This short video may clarify why some newly arrived digital nomads encounter challenges at airports, Thai borders, or when attempting to extend their visas at immigration offices.

A Thai legal expert indicates that the concept of the DTV is largely misunderstood by many immigration officers and is, for all intents and purposes, a "made up notion."

Application Denied!

Sharing an experience about being rejected without reason in Cambodia after supplying all documents and meeting all requirements.

Applied Jan 14

Pending Approval Jan 15

Rejected Jan 28

Canadian Passport

Soft power with Discover Thai Nature

No additional documents requested. Birth date, passport number, expirations all correct, 500k in the account with 3 months provided. Same soft power invitation that others were successful with prior to the new year.

I went to the embassy in person to try to talk to someone and they just kept saying to apply online and call the phone number. They also said just fly to Bangkok and they will sort me out at the airport (lol). When you call the phone number it just hangs up when you request to speak to an operator.

You can see through the window that they are just eating oranges and playing iPhone games.

Some reports of others as well just being arbitrary rejected for all soft power ever since the change to 10 business days processing time.

My visa application has been denied, and I urgently need assistance. I have a ticket for Bangkok from January 11th to January 18th. If there is any agency that can help me, please contact me privately.

DTV E-Visa application SUCCESSFUL 🙌🏻

Place of issue: Hanoi

This story has a few ups and downs so I hope it might help some of you to plan better and avoid stupid (expensive) mistakes.

We are a family of 3. My husband applied first and me and our son got the visa through his.

The first thing that went wrong was that just a few days before we arrived in Hanoi, they switched to the E-Visa system. We had read that it was easier and faster in Hanoi compared to KL (that’s why we decided to come to Hanoi), but in the end, it took just as long, and we had to stay in Hanoi for 2 weeks instead of the 5 days we had planned… so that was the first setback.

My husband applied online, and they responded within 5 days. A stupid system error, an automatic reading of the passport, entered an incorrect middle name, and because of that, they canceled the visa. He had to reapply (and pay the fees again). A day later, his visa was approved.

That same day, we applied for mine and our son’s, and it took 5 business days to be granted, with nothing to add or correct (there was also a national holiday in the middle).

Important Documents for the family visa: notarized translation of the birth certificate and marriage certificate, a bank account in my name with 500,000 baht (different from the one my husband used).

Honestly, I didn’t know if a notarized translation was needed but I didn’t want to risk to get denied for that.

If we had known that you could only apply online, my husband would have come alone, and my son and I would have come once he had the visa.

We would have saved a lot on flights and hotel nights if we had done that.

Hope it helps!!

Good luck to all of you ☘️

Anyone have any data on getting a visa for America or the UK and which one might be easier to get? 

Hey guys!

How hard is it to get a single-entry tourist visa in Jakarta? I'm wondering whether it's worth trying there, because I have a lot of Thai tourist visas in my passport, and somewhere I noticed that it's a difficult place for people like me. ;) If not there, what country do you recommend? In Malaysia, I took visas in KL and Kota Bharu. Is Singapore ok? Maybe Penang in Malaysia?

Thx for help! :)

Good morning

My Thai gf just got denied a visa to visit the US for a few weeks.

Does anyone have a good contact to share that can advise me on the process?

Thailand was an absolute heaven for me! I have no other word to describe Thailand. Heaven on earth! The most honest people I have ever met. The most polite, the most genuine. I believe No human on earth with their right mind would hate that place. I wish I could find a job to stay there forever! 🥹🙏🏽

Regarding Thai women getting tourist visas to visit USA... I think I've got a pretty good grip on the nature of the challenge and as good a plan as reasonable to move the odds in our favour. If we make it through do you think it is easier a second time? Basically, how focused should we be on trying to get everything into the first trip?

Same day departure as that of the arrival was denied to me at Poi Phet, Cambodia immigration exit.

The officer said I must stay at least one day in Cambodia.

If this wasn't the case for same day arrivals and departures through the Aranyaprathet-Poipet Crossing, it now is.

I just thought someone here would find it of interest.