Anonieme deelnemer Paying for the visa and getting approved does not mean visa requirements are not valid anymore like some people here think. When entering the country, IO should decide if you are allowed in and when they find out you are abusing the visa because your visit does not match the visa or you do not comply with requirements anymore, they can refuse you to enter.

Anonieme deelnemer They just can ask anytime they want, because it is a visa requirement. So when you enter the country and have bad luck they check you, you have to show you have registered for soft power activity. Chances they check are low, say less than 1 percent, but I see more reports. Nobody knows what happens in the future, but it seems logical that checks go up when the visa is more abused. It now exists almost a year, which means more DTV holders might enter without renewing their softpower activity, so the routine checks will show higher abuse rate.

Anonieme deelnemer When you comply to the rules for DTV workcation, it is a cheap way to have a visa for 5 years, as long as you can work remote. For soft power it is a bit different, because the soft power activity will cost you money and time, and allthough at the moment the checks at entry are not very much, you can expect then to be more frequent when DTV is more abused. So you have to decide what is best, visa exempt with paying for fast lane or DTV with paying for soft power activity.

I don't think it is about not knowing DTV, I think it just is because they know DTV very well, and know it needs some extra checks because it is abused a lot.

Anonieme deelnemer You can verify at the scool if she did register you.

Anonieme deelnemer 565 You have to be careful with naming and shaming in Thailand.

Just send what is needed, when they want more they will ask for it, you will not get rejected because of insufficient documents.

@Dany *******

That indeed can be enough, but when the employer only wants to make up a letter with specific rules ( in Netherlands we call this behaviour "Deutsche Grundlichkeit") then it might be difficult.

@Bob *********

It is always a difficult definition where the work is done when you do remote work. Some say remote work is also work IN Thailand.

@Hans ******************

Most DTV visa don't show the category, then it can only be seen in the MFA/Immigration system.