📌 My DTV Approval Experience Softpower Muay Thai (Applied in Hanoi – Full Breakdown)
Posting this because I struggled to find proper info on using a WISE account for DTV, so here’s my full process to help others.
I’m a 26-year-old Belgian who’s been in Thailand over 2 years (mostly on ED visa, two tourist stamps, one border bounce), with a brand-new Belgian passport issued in Bangkok.
-I live in Huahin and applied under King of Muay Thai 17,500 baht for 6 months (10 group courses)
-Flight to Hanoi around 6,000 baht roundtrip
- I was reluctant to apply myself and use an agent and i'm glad I did not -- all they do is apply as you online anyway, you'll still need to fly, pay the fees, submit the documents.
📅 TIMELINE (4 BUSINESS DAYS)
15th November (Saturday), 11:30 PM – Submitted my DTV application in Hanoi, Vietnam.
16th November (Sunday), around 12:00 AM – Payment completed right after midnight.
17th November(Monday) – Status changed from Document Checking → Pending Approval.
20th November (Thursday) – Approved, no additional documents requested.
💰 ABOUT WISE (IMPORTANT)
I had 500,000 THB for less than 3 months in my WISE account, but the account was actively used, and I had a little over 300,000 THB at the start of the 3-month period.
There’s almost no information online about using WISE, but mine passed without issues.
📄 DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED (ALL DOCUMENTS FOR EACH CATEGORY MERGED INTO ONE PDF VIA ILOVEPDF)
1. VIETNAM PROOF – 1 PDF
(Everything below merged into this single PDF)
• Hotel booking
• Hotel receipt
• Picture of me holding my passport + room key in front of the hotel sign so the address is clearly visible in big letters
• Close-up picture of me + passport + room key
• Photo of me at a Vietnamese café
• Entry stamp into Vietnam
2. BANK DOCUMENTS – 1 PDF
(Everything below merged into this single PDF)
• WISE certificate proving ownership of the account
• 3-month bank statement with my name and ending balance highlighted
3. MUAY THAI GYM DOCUMENTS – 1 PDF
(Everything below merged into this single PDF)
• 3–4 pages from King of Muay Thai (merged + compressed); Acknoledgement letter + Payment received letter + Certificate from Sports Authority of thailand stating they recognize the Muay Thai gym + Muay Thai Gym Business details + Owners passport + Owners work permit
4. PASSPORT DOCUMENTS – 1 PDF (FIRST DOCUMENTS YOU SUBMIT AT THE FIRST PAGES)
• Recent photo with white background
• Scanned passport
⚠️ PASSPORT PLACE OF ISSUE — VERY IMPORTANT
If your passport was issued abroad, do NOT select your home country.
Mine was issued in Bangkok, so I selected Bangkok or Exactly as writted in passport.
Many people get rejected for choosing their nationality instead of the actual place of issue.
✈️ CONFUSING QUESTIONS & HOW I ANSWERED THEM
“Place of last embarkment / last place of embarkment”
→ This means the airport you will fly from before entering Thailand. I put Vietnam airport.
Flight number
→ I used the flight I booked via Trip.com (it was a flexible ticket set for the 25th — not sure if that helped speed things up).
Commercial or charter flight?
→ I chose Commercial.
Arrival date:
→ I put 25th, the date of my booked flight.
Departure date:
→ I counted roughly 6 months from my arrival and put a date 1–2 days short of exactly 6 months.
First address they ask for:
→ This MUST be your current address (hotel address or the address where you are physically staying while applying).
Then it asks: “Is this also your permanent address?”
→ I selected NO.
→ After that, I entered my permanent home-country address.
(There’s almost zero guidance online about this step, so take note.)
Address in Thailand + how long you’ll stay there
→ I used my home address and the number of days matching my 6-month renewable lease.
⚠️ IMPORTANT SUBMISSION TIPS
• Double and triple check everything — I checked my submission 10 times.
• Copy-pasting my hotel address did not work because the website does NOT support Vietnamese accented characters. I had to search the hotel on another website to copy a non-accented version.
• All PDFs were merged cleanly using iLovePDF before uploading.
💡 NOTE:
I did NOT submit a cover letter or table of contents.
Many people say it’s needed, but I didn’t include anything extra and still got approved smoothly.
Everything I learned from this group is exactly what helped me apply and get approved. Thank you to everyone who shared their experiences — it genuinely helped me get through this.
Good luck to anyone applying, and feel free to ask me questions. I was in the same boat as you.
