Ho Chi Minh Thai embassy will require 6 months bank statements. There is no stipulation in writing as to how long the minimum 500,000 baht or foreign currency equivalent has to be in the account. If most of the money has been paid in as a lump sum, as you say, a few weeks prior, you should include in your covering letter where the money is from, i.e it is not a loan from family or friend for the purpose of getting the visa. It is your money, which you intend to use to support your time in Thailand.

Anonymous participant No, I applied as a freelance worker. I went to Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam and the whole process to getting my visa took 7 days. The embassy requested more information, and once I supplied that it took 5 days to visa issued

It is easy to do it yourself and save money on Agent fees.

Agents don’t really add any value to the application process for DTV, as you have to apply in person online, outside of Thailand.

Why not wait until your DTV expires and get the value out of the money you already spent? You can live in Thailand more or less the same, with the added bonus of multiple entry.

Plenty of time to work out what is the best type of visa for your longer term living in Thailand.

Go back to your Home country, Philippines. Not too far away. Thai Bank account ok, for proof of your funds.

Put your DTV number in the visa number field and leave departure flight, it’s not mandatory. As soon as they scan your passport they know you have DTV. Most likely no questions asked, especially if you are freelance working

Put you name EXACTLY as it is on your passport. That is what the embassy check against. Any deviation from the name in your passport will result in rejection of your application

Probably easier and maybe cheaper to pop out of Thailand for a night or two, and back into Thailand for another 180 day stamp with minimal questions asked, if any. Look at it as a short holiday to be enjoyable, rather than visa cost

It might be more plausible if you had more than 1 rental property, hence requiring property portfolio management.

Just having rental income from 1 property would more likely be viewed as you had an income to support another reason for DTV application

Find an appropriate flight from your destination to Thailand, for the time you want to fly to Thailand. Use the flight number in your application. Same goes for accommodation. Book a hotel or apartment on Booking.com or similar, and use the booking confirmation in your application.