Hey. Thought I'd share my experience, because the tips in this group were helpful and some of the requirements were strange, but actually true.

Applied for DTV for Soft-Power at Royal Thai Embassy in Berlin. (Northern Germany Resident)

Applied: 24. December

Approved: 15. January

Soft-Power: DiscoverThaiNature (Seminars)

and provided following documents on Christmas:

- Proof of current location: GoogleMapsGPS+Phone Bill

--> not accepted:

They requested Personalausweis (German ID) a few days later. Uploaded a Photo of it in hi-res (Scan app)

--> not accepted: they want you to use an old school Scanner, and see the Corners of the ID.

Used high DPI on scanner afterwards

Accepted

Same story with Biodata page of Passport

- Financial requirement: Local German Bank Account statement with over 14,000€ as .pdf with date and name (used their print function) -- there was no need to show last 3 months

Accepted

- Photo: I provided a 35x45mm Photo, done with a biometric app. Compressed the photo --> not accepted

Should be Photo studio quality (they actually tell you to do it at a local one). Took photo with biometric app again, uploaded in high-resolution uncompressed. Accepted

Activity: Provided the seminar activity document, which I received from DiscoverThaiNature

Accepted

All in all, processing took 3 weeks. But there were holidays in between and I didnt upload it immediately, so I guess it is more like 2 weeks. Even faster if everything is provided correctly.

Overall process was easy.

I've received a Thailand's Non-immigrant ED Visa through email (E-visa).

But I would like to have that beautiful physical visa sticker on my passport instead of the stamping, can I ask the embassy for it?

I have not been keeping up to date with changes to Thailand entry... do you need any kind of electronic authorization right now, or can you enter with just a passport?

So my daughter's year extension of her passport was granted but there is a warning about re-entry permit being required.

How and where do I get this from please?

Hi all. It’s my first 90 day report. What do I need to take with me? Passport obviously. Anything else? Udon Thani if it makes a difference??

Hello,

For those who have received the DTV e VISA from the Paris Embassy. In the “Place of issue” section of the passport, have you indicated the city and country of the complete sentence so that it is exactly the same as the one on the passport?

I'm waiting for my new passport to arrive. What steps do I take if it arrives past my visa expiry date?

Have a tourist visa (evisa,no big sticker) in my current passport, iam currently in Thailand.

Current passport almost full, requested new passport.

Now I want pickup my new passport,- then they will make old passport invalid (last time they cut half of the passport page).

Will I be able to leave Thailand with my old invalid passport ? Or need I transfer stamp from old to new ?

Thank you guys!

A U.S. citizen living in Thailand on a retirement visa & going back to the states for a week. Got a re-entry permit. Is there anything required state-side as far as visa, etc. to get in & back out in a week?

I'm from England, been in and out of Thailand for last ten years, ended up with a few 20k fines for overstay and most recently one year ban for long overstay. My question. I intend to come back at the end of my ban August this year; I'm aware everything is computerised now so they will know I've had a ban and had a few overstays that I paid 20k for over the last decade. Would you guys advice getting a new passport pre entry in England to avoid any potential questions when they flick through and perhaps see the overstays etc, or as everything is digital would you not worry about it? Thanks and current UK passport expires 2029.