I got my DTV (soft power: Thai cooking) approved today from Hanoi. I applied last Friday, January 10. They asked for a recent bank statement on Monday, January 13 (since my UK bank updates only on the 10th of each month), and it was in Pending Approval status for two days. I received approval around 1:30 PM today. I’ve booked my return flight to Bangkok for this evening. Thanks for all the helpful back-and-forth information in this group. See you, Kingdom!

Hi all wanting to know if anyone has applied for DTV in Cambodia via the web site since the 1st Jan 25 and been approved yet? I’m in day ten now still waiting I have given more documentation re employment and been asked to supply 3 month bank statement after supplying 6 month on application.

Hello, I have a trip planned to Indonesia at the end of February, and I would like to apply for a DTV Visa (Soft Power) while in Jakarta. However, the required 500,000 THB will only be in my account about one week before my departure to Indonesia. I can provide a six-month bank statement showing my account activity, but the 500,000 THB balance will appear just a few days before my visa application. Would this be sufficient?

Thank you for your feedback.

APPROVED - HCMC via Muay Thai

I owe this post to all of you, as this group has offered such valuable advice during my months of researching this visa.

Applied: Sunday January 5th, 4pm

Requested Additional Doc: Wednesday 8th, 11am

Submitted Additional Doc: Wednesday 8th, 6pm

Status Changed from "Document Check to Pending Approval" on the morning of Thursday 9th

Approved: Sunday 12th, 10:54pm (By email with visa attached as PDF)

I guess it did take 5 business days, or 7 calendar days, to receive full approval.

The additional requested documents was a Training Schedule of my Muay Thai classes. For this, I simply went onto my gyms website, took a screenshot of the their training schedule and submitted that. The other request was for 6 months bank statement. When I applied, I accidentally submitted 5.5 months. I have had 500k THB in my account for the past 3 months.

The gym I signed up with: [members only]/

Management was fantastic to deal with. Very fast responses and I helpful. They have all sorts of different packages, but I signed up for 1 month unlimited training. I also visited this gym and trained there before committing to the course.

A little tip, I pre-filled 95% of the application while I was in Thailand 24 hours before landing in Vietnam. When I arrived at my hotel in HCMC, I uploaded my passport page with the immigration entry stamp, boarding pass and a copy of my hotel booking invoice. So, I basically spent about 5min submitting the final docs.

Well...it's time to go celebrate with a fully loaded Bahn Mi before I fly out Bangkok tomorrow! 🤣

Good luck everyone!

hey friends... are any of you from switzerland and have applied for the DTV visa here? is a bank statement enough or do they want three or six months?

Hi, does anyone know if the documents submitted to obtain the DTV need to be submitted every year for the 5 years?

In addition, does a DTV visa holder have to request permission to leave Thailand?

Any info will be very appreciated. Thank you

Hello everyone!

I’ve just started the process for the DTV Visa and I’m currently in Thailand. I’m looking for insights about which Thai embassy in Asia you’ve found to be the most efficient and smooth in processing the DTV Visa (Soft Power).

I’m also curious to know if any embassy would accept a bank statement showing funds of 500,000 THB that have been recently transferred, as part of the standard visa requirements.

Thank you for sharing your experiences!

Hi guys, random but how old do the bank statements have to be relative to your date of application? Are 2-week old bank statements okay? I'm planning to apply in Taipei by the way. Thanks!!

Hi, I am a remote worker, and I plan to apply for the DTV visa. I would like to inquire about the bank statement requirements—specifically, whether having a certain amount of money is mandatory. What happens if I don't meet the financial requirement? Am I still eligible to apply for the DTV visa?

Approved! So happy lol

- Bought *1 way* ticket to HCM and an onward ticket reservation in event airline asked - they didn’t.

- Cancelled ED visa 1 month early. Took ~20 mins at Phuket immigration. Flew the next day.

- Applied late 24th Dec (Muay Thai from a gym in Phuket)

- My Thai address is a bit complicated as it’s just a room owned by a restaurant owner. I copied the address from TM30/47 (although technically it is wrong)

- Put the flight back around 2-3 weeks later. Forgot exact.

- Used first PDF merger and compressed for documents.

- Took 1 photo that included the hotel receipt (Just realised the receipt was just 1 day as I wasn’t sure on the hotel. Probably risky but worked), my passport stamp and the flight booking. On this document I also included a photo of my literally standing next to the hotel lol.

- Receieved additional documents request on 2nd Dec asking for 6 months bank transactions. I used same merger tool and sent around 50-60 pages of 2 banks. One with 500k the whole time and another with 500k the week before.

- Approved today 6th Jan — 10-12 WD’s?

Thank you everyone for all your help. More than happy to answer any Q’s!