So, he successfully received a DTV E–Visa from the Thai Consulate in Los Angeles based on the DTV Soft Power Category via Thai Cooking Courses??
How long from the day of making payment of USD $400 Dollars for the DTV E–Visa Fee did it take to process his DTV and successfully receive his DTV E–Visa PDF File??
Non–O based on over 50 years old E–Visa does NOT require and does NOT ask for any criminal background history report and does NOT have any health insurance requirements
Why is it that Anonymous Posts should be rejected? Many, many Posts asking a question that do NOT provide the bare minimum adequate information to give a pertinent and informed answer, such as Country of Passport, location of 1 of 94 Thai Embassy/Thai Consulate submitted E–Visa Application, location of 1 of 87 local Thai Immigration Office as each can and does have different and specific requirements, etc.
if it's Anonymous, then the only realistic way to give pertinent and useful information is thru multiple back-and-forth threads to determine details....
it seems like, along with DTV Extensions, local Thai Immigration Offices just don't want to deal with DTV's, as, technically, there is a provision to Convert (Change of Visa Type) from DTV to another type of Visa
Google's Gmail works fine with the Thai eVisa Website and several Thai Embassies and Thai Consulates around the world use and have Gmail Email Addresses