If your workcation documents look weak and you don’t want to risk losing the 10,000 Baht visa fee, it’s better to go for the Soft Power option.
Consider learning Muay Thai or taking a Thai cooking class — it will save you a lot of headaches, and you’ll actually gain a new skill in Thai culture and possibly make new friends along the way.
Any bank account is acceptable, but the embassy always prefers a bank account from the same country as the Thai embassy (because they are familiar with the bank and can verify the documents more easily).
If you do not have a direct relationship, such as mother and son or husband and wife, a sponsor letter may not be accepted.
Therefore, when applying for a soft power program such as a cooking school, look for institutions that offer a full refund in case your visa is rejected.
Actually, when we take into account the payment fees and all expenses related to the service (including PayPal fees, taxes, and employee costs), this price leaves us with almost no profit — it’s nearly break-even.
We simply want to support foreigners who are applying for the DTV visa, helping them get everything right so they don’t face rejection from the embassy and lose their visa fee. Just having a foreigner come to Thailand and spend their money to support our local economy is the biggest return we could get from offering this service.
We understand that foreigners are very important to the Thai economy, and we have no intention of overcharging them for a visa-related service.
embassy love photo taking from phone, if you have local newspaper with date as a back ground of passport photo ,it will help verify that your picture is uptodate