Hi Everyone. I'm applying for the DTV visa through Los Angeles and I just received the 'Request for Further Document' email for supplemental documents. I work for a university currently and was hired as a full time employee 2 years ago. The offer letter itself was insufficient, so I'm now putting together more documents (Employment Verification generated electronically from our portal, and a payslip that shows I'm a remote FTE) to submit. They asked for a 'Guarantee letter from the company implies that you work remotely' so I'm putting those 3 together.

I've read that LA wants a statement clearly saying that we 'do not intend to conduct any business in Thailand or engage in business activities with Thai nationals or entities, and also that we do not seek local employment'. How can I show this? I've drafted a cover letter to state this information since the above documents mentioned does not state this piece of information anywhere. I will not go to HR to have them sign off this letter and I also don't really want to go to my director for it. Is there any other way? Does it have to include a wet signature? Can I be the one to draft it on my university letterhead? Can I sign off the letter myself?

Thank you all for your expertise in this group.

🚨UPDATE: APPROVED MAY 2nd 2025 - Thai Cooking Soft Power - Los Angeles Thai Consulate

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LOS ANGELES THAI CONSULATE:

Applied March 6th. Submitted further documents March 25th. Have not heard back since. It is now April 14th 2025

I applied for the DTV Soft Power on May 6th with all required documents and triple checked all information was submitted correctly word for word.

13 days later (March 25th) I get an email asking to submit a bank statement requiring a MINIMUM of $17,000 USD, with my name clearly printed and it cannot be an investent profile. My name was CLEARLY PRINTED on my bank statement, it is a statement from a SAVINGS/ CHECKING ACCOUNT with my BANK which also has the banks name and address cleary printed on it. I submitted the statement with $15,300 USD AS THE E-VISA WEBSITE and every other resource available online stated the requirement was a minimim of $15,000. I could have submitted the statement with $17,000+ the first time if thats what made clear anywhere but it wasnt.

I resubmitted a new bank statement with $17,500 1 day of recieving that further documents requested email (March 27) and ever since status has been in "Processing Document Check (1) ". I underatand as of now it Songkran in Thailand, but that document was sumbitted way prior to the holiday.

I also submitted the documents for my finacé's DTV SoftPower on April 4th 2025 with all the same required documents except I made sure her bank statement has well over $17,000 USD. We applidd to the same consulate as me. Her status has been "Pending Payment" ever since. Its been 6 business days and no status change.

I'll continue my patience but wrote this out slight confusion & frustration.

WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE THAI CONSULATE LOS ANGELES

Hi All I applied for a non-immagrant O visa with the Los Angeles consulate back on 03APR. Status is at "pending document check". Any idea how long these are taking to process? Thank you!

Longest time it took to get approved? Shortest time? Slowest/fastest consulate in the US? Chicago is the one I had to pick, I submitted my DTV app on 3/4 and I'm still waiting. Haven't had any request for add'l documents, just shows "pending document check"Edit: Guess I spoke too soon, just got an email they want a copy of my resume' - I'm nervous

So I just logged into the dashboard, and it now says "Pending Approval" 🥳

It said "Pending Document Check" previously, so this is a new update!

This is via the Los Angeles consulate. Any idea how long it will take until it is actually approved with DTV pdf in hand?

Update: Approved today! Took 34 days total.

Submitted my application to the Los Angeles consulate on Jan 30th for workcation digital nomad.

Received a request on February 14th for more documentation. They wanted to see a tax return, portfolio, and business registration. I sent that all the same day.

No update on the dashboard since, it still says "Pending document check".

I read on Reddit that it takes 2-4 weeks normally with the LA consulate. I am now entering week 5.

Anyone else have experience with the Los Angeles consulate and timeframes?

Re: Los Angeles consulate — should I change my Jan 12 flight in case?

- applied to LA consulate on Dec 13

- consulate requested tax documents on Dec 16

- submitted tax documents Dec 16

- pending document check since then/no updates

Just submitted to Los Angeles Consulate and I was trying to add my tax documents (CA state income + federal) along with my bank statement but even after compressing many times the files were still way too big (if I kept compressing it the quality would be awful) so I submitted the application only with bank statement without the tax documents.

Can I submit them separately or just have to wait until they request it?

Will this delay my application if they ask for them later or should I be ok without them? My flight out date is Jan 12 so I'm hoping it won't push it back or delay too far from now.

Re: Los Angeles Consulate — does the 17k USD in your bank account need to be in there for at least a few months? I’m just transferring the rest of it today and will be applying tomorrow. There wasn’t any requirement online but wanted to see what others experienced. TIA!

Has anyone applied with children dependents for the DTV from Los Angeles Consulate? We'll apply for 4 visas (myself, spouse, our 2 kids). I've seen some posts saying they applied with 500,000 THB for each person, so I would need 2,000,000 THB for a family of 4 and I thought I saw someone that only had 1,000,000 for them and their spouse and they provided a letter for their children.