Professional Athlete training in Thailand. Is this considered "foreign talent" for the purpose of the application?

Hi everyone! I first entered Thailand on August 31st on my DTV visa, and I’ll be leaving on December 1st after using the full 90 days. I plan to come back again in January on the same DTV visa (for my Soft Power Muay Thai training).

With all the recent rule changes at Thai immigration, I wanted to clarify something:

👉 If I re-enter after 1 month, will I have to show accommodation proof, training proof, or any new documents again?

👉 Or will immigration stop or question me because I’m entering again on the same visa type within a short gap?

👉 Has anyone recently re-entered on the DTV after a short exit?

Any updated experiences or advice would be really appreciated — thank you! 🙏🇹🇭

Has anyone applied for a DTV with Phuket Muay Thai gym (location Rawai)?Please share your experience. Is it a trusted gym for DTV?

Any other gyms on Phuket support DTV applications (I also found Phuket King gym, but they have no refund policy according to their website)?

DTV Soft Power - Approved in Hanoi

Timeline (6 working days)

* 3/11: Application submitted and payment completed

* 4/11: Status changed to *Pending Approval*

* 10/11: VISA approved, no additional documents requested

Documents submitted:

* Passport copy (first page only)

* Muay Thai-related documents

* 6 months of bank statements + Finance Certificate from my French bank

* Flight and hotel bookings for Vietnam

* Passport entry stamp + photo of myself holding my passport and hotel keys

Note:

My passport was issued by the French Embassy in Bangkok, and for the “Place of Issue,” I entered it exactly as written on the passport (letter by letter).

Hope this helps some of you applying too 😊

Hi. Anyone is this group apply for DTV themselves under muy thai and can recommend some gyms in the Hua Hin area with pricing?

Can anyone recommend some low cost course's for DTV visa?

DTV APPROVED Soft Power 5 year 🙏

No agency required, paperwork is very straight forward.. Give them exact documents requested on Embassy Site.

Canada, Ottawa requested 3 months statements "open and closing balance" 500000 thb. I didn't have 3 showing open and close.

No income, dividends from investment, not accepted. Amount didn't matter. Gave option for sponsor. got sponsor letter, 4 months bank statements proving monthly income. and passport.

Tiger Eye MMA Bangkok - Muay Thai - asked for additional letter with training schedule for 6 months.

Submit app Sept 22, sponsor letter Oct 6 approval Oct 31.

Im planning to live in Bangkok

Looking at muya Thai gyms chiang mai seems affordable than Bangkok

So if register with chiang mai gym and if my rent agreement in Bangkok will they approve for DTV ?

I want a budget muyathai gym around 15k bhat and under if possible

Hello people Im applying under soft power

How long a course should be whats the minimum duration? Like 6 months ?

So if i take a 1 year course will it help my visa for whole 5 years or just that first year only ?

Muay thai or cooking class which is affordable ?

Recommend a school if possible

Im on a budget !!

Hey guys 👋

I’ve got a few questions about the DTV visa, hope someone here can share some experience:

A bit of context:

I’m currently in Thailand, and my visa will expire in the middle of next month.

I plan to go abroad to apply for a DTV visa, but right now I only have 3 months of bank statements available.

1 Embassy on the invitation letter

Does the “soft power” invitation letter actually say which Thai embassy you have to apply at?

When I applied, I told my Muay Thai organization I’d do it in Vietnam, but now I’m thinking of going to the Thai Embassy in Laos instead.

Would that be okay, or could it cause issues since the gym already submitted my documents for Vietnam?

2 Applying at a different embassy

I haven’t applied yet, but I’m wondering if anyone has experience switching embassies — like planning to apply in Ho Chi Minh City but later going to another one (e.g. Hanoi or another country) using the same invitation letter.

Is that allowed?

3 Bank statement / financial proof (Vietnam case)

For those who applied in Vietnam — do they really need 6 months of bank statements, or would 3 months be acceptable?

Also, can the bank account used for the statements be different from the one showing the 500,000 THB deposit?

Thanks a lot for any info or personal experience 🙏

Would really appreciate if anyone could share how strict different embassies are with these things!