My school forbids applicants to leave the country after the process of changing TR/visa exemptions stamp into Non-ED have been started. They say they need to submit our current entry stamps so it would not be advisable to leave the country, since it would make already submitted stamps invalid.

I can’t tell you how strict this rule actually is, but it’s how they explained the process to me (I’m on my second ED visa now). We are supposed to make sure we have enough time on our visas/stamps to start and finish the whole process without leaving the country.

🫡 DTV on Penang: information about the documents for soft power⬇️

1) you can show several bank statements from different accounts if they are all under your name. There is no need to have 500k in 1 account.

2) the length of the courses (Muai Thai) should be “3-6 months consecutively”(c).

I just got the email from Consulate.

@John ******

those cooking classes are not cheap though. I started contacted schools, and those who are ready to deal with DTV, set prices at 70-150k baht for the course 😁

@Matthew *******

I found the FB page of "Muay Thai Fever" gym located in Chiang Mai here on FB, and they have posted several updates about DTV (they provide DTV for their members but they are not a visa mill school; they want you to be serious). Per their own words, embassies from neighbouring countries request additional documents from the gyms. They said so far Cambodia seemed to be the most(!) difficult. So I assume a school should have some certification/registration and be ready to deal with bureaucracy.

Does anyone have any recent updates from Penang, maybe? 😊 regarding documents they require for workation and soft power options. (I am still awaiting for them to answer my email 😅).

@Blue ***

I tagged you in this thread because you looked for the info about DTV in Ho chi min city. Read the first comment by Tod Daniels 😊

@Kel *******

ohh this is an important piece of information 😶 what is the next step? Do you need to reenter once again when you got DTV approved?

I can confirm what Ellie said earlier. I am in the same situation and asked my school about that. The cancellation is necessary.

@Carmelito ******

thank you so much for your reply 🙏😊

@Carmelito ******

could you please clarify a bit how did it look? 😅 Did you put everything into one pdf file? Did you provide any contact information of your clients or something else so it can be verified? I’m an illustrator so I wonder if I should make a PDF with visual examples of my projects or should it be something else😅