actually it only depends on the embassy you're applying at. Some would be ok for you to sponsor her, some want her to have the money sitting in her account for over 3 months, some would be ok cuz you have over 1MB. If I were you, I'd mail/ring the embassy and check out their requirements, that could possibly save u over 10k and a delay

if you want to be in thailand for just for month, I'd rather do a bourder bounce once that with extensions can give me up to 6 months. If you have a history of bouncing then the multi entry visa can give u up to 9 months and it costs a fraction of the dtv. If you really want the DTV instead, 4 months course might not be enough to qualify for it and you would better get at least 6+ months course

@Alex ******

Don't trust chatgpt. Most of the embassies tend to ask for the money sitting in a saving account only. It's true we heard stories of folks who got it showing their crypto or investments account but those are rare. You can still try if you don't mind gamble 350us$

@Chasity **************

they want to see your PERSONAL bank account and they want to be sure the money has been sitting there for a few months. Your house won't work. Bitcoin won't work. Shares/stocks won't work. They want to see cash and they want to see you've gotten that cash for awhile.

you can apply for the dtv first and then your kids as dependant. Don't forget that a lot of embassies will require the money to be seasoned in your personal bank account for over 3 months, some embassies will also require your kids to show 500k each

Well, if you don't write anything about your application/case then I highly doubt you would get any sort of help here

@Andi **********

it's not about me, I personally know a couple of guys who applied there and they also got a similar situation and had that sort of interrogation. One got denied because the gym couldn't provide a document from the ministry of sport. I got my visa applied there but it was extremely stressful (and let not mention that they asked me to show a work contract with my local company during the time I was supposed to be in thailand. I was like "hey, how can I work for an oversea company if the visa clearly states that employment is forbidden?" and they replied me "you need a job if you want to get your dtv and live there". Finally I got accepted after showing all of my passive incomes and a letter from my parents stating they will support me if I run out of cash while I am in thailand. I repeat, the only positive thing about taipei is that they tend to be fast when it comes to check the documents (but not fast when it comes to the interview, mine was set 2 weeks ahead from the time I sent my application)

@Andi **********

I applied for soft powers and my interview felt like having a cop in front of me asking me as many questions as possible to make me confused. I still got asked for my job contract, the registration document of the company I work for, all the payslips going to my bank account, the documents that should be taken at the taiwanese immigration agency. We know that they were "sort of nice" to you but like u said, there were plenty of folks who got their visa denied when u went to pick it up and since they have moved online they are way more strict than the time they accepted walk ins. I've done that lately and I HIGHLY recommend to AVOID taipei. There are a gyms on this page pointing out that they DON'T ACCEPT clients who want to apply in taipei because they are EXTREMELY picky and annoying. It's right to point out that u had a good experience but things have changed this year

I wrote a post about it, DON'T go to taiwan. The embassy itself is really fast, there are people who got their visa within a couple of days but that's the only good news. They are EXTREMELY picky when it comes to documents. If you want to apply for soft powers you MUST send them the proof of your work, the company you work with and they wanna see the payslips on your bank account even you don't apply for work. They also tend to make a lot of interviews (mine was set 10 days after the mail was sent) and their interview sounds more like about going to jail instead of getting a visa. Taipei, Tokyo and Kuala Lumpur are embassies TO AVOID.

Dental was fine last year but lately there have been a lot of issues with that. If you can prove you have already been using thai dentists and that you need a long term treatment that could still work. If you just apply with something like u mentioned above, it's really likely that your application will get rejected cuz it won't take over 6 months to do that. You can likely do that treatment visa exempt or with a METV