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!

Dear members, I've researched the topic but I would like to ask this group as well... Has anyone here applied for DTV for soft power while non-B was still valid?

I've been working legally in Thailand for two years, but my employment will end next month and naturally, my non-B will be cancelled. My plan is to apply for DTV for Muay Thai (I've been training for years) while my non-B is still valid, return to Thailand on my non-B after DTV gets approved (hopefully), and when the non-B gets cancelled next month, I'd leave Thailand again and return on DTV.

My income will come from investments in my home country and online work from outside the country. I will not work in Thailand - but I wish to avoid that officers will suspect otherwise. Has anybody else transitioned from non-B to DTV like this? I'd appreciate you to share your experience, tips & tricks...

Thank you for sharing!

Looking to get digital nomad dtv. However i dont do any sort of work, my income has been stable through property i rent out in Australia and İ do have 500,000 baht in my bank account. Would it be possible to get the digital nomad dtv or should i look into soft power dtv?

İf i go for the soft power dtv it will be through muay thai training. İ also want to know if i can change gyms throughout the visa if needed or am i locked into the one gym i applied to the visa with (the reason id most likely need to change gym is due to moving to another city within Thailand)

group has helped a lot want to pay it forward by sharing my story

DTV soft power muay thai from London UK office

muay thai gym: wild cat muay thai in chiang mai (lovely owner and people)

got the 30 session package because i want to travel around and train at lots of different gyms

Sent Application 25th Sept

Request for further docs 30th Sept

Sent updates 1st Oct

Moved to Pending Approval 3rd Oct

heard nothing until for 2 weeks

called them today (monday 20th oct)

they said there was delays because lots of people were applying at this time

2 minutes later approved?

good luck everyone

i’m so pumped to go thailand and train 🥹🥹🥹