# DTV Approval — Dependent — Soft Power —Hanoi

Hello all. Long-time listener, first-time caller. Sharing my application experience in the hopes it will help somebody.

Friday, March 6 — submitted application at 12:30pm

Monday, March 9 — “pending approval” around 10am

Wednesday, March 11 — approval email at 2:30pm.

No request for additional docs.

Happy to answer questions.

Dtv Hanoi Soft Power Application

Hi I'm preparing the documents required.⌛️

How many days in advance prepare the application? Is it reasonable to have it ready 2 weeks before, and then when arriving in Hanoi paying and submit?

Any recent experiences with getting a DTV in Laos?

DTV LONDON Applications in December & January

I thought it may be helpful for everyone applying at London to provide the date they applied, date more documents were requested and date of approval (if applicable)

I'll start

Date of Application: 1 December 2025

Further Documents Requested: 6 January 2026

Not approved yet.

Hello, I have just applied in Hanoi. When immigration responds asking for additional documents, I am wondering how much time I have to upload them? Obviously, the quicker the better, but I will explain my situation further.

I'm asking specifically about the 3 months of bank statements. Currently, I am only able to show one month with the 500,000 THB requirement. However, if I wait two more days I will be able to get another month of bank statement with the 500,000 THB requirement on December 10th.

I'm assuming if I can show 2/3 months with the 500,000 requirement, it would be better than showing 1/3 months.

Thanks for the help 🙏 love this page

Edit: Yes 15,000 THB was a typo. I meant 500,000 THB (approx. $15,000)

How many days prior to the expiration of my Non-Immigrant O visa can I apply for my annual extension?  Also, is the timeframe the same whether I am doing it on my own or using an agent? Thanks 🙏

DTV Approval Post

Location: Jakarta

Type: Workcation

Applied: Friday, August 1st at 9 am

Status update: Tuesday August 5 at 3 pm, changed from "Processing Pending Document Check" to "Processing Pending Approval"

Approved: Wednesday August 6 at 1pm

No additional requests for documents, took less than 4 business days. US passport.

I submitted a cover letter using this template [members only] and added a complete description of all other files. I compressed all the files using [members only]/.

For location, since I am staying with family in Jakarta I included scans of my full passport including blank pages, a letter from a family member confirming that I'm staying with them & photos of us in front of the house.

For finances, I included a 6 month bank statement from Kasikorn Bank with an ending balance of over 500,000 baht, with the majority of it transferred in the last two weeks, but showing plenty of day to day activity.

For portfolio, I included my resume, portfolios, business cards and letters from each company I work for explicitly giving me authorization as a remote worker in Thailand, addressed to the Royal Thai Embassy of Jakarta. I'm a freelance consultant in multiple industries, so I explained my roles as simply as possible and used a lot of images to make it clear.

I have previously held 2 ED visas and had three visa free entries to Thailand, over the last three years.

Any other questions feel free to ask. Yes, I have printed out my visa, to the guy who always posts that in all caps in the comments haha.

Hi group,

I got approved, thank you for the information here!!

I had been ROMing this group since last year, but was really nervous about applying until I was approved. 😅

I’d like to share my experience as an example.

📍 Embassy: Hanoi (Vietnam)

🗂️ Category: Workcation

⏱️ Timeline:

* Submitted: 18th June Wed (e-mail: 8:27 AM）

* Approved: 24th June Tue (e-mail: 1:25 PM)

There was no request for additional documents.

📁Document:

Cover letter and portfolio

I included:

* Upwork documents (certificate of earnings + profile screenshot)

* Screenshots of my blog and creations (including LINE stickers)

* A remote-work freelance service agreement from a Japanese client

My Upwork earnings were about 10k USD (last July ~ this June), I didn’t include documents for my other income sources.

Writing an English cover letter was a bit tough for me as a Japanese, we are not familiar with it 😅

I included the following in my cover letter; summary of my freelance work, my purpose for staying in Thailand, a list of portfolio items (starting on the next page)

Document Indicating Current Location

* Hotel reservation documents (from OTC)

* Passport stamp showing entry to Vietnam

Financial Evidence

* I used Wise screenshot and statements (in USD and JPY, mixed)

* 6 months of records

* I was gradually saving up money, reached 500kTHB 1 month before I applied

I hope this helps 😃

私のブログにも情報を日本語で書きましたので、参考にどうぞ☺️

To anyone who has applied for DTV in the USA, Washington, DC office:

What was your experience on the timeline to hear anything? I am still showing "pending document check". I submitted mine May27. Today is 10 business days. I know that at least one of those days was a Thai holiday.

I apply dtv depend for my wife and ed visa for my son at 2nd June (monday) in vientiane laos and pay the visa fees at embassy that day too.

Is there anyother ppl apply same day with me.

May i know the process of yours. My app show pending documemt check still today.