I used Issa compass. It was 5k Thai baht at the time (around 150 usd). Super easy, very helpful and they refund your full cost **including visa fees** or reapply for you for free. Would highly recommend them.

Sharing this as cautionary example. But this is just my personal story with 1 embassy.

The first time I went for DTV, I was coming off of a non B after a couple years of working in Thailand. The embassy in Taipei told me they couldn’t give me the DTV and to wait 3 months for consistent checks to come in from my remote work before applying again.

When I got my new remote job, I quite my Thai job with the non B & work permit. I only had one month of pay from new job, and even though I had letter from new employer, letter from old employer saying I worked for them and was no longer employed, AND seasoned money in the bank — none of it mattered, because they wanted consistent payment on my *new contract*.

I waited until April and applied again in HCMC with no problems. So tbh it could have been the embassy or a weird rule about coming off non B. I think if I had been a freelancer and had other streams of foreign income while I was employed by Thai company, it would have been a different story.

Hope that this helps you!

@Wannikea ********

same here. And it’s WAY cheaper than any other agent. It’s good insurance for your application fee too. They’ll redo it for free or give a refund if you don’t get it

Just a thought, if you are considering ever setting up an entity in Thailand to host this app, if you did that part first, you could potentially go for a different visa entirely.

Not 100% sure of your situation, but if you haven’t considered maybe it would be worth it to check it out

@Mary *************

hi thank you so much for sharing. Can I ask what visa your partner’s bank account was opened under?

I’m sorry some people aren’t treating you and your question with respect or empathy. I don’t have a specific recommendation, but I just wanted to say I hope that all goes well with immigration and that your health improves quickly.

I’d just reach out to them for rates tbh. I imagine it’s like an on-top fee, but for the sake of ease, it’s the highest number posted. Mine wasn’t exactly what was on their website. It was a less.

Edit: I looked it up in my records, it was 487 total when I did it, and with Vietnam being 340, it was 147 USD on top for the service.

I’m so sorry to hear about being denied on a small (potential) error.

Tbh this is why I used Issa Compass. It’s like an agent-lite kind of service. They input and submit everything and respond to any additional info requests if there are anything. Also you are guaranteed a refund or free re-application if you are denied after they give you the green light.

It’s like 18,000 baht total (incl Visa fee, so like 555 USD). Made my process really smooth.

I don’t work with them, but I know and trust the founders and really liked their team and mission.

Best of luck dear. Again, really sorry to hear about the denial. It sucks

@Daniel ********

they have a 99.4% success rate and a guaranteed refund if you’re rejected. That’s worth 5k for me alone.

But seriously like the time it takes to organize all the paperwork, submit everything, reply to embassy is also at least a half-day of work. Which to me is worth just paying someone else $150 to do it for me — even outside of the guarantee.

If that’s not worth it for you, that’s fine. Everyone has a different value on their time, and that’s okay. For some people this is a worthwhile service

@Paul ********

everyone has to leave the country to apply. It’s a 5-6k difference on using Issa compared to doing it yourself. For me, having a guarantee of refund and having someone else handle application and replies to embassy, was worth this little extra cost.