https://docpicasso.com/en/journal What is happening with the Thailand DTV visa: the consulate barometer, breakdowns and figures from the DocPicasso visa workshop’s base of observations. en https://docpicasso.com/en/journal/tdac https://docpicasso.com/en/journal/tdac Sun, 19 Jul 2026 02:00:00 GMT Since 1 May 2025 you can’t enter Thailand without a TDAC. A step-by-step guide with screenshots: what goes in each field and how to avoid fake sites. https://docpicasso.com/en/journal/jakarta-crisis-chronicle https://docpicasso.com/en/journal/jakarta-crisis-chronicle Wed, 15 Jul 2026 02:00:00 GMT Colombo had its black Friday. Jakarta died quietly — site up, fees taken, nothing announced. The chronicle of the quietest DTV crisis and why it cuts deeper. https://docpicasso.com/en/journal/thai-bank-account-dtv https://docpicasso.com/en/journal/thai-bank-account-dtv Wed, 15 Jul 2026 02:00:00 GMT You have a five-year visa, but opening a Thai bank account is close to impossible — and most people find out after they move. Why it happened and what to do. https://docpicasso.com/en/journal/tm30-not-your-duty https://docpicasso.com/en/journal/tm30-not-your-duty Wed, 15 Jul 2026 02:00:00 GMT TM30 is filed by whoever houses you, not by you — but you pay when it’s missed. How the notification works, when it’s renewed and what to check at move-in. https://docpicasso.com/en/journal/dtv-barometer-july-2026 https://docpicasso.com/en/journal/dtv-barometer-july-2026 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 02:00:00 GMT The monthly weather report on consulates accepting DTV applications: where it’s calm, where it’s stormy and what changed this month. From the workshop’s base. https://docpicasso.com/en/journal/what-is-dtv https://docpicasso.com/en/journal/what-is-dtv Mon, 13 Jul 2026 02:00:00 GMT The DTV is Thailand’s 5-year visa for remote workers and freelancers: 180 days per entry, remote work legal. What it is, who it fits and what you need to apply. https://docpicasso.com/en/journal/dtv-refusal-what-to-do https://docpicasso.com/en/journal/dtv-refusal-what-to-do Mon, 13 Jul 2026 02:00:00 GMT A DTV refusal isn’t the end, but mistakes get expensive after it: the fee is gone, the filing history stays. Why consulates refuse and how re-filing works. https://docpicasso.com/en/journal/money-for-dtv https://docpicasso.com/en/journal/money-for-dtv Mon, 13 Jul 2026 02:00:00 GMT Showing 500,000 baht is not enough for a DTV visa. Consulates read the history and source of your money, not the balance — and here is where people trip up. https://docpicasso.com/en/journal/dtv-for-sole-traders https://docpicasso.com/en/journal/dtv-for-sole-traders Mon, 13 Jul 2026 02:00:00 GMT Moscow stopped taking sole traders for the DTV visa in 2026, so many think the door is shut for entrepreneurs. It isn’t — a dozen other consulates still take them. https://docpicasso.com/en/journal/dtv-approved-what-next https://docpicasso.com/en/journal/dtv-approved-what-next Mon, 13 Jul 2026 02:00:00 GMT The visa in your passport is the middle of the road, not the finish. Thai banks, TM30, 90-day reports, tax residency and a passport that expires early. https://docpicasso.com/en/journal/colombo-collapse-chronicle https://docpicasso.com/en/journal/colombo-collapse-chronicle Mon, 13 Jul 2026 02:00:00 GMT In January Sri Lanka worked fast — rare refusals, a visa in a week. Then came Friday, 30 January. From boom to dead route. https://docpicasso.com/en/journal/new-passport-and-dtv https://docpicasso.com/en/journal/new-passport-and-dtv Mon, 13 Jul 2026 02:00:00 GMT A DTV lives in the passport it was issued in and doesn’t move to a new one. Why you shouldn’t wait for a new passport, and how the two-passport routine works.