@Benjamin ********

surely a gym owner who shows an intent to assist his visa customers should further courses be required is better than a gym owner who exploits the situation to his own advantage.

But yea your right and it was clearly stated, we don't know for sure.

As it stands you just need the one course which gets you a 5 year visa

There are rumors that immigration might ask for further courses when the course expires but that would be a massive betrayal and a can't see it happening but you never know for sure.

As it stands we ( I run a gym) are not asked to report attendance or monitor students in any way. So I guess you can go and train somewhere else no problem.

The only area where Ed visa has an advantage is that yiu don't need 500k in the bank to apply

Everything else is s bad deal.

1 year over 5 years

Approx 60k a year over 30k for 5 years

Strictly monitored classes with no flexibility

Need a reentry permit and permission from school to travel

I think DTV has basically replaced Ed visa

Go to the UN Irish pub every other guy claims to be MI6 or CIA 5555

Just kidding

Embassys vary

But to be sure try and get

1. Invite letter

2. Receipt

3. Itinerary

4. Curriculum

5. Owners ID

6. Ltd Company Certificate

7. Sports Authority of Thailand gym license

8. Board of Boxing Spory A License for coach

9. Ministry of Education instructors license for coach

My gym has all of these but many gyms will get it through with a good amount of the above

Thank you for all the recommendations

@Liza *****

I own muay thai fever but honestly I can recommend my mates at core Combat, they are great

@Gürkan *******

most gyms will have a sports authority license it's pretty standard muay thai gym document

@James *******

I think that's harsh mate. The DTV is not an education visa. They want to encourage Muay Thai study combined with tourism.

Many of my Muay Thai Fever applicants are doing there course with flexibility

Our 6 month course gives them 26 classes but can be done whenever they choose. Do a month training, travel a month etc is perfectly acceptable with the DTV

If the gym write a letter and include owners ID card, ltd company certificate and various sports authority licenses, (which is unlikely from a corporation like virgin) then you are still taking a chance as most embassys want soft power activity... but it is possible to get non soft power, it's just a bit of a risk as they may decline