.6m rupiah.

Stuff to think about:

ATMs in Jakarta seem to have upper limit of $2.5m per withdrawal. So you’ll need to do three even if there is just one of you. We had to do 7 withdrawals.

Accommodation and flights to and from Jakarta from NZ to Thailand afterwards were all still cheaper than applying in NZ.

Now we wait - will update on Thursday when we pick up passports - or earlier if they ask/need further information from me.

Been in and out of Thailand since June 2024 - both Jonny and I have left for work and our all extensions done for our daughter.

Any questions hit us up below. Aside from the early start very smooth easy process. Huge thanks to this community for all the tips.

Just have one burning question I need help with before applying:

Does the 500k THB requirement spanning over a 3-month period require a minimum of 500k THB EACH month? Or a total amount of 500k THB over 3 months?

I have money spread out over multiple accounts and investments, it seems odd for the requirement to have all that money stored in one account for the past 3 months before applying.

I will be applying in Manila

Hello All... I'm in the UK and I'm just about to submit the application for a Thai Tourist Visa, and I have a couple of questions that I hope this forum can help me with...

1. The website didn't give me the option of a 3 or 6 month visa. Will they decide that..?

2. Do I need to submit the last six month Bank statements or will the most recent one be ok......?

Thanks in advance....!

Hello,

*Visa: A NON-O Marriage Yearly Extension Visa based on Thai Wife*

*Immigration Office: Chaeng Wattana Immigration*

*Current Visa Expired Date: 07 Dec 2022*

I would like to ask some questions before applying for the NON-O yearly extension based on a Thai wife.

1. Can I apply for this visa on 26 October 2022? This date is 43 days before the current visa expires.

2. Do I need to update my TM30? I live with my wife who is the house owner. She registered me in the TM30 since I moved in last year

3. Do I need to update the bank statement on the application date? Does the bank statement have to show from 6 months ago to the 26 October 2022 (date of application)?

4. If we have to update my bank book at my application date. Do I need to make a copy of that page?

5. Do I need to update the Kor Ror 2?

Sorry for asking many questions.

*P.S Posting from my wife's Facebook account.*

Thank you.