@Ryan ******

I am thinking about faking a long term client to write me a letter for freelance work. Hope that works for me. Do I have to show deposit from the client? If so, I can send money to my daughter and she can do an ACH transaction over a six month period. Is that going to work? I am devising a long term plan because I would apply in the US in May. Now I am in the information gathering phase.

Scott Edwards really. How much are they charging now? Do they provide financial proof also?

It seems lots of fraud is going on for working illegally in Thailand and the staff are not trained to catch the scammers.

@Paul ******

Fidelity and Charles Schwab ATM cards. They will reimburse all ATM charges worldwide. Fidelity reimburses instantly, and Charles Schwab reimburses at the end of the month. My all credit cards have no international charges, I get 3% cash back and 100% fraud protection (just make a phone call and all unauthorized charges are removed), and using other people's money without interest for at least 25 days.

I use credit cards and fee-free ATM cards for cash withdrawals for all my needs and have been doing that for almost 10 years, though I have three Thai bank accounts. No problem at all.

@Sam ********

Because many DTV visa holders were already working illegally in Thailand, and now they want to legitimize their living in Thailand with a short, two-week coarse DTV visa and continue working illegally in Thailand. Thai immigration did not think of all the scammers who are not able to find jobs or earn a decent living in their home countries and will soon devise plans to legitimize their illegal work in Thailand with DTV visas. The rule applies here also. 80 are dubious applicants,, and 20% are genuine applications.

@Alessandro ********

I know it just indicates the quality of the DTV visa holders, maybe?

OMG, people have lost their common sense, and reading interpretation tests since this visa was announced.

I think it depends on the embassy. Some embassies want the most recent, and some want a few months starting from the most recent. You have to post a specific embassy you want to apply to, and then only people can give what their requirements are for that embassy. Asking questions is an art that can lead to good answers. It's all common sense.

Borrow money to top up your UIK account to 500K. Why do you have to send it to Thailand?