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DTV SUCCESS!! Here’s my story, but firstly I want to say a huge thanks to those who had positive advice. @Briggsy @BrandonJT @farang51 @CK1980 @DrJack54 It's greatly appreciated! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Saturday 15/3: arrived in HCMC Sunday 16/3: applied online Monday 17/3, just after 5pm: I got what appears to be an automated reply. Saying the following👇🏻 Financial evidence: amount of no less than 500,000 THB, e.g. bank statements, sponsorship letter : A deposit account shows the transactions last 6 months and the account balance or a combination of a deposit/saving account totaling not less than 500,000baht. Stock/Crypto/Bitcoin/Investment/Business/PayPal account and sponsor are not accepted. Other request documents: Provide details about your current work, including your CV/portfolio, the work examples and supporting materials that demonstrate your experience and qualifications. Other request documents: Provide a business registration and company profile that includes details about its history, vision, mission, products, and achievements. I had already shown the funds, but sent more documents, plus what they wanted in sections #2 & #3. Monday 24/3 (a week later), at midday: Application approved. I applied based on being a 50% owner of a UK registered company connected to tourism in Asia, and the need for working remotely. Everything I submitted was legitimate and up to date, including the proof of funds. As another poster previously mentioned the file upload options are limited and you only get one chance of one file per section, of three sections. this goes for the original application and the follow up. As advised by that kind poster, I used https://combinepdf.com/ to create PDFs to fit. SCB bank statements come in email but are password encrypted, but if you open with your password then try to print, but choose download, you have a nice bank statement PDF that can be opened by anyone. 😉 My history: 50+ year old Brit, having been here for 25 years, 24 of those on a Non-B WP for the same company. Followed by 10 months of (8x) visa-exempt entry stamps which were NOT 24-hour border hops, but 3 days to more than a week to a selection of countries in Asia. My final / most-recent arrival got a questioning-look from IO at DMK, but I showed evidence of a flight out of Thailand in 6 weeks. Arrival at DMK, there was no queue at immigration, and the nice young female IO took some time to diligently check a few things, and stamped me through for 180 days. Just in case I was asked, I had evidence of a flight in July. But she asked for nothing. HUGE THANKS AGAIN guys! 😘😘👌🏻

Is there something called the Thai Tobacco Monopoly, or something similar? Just sayin'.

If they cancel ALL religious activities, LBGTQ+ and Women's Day etc, then fine. Good idea. It has to be all or nothing.

I am not a violent person, and would almost certainly lose a one-on-one fight with most locals. But even if I was in a position to win, you never win. They come back. If my friend was in the wrong, and gets thumped by one guy, then my friend deserved it. I would never jump in, just because he's my friend. If some random fellow compatriot was in an altercation, I would never just piled in, feet first, with other friends, outnumbering the fight. But that is exactly what I have seen so many times here. The Thais (and Cambodians, Burmese and some other nationalities) will see a fight and just choose their side and pile it, with feet and or weapons. Just like dogs, except dogs know when to stop.

I'm currently waiting in Vietnam for my DTV application approval or rejection. Just in case I don't get it, a retirement visa is an option. Would I be better off doing it from outside Thailand, or as DrJack has advised recently in other threads, enter on exempt and go to my local IO (Nonthaburi)? I have enough THB in a Thai bank, but not all of it came from abroad. It also came in bits over the past 10 weeks. I have never had a retirement visa before, and not sure about health insurance or other docs. It sounds easier than a marriage visa regarding paperwork required. Confident and hoping the ever-helpful @DrJack54 will pounce here. Thanks in advance, and I hope this info isn't required by me... but who knows until the DTV gets answered.

For those who talk about flip flop. I disagree. It was just rumours, and now those rumours are rumoured to be dispelled. It'll soon be the end of high season, anyway.

Your wording means that she actually threw it at you. Is that true?

Only users lose drugs.

The fact that I've been here for 25 years and have ok Thai is irrelevant. I have friends who have been here longer and speak next to none, as well as the opposite. We're talking about a Thai girl making assumptions, which are her own opinion but posted as (in the) news. We can all come to conclusions, but this 'girlfriend' suggesting they're illegal mafia types just because they're Indian and speak the local language is nonsense. Indians live all around the world (legally) and have great language skills.

Nothing like a bit or presumptuousness to add some spice to the story. She has zero evidence of how long they have been here or for what reason.

It was the drugs he was on, not the booze. But now everyone who wants to enjoy being a PASSENGER with a few beers is affected. I wonder how many Somchais choose to drive, instead of take the train, because they can drink... yes, I meant that.

Yes, mate. I'm here now and also British, and got a 45 day stamp on arrival. Saigon immigration queues are something to behold, but I was through in about 45 minutes.

We need more people like @simon43in this world. If he has the time and inclination to do this, then good on him. It doesn't hurt anyone, and could benefit us all.

Can you show me which question I asked? I can't seem to find it.

You know what you're doing and you're the expert on this forum for doing so. I'm not playing your game. My first sentence of my first post in this thread renders your first response to it as a waste of time.... but when I wrote it, I thought of you, and expected it.