EnthusiasticPineapple1088 I attached the cover letter to the front of the course documents for the soft power class I enrolled in. That seemed to be the most relevant place to put it.

Haha no, I'm sure if I hand-wrote the letter, they would think it was Thai gibberish. Just type on Google docs, export to PDF.

No, it went straight to pending approval and then they approved in 3 work days

@Kurt ************

FYI this guy is not me. I am not an agent and I'd highly advise anyone to do this themselves. Not only is it easy, but the only one you can trust in the end is yourself.

@Davide **********

I enrolled in a 12 month course (Thai Cooking). The school gave me the receipt, letter of recognition, business registration, and various contacts from the school (their ID cards). The course schedule in and of itself is not very rigorous in that there is only 1 class per month. After receiving the documentation, I read over everything very carefully to ensure they spelled my entire name so that it aligned with the MRZ Zone of my passport as well as my Passport identification number. In the cover letter, I did not give any specific details, only stating that after the course ended I would explore additional soft power courses in order to align with the nature of the DTV at hand.

@Davide **********

just put them here and I'll reply. I'm staying Anon!

Some have been saying they deposited funds to their checking account and applied a few days later and got approved in Ha Noi; others have said they got rejected even though they included 4-6 months of statements (the rejection may have been due to something else). The requirements on their official website do not say anything about duration but that you have access to 500.000 THB of liquid funds at the time of the application. 3 months is a safe bet and that's what I went with. It might be different for soft power vs. remote worker. If you do apply right after you secure the funds, it's probably best to attach some sort of explanation on where the funds came from and how you gathered them so quickly (liquidating investments)