It seems to me that Vienna is a tougher embassy to apply at.

If you really need to leave the UK then Indonesia is an option (remote work is allowed there). I'm planning similar and will be careful not to spend too much time in Thailand before getting my DTV just in case of complications.

I would like soft power courses in Krabi too, but cooking not Muay Thai. Could go running with the Muay Thai crew, but dont want to risk the injuries! Following.

Anonymous participant 839 I'm married to a Thai so it shouldn't be a problem for me, but I sympathize with the others who do have the problem. DTV holders can stay almost the whole year in Thailand so while they are defined as tourists who would not be eligible to apply for PR later they still are completely able to set up base in Thailand for 5 years.

Anonymous participant 839 I guess you like inconvenience and the idea of guilty before proven innocent.

It's incredibly unlikely that anything anyone says here will make a difference. Anyway, notice how you're suggesting a very limited account. It seems like people are accepting all this excessive control everywhere that didn't exist in the past.

HCMC seems a little difficult from various reports I've read on here. Or perhaps getting more difficult.

Anonymous participant 984 groundless speculation. There's too much of that going on. We should stick to real and known events rather than imaginary ones!

It's good to hear that you were able to try again and succeed after 2 rejections. I'll remember that for the future.

I think that there's way too much speculation going on already. Most of it absolutely groundless....