DTV APPROVED - Jakarta (Muay Thai)

DTV APPROVED - JAKARTA (MUAY THAI) UPDATED + DEPENDANT VISA.

I've already posted the following, but now we also have my partner approved as a dependant, so updated the info below with more details to perhaps help some others that are planning to apply.

Visa type: DTV – Soft Power (Muay Thai) (Main applicant)

Nationality: Netherlands

Age: 28

Embassy: Jakarta

Applied: 11 December

Additional documents requested: 26 December (passport photos only)

Uploaded the same day, status moved straight to pending approval

Approved: 04 January 2026

Details:

Employment status: unemployed

Funds: more than 4x the minimum required balance in my bank account

No cover letter or extra explanations submitted, only the required documents in the application

Documents uploaded:

Bank statement with opening balance, closing balance, and income highlighted

Muay Thai gym documents merged into one PDF (used ilovepdf.com):

Invitation letter

Gym business license

Owner’s ID copy

Also, for place of issue for my passport, in my specific case I just put exactly as written in my passport: ' Burg. van Amsterdam', however, for my wifes dependant application, since she is a Spanish passport holder, and for the place of issue it states a very long weird 'code' with letters and numbers mixed, we just put ' SPAIN', and she was approved without any notes regarding this.

Dependant visa for my wife:

Applied January 9, additional docs requested on the 24th of January: New clearer passport photo, all pages of the passport + our marriage certificate translated by a certified translator.

We just took a new photo on an iphone with a white background, took all pics of the passport, and for the marriage certificate, it was already an international marriage certificate, with multiple languages including English, my guess is they didnt notice. So instead of having it translated, I just reuploaded the same, highlighted the English parts, and wrote a small cover letter explaining this, and to have it translated would probably take another week or more.

Uploaded all of these within 3 hours after receiving the doc request.

January 26 the status moved to pending approval and today 28 it got approved without any further questions/notes.

Also, I wrote a sponsor letter with chatgpt stating I will cover all expenses etc as my wife does not officially 'work' either. Along with that I uploaded 6 months of my own bank statements with my name on it.

Overall the process was smooth and straightforward. Just took a bit longer than I hoped, but yeah the holiday season.

Hope this helps!

So, a follow-up here to my earlier post

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for those who have asked and thanks all for the help in the group here and elsewhere:

Second attempt: Jakarta

(Submitted Mid September)

Result: Approved (Workcation) in 9 days, no questions asked. After 8.5 days I had a look mid-day like most days, then it was still "Processing. Pending Document Check" like before. Got the approval e-mail at like 8pm local time.

Probably the most important comments first:

1) So, they got rid of the fourth page which was my doom on the first attempt and probably that of many other applicants too. They replaced it with a pop-up screen that appeared to work fine, at least with me. But the software was still not exactly bug-free. Before submitting I actually had to start a whole new application and delete the old one because I had accidentally put in the proof of residency pdf in the bank statements folder, and I couldn't change it no matter what I've tried (different browser etc.)

2) On my first attempt I was silly enough to actually book a real non-refundable trip as the trip details. So just FYI I've been in TH 12 days late August after I had already been like 40 days earlier this year and that rejected application before. No issues or questions at BKK entry, or at the exit at USM, that's all I can say about that,

Submitted:

Trip details: This time just some stuff I already knew beforehand would be too tight unless my application would be approved in like two days or something, a suitable flight and a not actually booked stay of 7 days at a luxury hotel in BKK where I had been several times before.

Proof of residency: My hotel was actually nice enough to provide me with a proof a residency letter, it seems they get this kind of request often, also attached e-visa, and the stay permit that is sent to you when you enter the country.

Professional portfolio: Yeah, so after being mocked about that in my last post I cut it down to like 70 pages, but really it was a lot less that that. Main parts:

1 page: Table of contents

2 pages: Cover letter explaining several things, mainly why most of my documents are from Hong Kong.

2 pages: Explaining my work in laymen's terms and general strategy considerations

1 page: Brief results, year by year, of the last three years

1 page: Certificate of self-employment, just written and signed by myself (as recommend by others in here)

1 page: Front and back page of HK permanent residence card (the back side states my right of abode in HK, just thought it might be useful for them, if they kick me out for whatever reason, I have other places to stay).

The rest of the portfolio was really just trading details and basically geeky math stuff that I never expected anyone who is not a super expert in this to read or understand (probably many peeps who claim to be experts in this would have problems understanding it).

Miscellaneous comments: So yeah, based on my experience I can recommend the Jakarta embassy also, relatively quick and easy. Also I will say Indonesia is an interesting country, I have not been before, not gonna lie, there is good and bad, here I will just say I can confirm almost all Indonesians tend to be very nice people. For further discussion this is probably the wrong group. I posted some thoughts about Bali in a Koh Phangan group, if interested you can find it there.

Happy to answer any DTV-application related questions in here.

I applied on 23rd june in jakarta still in pending doc check. shall i email to the embassy for followup ?

Hello community!

I plan to apply for DTV (remote worker) in July/August in Indonesia. The question is, can I go to Bali and apply at Jakarta embassy or I have to be specifically in Jakarta to do that?

Hello everyone,

I applied for the DTV visa in Jakarta on May 25, and today marks the 10th day since submission.

So far, I haven’t received any updates—no request for additional documents or communication of any kind.

I would like to ask:

Why might it be taking longer than expected?

How many more days should I expect to wait, approximately?

Has anyone received visa approval in early June already?

Thank you in advance for any information shared.

Hi everyone. I applied for DTV in Malaysia but for personal reasons need to fly out of Malaysia to Indonesia. If I open a new DTV application under the Indonesia embassy, will I run into issues if my first application is incomplete/pending?