@Graham ******

DTV is MFA, not BOI. You're confusing it with the LTR

@Pavol ******

And no-one knows how many accepted, but going by the reports on Thai visa/travel Facebook groups it appears there's an avalanche of acceptances. The criteria for the visa is quite easy to meet. The people I know are switching from retirement visas to DTV, and they've been easy

@Joseba *******

I'm talking about eVisa. I personally know three people in the last two weeks accepted through Sydney Consulate. If you look through the Thai visa Facebook groups there's scores of successful applications

Don't think there's many being rejected. They're just asked to provide more information

You write yourself a letter

@Steve ******

You keep talking about the "vast majority". What? In shithouse little immigration offices in that shithole called Isaan? Jesus wept! Get into the real world

@Marty ********

It was Tod who said you can't go from OA to O without the 800k in the bank even though I had a history of 65k bank transfers. I went to the immigration office and enquired about this, and they indicated I could do that by leaving and re-entering. I've also never experienced problems with CW. I'm switching to DTV next year so I can also skip the immigration office route

@Steve ******

According to the attached document provided by immigration it is. Each immigration office operates its own policy. The OP is looking for an office which doesn't require this. I'm only familiar with Bangkok, which is the biggest immigration office. I'd assumed it was standard across the country which is why I asked the question.

@Colin ********

I think you're straying off the topic somewhat!

@Cyndie *******

And visa agents spread their own misinformation whilst charging you baht for a 1900 baht visa