Smooth first DTV (workcation) entry at BKK last night.

I was approved easily after 75% of folks in this group advised against applying.

This was based on my not having regular income but I'd like to encourage anyone in a similar situation who's considering applying to pay close attention to the OR clause in requirement 5.

Basically if you can showcase a professional portfolio (this can be assets, not just freelance work) that demonstrates "digital nomad status" then you can be considered if you meet the other requirements. You just need to show you actively work on it in a professional capacity.

It's worth noting that 'digital nomad' doesn't just mean freelance work with invoices etc.

Everything isn't black and white, if you have merit, you can be accepted if you make your case properly.

I'm not sure whether this is the appropriate site to ask the following question, I hope so. My 90 day Report is due soon, I just paid my rent, asked for a new TM30 for doing the Report, now the place where I stay tells me: "the system is down, we've been struggling since yesterday". Our company actually do it on our behalf, but we have to supply the correct documentation, etc, in order for them to make the TM47 application.

Has anyone experienced a similar problem lately, I really don't want to pay a B500 per day once it expires!

Any advice will be appreciated!

Hi friends, my husband and I are going to apply for a 1 yr holiday visa in Thailand.

How do we do this if we don’t have accomodation secured?

We aren’t keen to sign up for a rental if we don’t know if we will be approved? Any thoughts?

Can a one month accomodation do as proof, or do we need to show a 1 year lease?

Thank you

Has anyone had this issue? In "document number" it has incorrectly copied in my passport expiry date, as being 1934 instead of 2034. Any idea what to do? I don't want to proceed and then get rejected.

Got approved for DTV in Japan

Hi everyone, I haven't posted in this group before, but I wanted to share that my DTV application was approved today and I’d like to give back by sharing some details of my process, in case it helps others.

* Nationality: Japanese

* Current residence: Tokyo

* Visa type: Workation (Freelance designer) My husband started working in Bangkok in April. His company does not allow partners to earn professional income—even from Japan—under the dependent visa.

1st submission – Tokyo – Canceled ❌

* Submitted: June 11th / Canceled: June 17th

* Reason for rejection: The "Title" field was left blank. I think this was due to writing "Ms." instead of selecting “Mrs."—though I’m not entirely sure. Apparently, the system doesn’t accept a blank field.

After reading that the Tokyo embassy tends to be strict, I contacted the Fukuoka consulate to ask if I could apply there while living in Tokyo. They told me it depends on the person in charge, but that I was free to try—so I did.

2nd submission – Fukuoka – Approved ✅

* Submitted: July 23rd / Approved: July 26th

* No additional documents or interviews were requested.

Documents submitted:

* A motivation letter explaining why I want to obtain the DTV and how important it is for me to continue my career while staying with my husband

* Bank transaction statements showing over 500,000 THB for more than 3 months (from both personal and business accounts)

* Last year’s tax return and tax payment certificate

* CV with a list of clients

* Business registration document

* Two client contracts

* Professional portfolio (12 projects)

Hope this helps others navigating the process. And thank you again to everyone who has shared their experience here—it helped me a lot.

Hello everyone ,

I am in the situation where I did a mistake on my application for a Thai e visa ( non b visa ).

I have 2 options :

Option 1 : still going to ventiane to pay the fees and try to get the visa even if it might be denied/ rejected because of this mistake ( and loose then 200 e of flight tickets for nothing).

Option 2 : wait until the Thai e visa application online expires after 14 days for not paying the fees at the Ventiane embassy. Then do another Thai e visa application with no mistake. ( I'm just not sure, if they let you do another application after one that has expired )

Did any of these situations happened to anyone here and how did it go ?

Thanks a lot for your help🙌🏻 🙌🏻

Just saw this posted on reddit- immigration is catching onto people "buying" departure flights on Onward lol

Hi everyone!

Has anyone here applied for the DTV (Destination Thailand Visa) using a Muay Thai course as supporting documentation?

I’d really appreciate it if you could share your experience, especially:

• How long the course needed to be (1 week, 1 month, 6 months?)

• How many classes per week were required

• And if you had any issues with immigration when submitting documents from the gym

Any advice or personal experience would be super helpful 🙏

Thanks in advance!

Hello everybody 👋

My Thai wife and I plan to visit and stay with my mother in Australia for a week.

Has anyone done this before?

I understand my wife needs a letter from my mother to say she can stay with her to get a visa.

Is a mother in law considered family to do this?

I don’t know whether my mother has to prove other things like her finances if my wife stays at my mother’s house.

I know my wife has to go to Bangkok to the Australian Emabassy and make an appointment.

It’s a bit complicated trying to follow the process on the Australian government website.

Any help would be appreciated.

Myself I have a New Zealand passport so I don’t need a visa.

Thanks in advance 🙏

My family and I would like to apply for the DTV online.

What's the best / correct approach:

1. Submit my application first, and only once it's been approved, submit my wife's and daughter's application afterwards?

2. Or can we submit multiple - main and dependent - DTV applications together in one submission on the same day?

Can anyone here share some pointers? Many thanks in advance 🙏