Advice needed am married to a Thai woman and will be travelling too and through on a regular basis. Because of commits in uk Have bought land with wife understand legal stance on that What would best visa be for me Thank you

Hello all, would love to get in touch with anyone whose done the ED visa + guardian (non -O). I’m 34 days into my 60 day stay on multiple entry visa and about to enroll my child into an international school. Is it possible to do this visa while in Thailand or will I eventually have to to leave the country. I’m hearing it can take up to a month to process.

When you have your DTV can you wait 5 months before making your first entry?

I'm currently in Thailand on a 60 day visa exemption undergoing long term medical treatment. Trying to decide if a DTV might be the best option for me over the next year or two. I kind of have a handle on what's required after reading here. I'm pretty sure I can qualify for the medical soft power since I have to see two specialists and purchase an injectable medication monthly. I also have labs scheduled in early March. Acccording to the doctors I have to take this medicine for the rest of my life.

I realize I have to leave the country and apply at an outside embassy. My question is which of the neighbor country embassies would be my best chance for the least hassles?

Has anyone applied for DTV visa in PHNOM PENH? Then while they waited for an answer on the DTV went back into Thailand? I still have roughly 7 days left on my tourist visa for Thailand ? This would be my 3rd re entering into Thailand.

Please share any updates or personal experiences.

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Approved - Sydney, Australia (Royal Thai Consulate General), soft power route.

Applied 7 Feb, approved 19 Feb.

Hi all, just wanted to share my experience and say thanks for all the tips in this group which assisted me when it came time to apply for my DTV.

I applied for the DTV in Sydney, with documentation from Discover Thai Nature. I knew at least one person had been approved in Sydney with these seminars, but I had been a bit anxious as I’d seen several people had been rejected with them in Cambodia and HCMC in recent weeks.

For my application I included:

- Recent passport photo and biodata page of passport

- Proof of current location: a recent phone bill and energy bill with my current address

- Financial evidence: I have two Australian bank accounts which each have more than the required 500,000 Baht. I attached six months of bank statements and proof of current balance reports dated the day of my application (felt like overkill as this came to 45 pages, but wanted to ensure they had everything on hand and didn’t need to request further proof. I merged the PDFs together and also attached a cover letter outlining my financial position)

- Proof of activity: I attached the registration and enrollment confirmation documents provided by Discover Thai Nature (which were emailed to me within minutes of booking with them).

I attached a cover letter to the beginning of those documents outlining my intention to attend the Discover Thai Nature seminars, why the seminars are of interest to me (they genuinely are, and I intend to attend in person as much as possible), why I am eager to spend time in Thailand (I’ve travelled there several times over 20 years so was able to specify what I love about the country), said I would not be seeking any form of local employment during my time there, and that I’m committed to adhering to local laws and cultural expectations.

There was no requirement to upload flight or accommodation bookings, but there is a section where they ask you to provide a flight number and address of your accommodation (I have these so provided the details).

For each section I merged PDF files and wasn’t required to compress them/reduce the size (which was somewhat surprising considering the length of my financial documents 😂).

Thanks again for the support of this group, I think the tip to include a cover letter is a good one and helps you to explain/give context to the documents provided, and enables you to personalise the application re: why you want to spend time in Thailand and why the activity in question is of interest.

Wishing everyone else all the best with your applications! If you’re applying in Sydney and have any questions, feel free to reach out.

I should also mention that I emailed the consulate a couple of months ago to ask if Thai language courses would qualify for soft power. The Sydney Consulate said they do.

I initially intended to go down that route and was in touch with a language course provider who was very helpful, but the course spanned over 7.5 months and I’m unsure if I will stay longer than six months this year. So I may do one of their (shorter) private tuition courses instead while I’m there.

Hey!

I wanted to share my experience in Taipei (got approved!).

I am a remote worker in a global company, applied for workation.

Total time was one week.

I applied on Tuesday all the requesdted documents. They asked for some more documents like a bank document showing the salary transactions in the actual account abd company license. I added it on Wednesday (the day after) and was invited to an interview on Monday, the week after.

The interview was good, the interviewer was nice but at the same time gave me a feeling like I'm in a job interview. She asked questions about my job and why I'm applying in Taipei and not in my home country.

In the interview she said that I will get a final answer by the end of the week. I got the approval after four hours :)

The all process was exactly one week. Got to Taipei on Tuesday and I was off to Bangkok by Monday night, the week after.

I just need reminding, how soon before my retirement visa expires can I apply for renewal. I think it's 45 days.

Re: Non-O vs. DTV visa given banking changes

We planned to convert from a tourist visa to a Non-O after a March trip to the Philippines, using an agent to open a Thai bank account. With the recent banking restrictions, that’s no longer an option.

Now we’re debating whether to:

1) Wait and see if agents can assist with bank accounts again soon, and stick with the non-O plan.

2) Apply for the DTV (soft power) visa while in the Philippines.

I also looked into applying for a Non-O in PH, but it still seems to require Thai bank funds. The OA isn’t ideal since it must be done from the US and requires insurance.

Any advice from those more experienced? Thanks!

UPDATE: APPROVED!! The same day of payment! The application went from “ready to submit-awaiting paymentnt” when we woke up, to “paid” after he went and fixed their little mistake giving the rest of the 9k baht at 9am (see below), to APPROVED by 2pm😄

Highly recommend the Savannakhet consulate in Laos!!! Just make sure they dont get confused by how much money you owe them when you get to the consulate to pay😉

Anyone else apply in Savannakhet Laos? Submitted the application yesterday, this location requires you to apply online, then go to the consulate and pay the visa fees in person 10k baht.

Well today my husband who is applying as a spouse on my DTV visa (acquired in Teipei in November) went to pay with the 10k baht in hand. For some reason they only took 1k baht and handed him back the rest. Super odd right? Has this happened to anyone else?

Any ideas why they didn’t just take the 10k?