@Sai ***********

incorrect, DTV doesn’t need a reentry stamp, it’s essentially a glorified tourist visa with multiple entry.

As for applying for an EU visa, it’s something you will only find out by applying but they are notoriously difficult to get. So expect to be refused as you will have difficulty proving you will return home which is the biggest chance of refusal as you aren’t actually living in your home country.

You would need to go through the Swiss website and see what requirements are needed to be successful.

Anonymous participant so your Thai account is NO problem, that will work as long as the money meets the time requirement for being in there.

As for the clients, it’s best to get something official on headed paper preferably from verifiable email addresses from the company name as this can all show you have the contracts. You can merge all seperate docs into a single PDF to include as much as possible in this, but definitely contracts from as many people you work for as possible. Online examples of work as well is my advice. It’s best to send too much than not enough, and also add covering letter explaining your set up, and how you invoice etc.

I hope you succeed, but there isn’t much more you can do.

It’s unlikely. You need an official bank account with the funds, don’t not have an account in Thailand as that would be ok, and if they ask for proof of contracts and invoicing you will not be able to provide so they will likely reject.

@Ray ****

doesn’t specify soft power but imagine it will be required the same as proof employment.

For the employment side of things as you should have a contract of employment that would be the same paper. But again that is open to interpretation. Haha

@Greg *******

my point from the start, is that the visa would always need to meet the criteria in which it was granted. And if you no longer meet that criteria then you would probably only get a 60 day exemption as a stamp, and at that point you essentially have a problem as you would need to show more papers next time you enter.

It’s going to be something that will cause some people issues. Especially as people are signing year long leases etc.

@Greg *******

yeah it’s like, immigration charge 1900 when people bounce, why pay more to bounce? there will of course be suspicion from immigration, and they have every right to question a “visitor” to there country, it’s there job after all.

And if you are on a soft power and they ask for the course you are currently on and it has finished then the visa itself while still valid can be refused.

There are many people that simply don’t understand how stuff works here. Including the simple PRINT the visa. Haha

@Ray ****

well you are ok to believe what you like, but we will definitely start to see issues with soft power applications once courses are over and re entries become the norm. As the purpose of the visa is no longer the same once the purpose of the application is over. And it definitely hasn’t been made clear what will happen.

@Ray ****

it will of course depend on the immigration officer, but you can be sure the future will throw up more than a few cases of rejection and no entry to the country.

There is NO clear way for immigration to deal with this, and if you meet one having a bad day you are at there mercy.

Even with a DTV you don’t have the right to enter and they can ask you anything they like and reject for any reason. And this particular visa will definitely have some issues on extensions and reentry and you will hear more and more about it.

For context over 1000 people a week are turned away just at the 2 international airports in Bangkok. For variety of different reasons.

@Ray ****

do a search, it’s happened a few times

It’s one of those situations where it’s not going to be easy, while soft power will work, no one currently knows why will happen on entry or extension after the course etc has finished.

There are some reports on people being asked for paperwork from immigration to confirm still employed etc on reentry and this may well apply for soft power as well.

My advice right now is wait a little bit and see how this pans out over the next couple of months if people get rejected on entry.

The visa itself does NOT give you the right to enter Thailand. It just gives you the right to stay if allowed in.