Five years to call Thailand basecamp.
The DTV gives remote workers, freelancers and soft-power applicants 180 days at a time, multiple entry, for half a decade. Getting it right the first time is the only way to keep that simple. We prepare the file; the Royal Thai Embassy decides.
The DTV is simple. The paperwork isn't.
Royal Thai consulates apply the DTV criteria unevenly. The same file is approved in London and rejected in Berlin. We close that gap by preparing your application to the strictest interpretation, every time — so whichever consulate you submit to, the paperwork is on solid ground.
Eligibility, sorted first
The four DTV pathways — Workcation, Soft Power, Medical, Dependants — each have their own evidence burden. We tell you which one fits before you spend a baht.
A consulate-grade file
500,000 THB proof-of-funds statements formatted to consulate expectations. Employer letters re-written. Photos rejected before the embassy can reject them.
One review window
A senior preparer reviews every file before submission. No outsourced check-the-box. If something is off, we'd rather find it than the consulate.
Four steps. About two weeks, end to end.
Eligibility check
Ten-minute intake. We confirm your DTV pathway and flag anything that needs fixing before we start.
Evidence build
We pull your documents into the consulate-grade file format and ask only for what's missing.
Senior review
Every file is read end-to-end by a senior preparer before it leaves us. You see the redlined version.
Submission
You submit to the Royal Thai Embassy or e-visa portal with our cover note and a tracked checklist — or on Concierge, we submit for you.
One visa. Two levels of help.
The Royal Thai government's DTV fee (10,000 THB, charged in local currency by your mission) is paid separately. Our fee is for preparation only.
- DTV pathway confirmation
- Consulate-specific document checklist
- Employer / client letter drafting
- Proof-of-funds statement formatting
- Cover letter tailored to your consulate
- Two review rounds before submission
- WhatsApp support to decision day
- Everything in Checked
- We submit to the embassy
- Dependant-pathway file for each
- Marriage / birth certificate verification
- School-letter checks for minors
- Coordinated submission timing
Which DTV door are you walking through?
The DTV isn't one visa — it's four with the same cover. Each pathway has different evidence rules. Submit under the wrong one and the file gets returned. We confirm the right door before we start.
Workcation
Remote employees and freelancers with overseas clients. The most common DTV route — and the one most often filed under the wrong evidence.
See requirements →Soft Power
Muay Thai, Thai cookery, traditional medicine, music, sports training. Course acceptance letter is the spine of the file — the rest follows.
See requirements →Medical
Pre-arranged hospital treatment or long-course wellness programmes. Hospital confirmation and a return-care plan are non-negotiable.
See requirements →Dependants
Spouse and children under 20 of a primary DTV holder. Each dependant files their own application — we co-ordinate the bundle.
See requirements →The DTV community talks. We listen, then iterate.
"I'd been rejected twice in Frankfurt for the workcation pathway. They re-wrote my employer letter, re-formatted my bank statements, and the third file went through in eleven days."
"My Muay Thai gym sent me a one-line letter and Thai Visa Pro made them rewrite it. That letter is now what they send everyone. Approved in four days at London."
"Family of four, two kids in school. The co-ordinated submission saved us from staggering departure dates. Everything stamped same week."
What the visa actually gets you.
The Destination Thailand Visa launched in July 2024 to bring remote workers, soft-power learners and medical visitors out of the visa-run grey zone and into a real long-stay category. It is multi-entry, 180 days at a time, valid five years, and still the most generous long-stay visa Thailand offers to non-investors — more so since the visa exemption was cut to 30 days in September 2026.
It is not a work permit for Thai-domiciled employment. It is not the Long-Term Resident visa. It is not the Privilege (formerly Elite) card. Mixing it up with those is the first thing we untangle.
Read the full DTV guide →The numbers
- Validity
- 5 years from issue, multi-entry
- Stay per entry
- 180 days per entry
- Proof of funds
- 500,000 THB
- Embassy fee
- 10,000 THB
- Where to apply
- the Thai mission covering your country of citizenship, or a country where you hold provable legal residence
- Tax residency
- 180 days or more in a calendar year
Working for a Thai-domiciled employer is not permitted under the DTV — that needs a separate work permit.
Get the DTV right the first time.
The Royal Thai Embassy doesn't care who prepared the file. They care whether it's correct. We make sure it is.