DTV_Begpacker LTR is not a tourist visa.

If you are paying an agent to check all documents before submission and for peace of mind then why not if the amount is reasonable. That is what you are paying for, a quality check. Anything else they promise I would be skeptical.

Anonymous participant The longer the treatment plan the stronger the application. A few dental appointments got DTV issued in London July 2924 but no longer. Try to find a hospital that will support the application and has a history of successful applications. This might be the more expensive hospitals such as Bumrungrad. They have their own department dealing with immigration. Senior Dr's there have a lot of influence and power too. It is an excellent hospital. Wharton Business School use it in a business case as gold standard in medical tourism. It is not cheap though.

Anonymous participant Yes. Best get a treatment plan from a hospital of clinic. You get the DTV and he can get a dependent DTV on yours.

Have to be 20 to get a DTV so if children under that it is you who will need the DTV with them as dependents.

@Cesar ******

They do have the information at hand. It's just they do not seem to be taking action on that issue at the moment.

@Jared ********

If there are better options available go for it.

@Jared ********

The root cause is how the DTV was defined and launched. To avoid scrutiny and collaboration with other stakeholders the MFA pushed it through as a Tourist Visa. That classification aligns it with all the restrictions on tourist visas.

@Andrew ********

Wait till the Specs with camera getting more widespread and not just the Meta-Luxottica collab.

@X ************

Exactly. Nearly everyone I know caught for working without a WP or even in roles or activities outside the WP was grassed up. By friends, enemies, ex partners or staff. It is often staff who di it if they feel mistreated. Remember one bar owner got arrested for changing the CD's in his bar (shows how long ago it was.). He was an engineer building the Skytrain but bought a bar on the side and used to treat his staff like terrible - they grassed him up.