@Yoshitaka *********

Of course. Especially if you're Japanese. I've only ever seen citizens of countries like Sri Lanka be required to enter a country on a specific flight and in that case it was a flight from Bangkok to Phnom Penh.

@Justin ************

"Extremely popular visa"? Evidence would suggest this is not the case as only a few thousand have been issued.

@Johannes ******

I don't think they will. For re-entry, they won't. For extensions, the same proof as when the visa was applied for, might be requested.

@Dave *********

It's fine. 0 only needs to have been there on the day you apply.

No longer possible is incorrect. The DTV is a brand new visa. Either it hasn't been possible to open a bank account with this visa so far, or they don't know what it is and don't want to open an account for you. Try another bank/branch or seek out an agent.

@Andy ***********

They might make the soft power option more restrictive in future. For digital nomads, not likely to change much.

@Amber ********

I've heard of people struggling to get their DTVs due to a previous volunteer visa.

@Amber ********

Correct.

Strictly speaking no, but it depends on how often or the nature of this volunteering. If it's a regular thing, whereby she would be associated with a charity then she would need to be on the correct visa class. If it's a one time thing alongside lots of other people, like tourists do sometimes, just handing out a few gift baskets to some poor hill tribe villagers for an hour that should be OK.

@Amber ********

It only applies to a volunteer visa because they were abused for so long.