Hi everyone 👋

I currently have a DTV and want to upgrade to the TrueMoney Advanced Plan. Someone here previously suggested selecting Non-O and then choosing “Freelancer” as the employer option to complete the upgrade.

However, I’m only seeing these options:

1. OWIC (Smart/Labour Card)

2. Passport with Non-Immigrant Visa (Workers)

3. Work Permit Card

4. Work Permit Book

5. Passport with Non-Immigrant Visa (Non-workers)

6. Passport with Student Visa

7. Non-Thai ID Card

8. Thai Driving License

9. Thai House Registration

Could anyone please advise which one to choose or how to proceed from here? 🙏

DTV approved in Hanoi 4 working days, freelance. Thanks for all the good advices, now is my time to return the favour and share my experience :

My first advice is for people like me switching from non-b visa to DTV : Cancel your visa or extension of stay and work permit prior to applying ! In my case this was my mistake, I exited Thailand while on extension of stay using a re-entry permit thinking that it was the safe way in case my application would be rejected.

However from my understanding this could be a good reason for the application being rejected, plus when coming back I was held at BKK immigration, the officer was very confused and did not know what to do, I told her that I wanted my non-B to be canceled and use DTV instead, she called 3 others immigrations agents for advice, in addition to long talkings on the phone, before finally stamping me with DTV. No questions were asked, and they were very friendly, they simply seemed confused about the right thing to do considering I had 2 valid visa and a work permit ...

Now I am back in Thailand trying to cancel my work permit, hoping will not have further problems with my local immigration ..

Second advice : have your DTV also ready in your phone, for my case I printed it on a strong paper in A5 format, but it was too big for their machines to scan the QR code and the officer looked quite annoyed 😅

Regarding documents, I provided :

1) Personal IDs documents :

- 1 copy of my first passeport page

- 1 ID picture from a photobooth

2) Return informations :

- Indicated that I was planning to leave 1 week after arriving

- Wrote the flight number of intended flight (did not actually made the booking for that flight)

3) Proof of sufficient funds :

-Introduction letter and a summary of all the balance sheets documents provided for each months so they can have a global view of all the documents

- Provided 9 months of bank statements showing over 500K bahts in my french bank from 2 different bank accounts (current + savings). For each statement I provided original + self translation copy, and highlighted on the translation copy the relevant informations (total balance, account number)

4) Employment Status :

- Introduction letter explaining my situation (freelance with a single client from France, yearly income)

- Service Agreement Contract (in Engligh) signed by my client and myself, explaining the current deal and income provided by my client

- Letter written by my client (in English), explaining that I worked for them for over 10 years, and that I was free to cary out my assignments in Thailand.

- Invoices from year 2025 with matching bank statements (again provided original + self translation with highlighted relevant informations)

- Portfolio examples, screenshots from my client's website showcasing products that I had developed for them being sold.

5) Location :

- Copy of passeport page showing Vietnam visa stamp

- Flight booking to Vietnam

- Copy of boarding pass from Bangkok to Hanoi

- Condo booking confirmation for 4 nights in Hanoi

Good luck everyone :)

I submitted my application on 1/10 and approved 8/10. This group was super helpful so thank you to all people that commented on my posts to make the process easier.

I thought I would share my experience for anyone who are business owners with multi-layer company structures across international borders.

I am a new property business owner, I own houses for rental and also buy houses to flip in USA. I am a UK citizen so my company structure is layered. The importance was showing the link of my personal name, that owns the UK/Irish companies. Then demonstrate the link of the UK/Irish companies that sit within the USA LLC that own the properties.

I am also a chartered surveyor and an examiner for the RICS (Chartered Institution).

I submitted the following to the London embassy:

1. Covering letter explaining my business and professional profile

2. Link to RICS website showing my RICS profile

3. RICS SLA agreement for being an examiner

4. Company Registration of UK/Irish/USA companies

5. Operating agreement of USA company (showing my UK/Irish company member listing

6. Title ownership documents of 3nr properties

7. Bank statements from all business accounts and personal bank account. Business ones just showed balance, personal showed 3 months which evidenced money coming in from business accounts.

7 days to approve, no additional documents requested. No interview, no flight tickets, no rental contract and no TM30. However I would recommend submitting these as I’ve noticed this has been asked for other applications.

This was a complex application so a little nervous it wouldn’t be approved with my companies only being a few months old. My business accounts have a very high level of money in them to purchase properties so that may have contributed to the easier approval.

Anyway thought I’d share my experience in case anyone submitting are company owners with complex structures!

Hi I am trying to find out what actual documents I need for my Non O Thai Marriage Visa, I am getting told different things from Immigration in Buriram, Foreign Affairs in Bangkok, Thai Embassy in London, etc etc, told by one of them that I need British marriage certificate translated and Passport both stamped by British Embassy, but they said that they did not do that. Another said I had to take them both back to the UK and get them both legalized. Bangkok Foreign Affairs insists that the Embassy in Bangkok does do it, Another one said I have to take my UK marriage certificate back to the UK and get the Thai embassy to certify it after it has been translated. Amphur office says I have to get my Passport translated and then certified at the British embassy? I think I am starting to go loopy

In view of on-going Bangkok Bank problems, I am thinking of opening another account elsewhere. Despite having lived at the same address for over a decade, nothing is in my name. So, how do I prove my address? Is a Thai driving licence sufficient? Seem to recall something about a yellow book. Is that an answer? Something from Immigration, despite them never having visited?

Has anyone recently extended their DTV at Pattaya Immigration? My first 6 months expire at the beginning of October and I’d like to know which documents are required for the extension.

Please don’t suggest leaving the country, if it’s really impossible to extend, I’ll take a short trip abroad, but otherwise I’d prefer to extend.

Thanks.

Hi, I know this has been asked before, I have searched the group and can’t find the answer. I’ve been asked to send photos of every passport page with the date and time on it, any suggestions on how to do this ? My phone setting won’t allow me to add a date and time stamp.

*edit if I scroll up on a photo you can see date and time, but I would need to screenshot it for it show, will screenshots be accepted ?

Hello!

Do you know any bank in Chiang Mai DTV visa holder can open the bank account?

Here's our story of approval DTV visa.

I hope this helps someone.

▼me and my husband

Nationality: Japanese

Type: DTV soft power Muay Thai

Place to apply: Bali, Indonesia

【for my case.】

・3th June 13:00: Submitted visa application

・13th June 10:00: Requested additional

document such as

1. entry stamp or stay permit from Indonesian Immigration.

2.Financial evidence: an amount of no less than 500,000 THB in English ( because I only submitted my Internet bank account screen shot in Japanese)

・13th June 16:00: Additonal document submitted

・13th June 22:00: Approved

【For my husband】

・May : He applied for a dtv visa in Japan in May, but the visa he was approved for was a 6-month tourist visa, not a dtv visa.

・3th June 13:00: Submitted visa application for 2nd time.

・13th June 10:00: Requested additional

document such as

1. entry stamp or stay permit from Indonesian Immigration.

2.Shcool document( He even submitted but did it again)

・13th June 16:00: Additonal document submitted

・15th June 22:00: Send email to Thai embassy of Indonesia about his situation

・16th June :

They answered him

✉️he must cancel that tourist visa first. It may take few days.

・17th June : Approved

(They responded quickly and his visa was approved! Thank you😊)

Just updated my Bangkok bank app and logged in and my account number is missing. It shows that I’ve got no accounts. No other notifications.

Have you seen anything similar?

What documents do I send with my O visa application online regarding proof that I am in Australia

I returned here on Monday so do I send boarding pass or flight booking details or?

Help please