Just been approved from Vientiane Laos. AMA, happy to help. I did Muay Thai soft core Visa. Happy to help anyone who needs clarification.

One thing I would recommend… when I paid for my Muay Thai course I actually had money I previously transferred to my girlfriend and she scan payed at the gym. They didn’t like that. I would recommend screenshooting your payment from you to the gym and bringing that with you as well as the receipt from the gym with the gym stamp ofcourse branded on it. Hope that tip helps. I would a bit nervous they would fail me for this

So much fear mongering on this group about entry. Entered today at DMK, queues were extremely long but didn’t see one person get turned away or taken aside.

Just gave the officer my passport the system already knew I had a DTV, no questions asked and was in within about 60 seconds max from me approaching the officer. Didn’t ask for any other documents at all

As long as you’ve done everything correctly (TDAC beforehand) you have nothing to worry about.

This is my 5th entry since getting the DTV and the only questions I’ve been asked on entry (one time) is “how long have you trained Muay Thai” and “will you fight in Thailand”

I replied “for about 3 years” and “maybe but I need to lose some weight first” immigration officer laughed and let me straight in. I think she just wanted to make conversation since she was super smiley and that time there wasn’t a queue

Bare in mind guys you will hear more of the bad experiences on this group rather than the thousands of people that enter just fine

APPROVED - HANOI 🎉🎉🎉

📍Applied - 8th December

📍Approved - 16th December

💵 The full 500,000 baht was only in my bank for around 10 days before I applied, I transferred the remainder of my savings to meet the requirement so you don’t need 500,000 for 3 months in a row in Hanoi.

✖️No additional documents required so I thought I would lay out on here what I submitted to help anyone needing it, some posts on here really helped me so..

📑Financial PDF

1. A cover letter stating why I was training, be a little enthusiastic about Thailand and the Thai people. State anything they might question, for me i transferred 70,000 baht roughly 10 days before applying to meet the 500,000. I told them this is from my savings. I also stated I’m currently doing an English course and wish to teach online to help support myself during my course, I then thought they would reject me for this as many people told me you cannot work on a soft power DTV, but it clearly isn’t a problem. Make sure you state you will not work for thai people or a thai company while in thailand as this is illegal.

2. I showed them 4 bank statement as Decembers didn’t show any activity, with Septembers showing less than half of the requirement. My account was also not being used after early November as I was transferring my savings from another account to my Monzo to avoid ATM fees, I told them this. I highlighted the end balance for each month and submitted all pages not just the first page.

3. I used ex.com to convert my end balance into baht, I screenshot this on my Macbook and highlighted the conversion and the date and time in the top corner.

📑 Proof of Location PDF

1. A cover letter stating where you are, address it to the embassy with their address and the address of your hotel too. State everything about your intentions of travel. My hostel was booked until the 14th and I wasn’t accepted until the 16th so I stated my stay can and will be extended until I received a response. I also stated my intended date of departure was on the 21st to ensure I had plenty of time for a response.

2. Photo of my passport entry stamp

3. Photo of my plane ticket to Hanoi

4. Photo outside of my hostel (if you swipe up on Iphone you can screenshot the date and time with it)

5. Photo of my room key with my passport

6. Atm receipt with the last few digits of my bank card matching the receipt with my name

7. Screenshot of my hostel booking on my email

📑 Soft Power PDF

1. I just uploaded the already combined PDF my gym sent me, it had certificates, a receipt of my payment, photo copies of IDs etc etc

📌 Helpful Application Points

1. Address Information: I was very confused about this, after reading what people did on here I put my Vietnam hostel as the first address, I then chose “no” to the “is your permanent address the same as your current address” and I added my home address in the UK.

2. Passport Place of Issue: I wasn’t sure if this meant the authority, for me it was “HMPO”, or the country it was issued in. ChatGPT told me to write HMPO but many people on here wrote the country so I wrote United Kingdom.

3. Intended Date of Arrival / Departure: My intended date I just made up, make sure you leave enough time to actually receive a response (2 weeks I would say) this is just intended, you don’t need to book anything but you do need a flight number, if you just search a flight on this date, I used VietJet and they have the flight numbers up before booking.

3. Employment: I stated I am unemployed, because I am. But in my financial letter I wrote that I am doing a course and intend to work online in the future and this was no problem.

📌 PDF Help

1. I airdropped my photos / scans from my iphone to my macbook and saved them as PDFs. I then used the thumbnail tool on my mac and dragged and dropped the documents I needed to create each PDF.

2. The 3 PDFs all have to be 3MB or less each. My PDF from the gym was below this and so was my financial PDF, but my proof of location wasn’t. I signed up to Adobe for the 7 day free trail, uploaded it and it just shrunk it for me, so easy to do. I then cancelled the subscription.

I hope this is helpful for those applying after me!!

Good luck, you got this 🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭

Hello everyone🙏

Hoping for some advice or help - I’m looking at getting the DTV to stay in Thailand long term without any bs boarder runs etc - would like to do it legit

I’m a bit unsure on the best/correct process (for myself) and like I said would like to get it/apply for it the correct way

I was thinking via Muay Thai as would like to learn the sport - but ultimately it doesn’t matter if via that method or not (will still train regardless)

Just wondering would be willing to talk me through the process/help me deciding which method will be best for me?

Let me know, any help is appreciated 🙏

Kap

Dear Admin and people, if there is anybody who feels share his/her perspective, suggestions, or law information would be great.

I came to thailand the first time in 2023 for a few months. In 2024 i staid in thailand with visa exemption/extension 5 months. In 2025 my idea was to spend the same amount of time but i ended up being in the country for more than 6 months because of medical check and surgery procedure, because, apparently, thailand is the most reliable place in Asia to do that.

I understand and agree to the fact that if people want to spend long time in thailand they have to get the proper visa. I wanted to adapt to the changes and i am gonna apply for DTV muay thai soft power + i can demonstrate that i am available to work from remote with clients in Europe so i can sustain myself.

I haven't been back in Europe since many years, simple because i am intrrested in eastern Traditional healthcare and i want to spend time in asia and study this.

Also, as many other people, i just don't want to live in the west, if i have another choice.

My muay thai course starts 12th january.

- Should i apply to the DTV beginning of january? It might make any difference if i apply in january rather than december?

- would it be usefu for the applicationl to mention in the letter that the reason i been more than 6 months in thailand this year is for medical reasons?

- it might help the application to say in the letter that I don't want to stay in thailand more than 5-6 months a year?

- it might help the application saying that my intention is to go back to Europe for some time next year ir even orovide a flight booking?

- except the 500k, the muay thai fee paid, and just describing that i can work anytime and sustain myself, what other things the embassy might look at to decide if application is approved or not?

Thanks

When applying for DTV in Muy Thai training , Can the 500 000 Baht be in a UK ISA account ? Or does the money need to be in current account ?

One question about DTV Visa. If I finished my Muay Thai Training can I do another course at a different gym or does it have to be same Gym? Can I also do something different like a cooking course?

So, here's my situation. I'm a remote worker with completely foreign income of around 3600 usd monthly. I work for a family business but it's not incorporated and more importantly I don't have an employment contract. I have 600k in an American account in my name and a great resume as a software engineer. I'm American and have no overstays or issues, although I did once get denied entry for having two active visas. I also stayed 2 years on ED visa and mastered the content. What do you guys think I should do? DTV remote worker or soft power? I want to take Muay Thai anyway and will probably sign up for it one way or the other.

Hello, I am exploring the idea of getting the DTV visa via Muay Thai training. Looking for gyms in Bangkok, since that is where I plan on living. Anyone have any experience that they can share pros and cons? Any recommendations on legit approved gyms that work with DTV visa applications?

I want to apply for Dtv visa, Soft power muay thai or cooking course.

My question is if the course has to have a minimum lenght to be accepted.

I'm still not sure whether to live in Phuket or Koh Samui, and what would be the exact location in one these 2 islands.

I don't want to pay for a course in one place if then I decide to live in another.

Would Muay Thai be accepted for a 55 years old woman? Obviously I dont want to go on the ring, but would love to get fitter. I regularly go to the gym and I can consider to do something more challenging. I would start from a basic course.

Thank you