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There is no single "family DTV." Thailand's Destination Thailand Visa is issued one visa per person, and a DTV for a spouse and children means each family member prepares their own document set for the dependant category; most missions ask dependants to attach the main applicant's own approved DTV, so in practice that visa is usually approved first. Spouses and unmarried children under 20 qualify as dependants; an unmarried partner does not, and has to apply as a main applicant instead. Funds, the police certificate and proof of relationship differ by mission, so check your embassy's own list before you gather documents.
In short
- A DTV is issued per person; there is no combined family visa.
- The dependant category covers a spouse and unmarried children under 20.
- Most missions expect the main applicant's DTV to be approved before a spouse or child files.
- The THB 500,000 funds figure appears on the family list too, but no mission says whether it is per person or per family.
- A police clearance certificate is required for every applicant, children included, unless a mission accepts proof that one cannot be issued at that age.
Your own DTV or a dependant visa
A DTV for a spouse and children is simplest when every adult qualifies on their own. If your spouse has their own remote job, freelance clients abroad, or fits one of the "soft power" categories — Muay Thai, cooking, wellness treatment and similar activities — they can apply as a main applicant and get their own five-year DTV, independent of your visa. A spouse or an unmarried child under 20 can also apply as a dependant of the DTV holder, with their own document set under that mission's dependant category — whether or not they could also qualify independently.
The DTV does not extend to an unmarried partner. Thai embassy pages define the family category as a spouse and children, so partners without a registered marriage each have to qualify as a main applicant, with their own remote work, soft-power activity and funds.
For the income, employer and activity rules that apply to a main applicant filing independently, see our guide to DTV requirements and documents.
Filing order: the main applicant first
A dependant application is built on the main applicant's visa, so in practice most missions want that DTV approved first. Ho Chi Minh City's published guidance refers to an "applicant/holder" without clearly letting a spouse or child file at the same time, and no mission we found publishes a rule allowing a family to apply as one package before the main applicant's visa is granted. Couples often ask whether they can apply together or separately: in practice, "separately, with the dependant filed after the main applicant's approval" is the pattern the missions describe.
Filing itself has also tightened. Since 31 August 2026, the Royal Thai Embassy in London requires every applicant to file where they are a national or permanent resident, plus a police clearance certificate from that country dated within six months (ACRO, or an Irish police certificate for Ireland). Other missions set their own supporting-document lists from the same date. An application lodged and paid before 31 August 2026 is decided under the earlier rules, and DTVs already issued are unaffected.
Every DTV, a dependant's included, is filed only through the official e-Visa portal, thaievisa.go.th; it cannot be obtained or converted once you are inside Thailand. For a family where the spouses hold different nationalities, no mission has published how the filing order or location works, so we treat that as an open question rather than guess at an answer.
Funds: per person or per family
The THB 500,000 figure also appears on published dependant document lists, but the checked mission pages do not clarify whether it is calculated per person or per family. Published requirements for financial documents differ between missions; the checked official materials do not clarify how the funds threshold is calculated for a family.
Moscow, Helsinki and Los Angeles accept a joint family bank statement together with proof of the relationship (a marriage or birth certificate). Hong Kong allows a dependant to submit a sponsorship letter together with the sponsor's bank documents and passport copy. Singapore requires a sponsor letter from the DTV holder together with three months of statements showing at least THB 500,000 in a Singapore or Thai account. How long the bank statements must cover also varies by mission: Singapore asks for three months, while London's page states no period at all.
| Mission | Family funds | Children's documents | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moscow | Joint family bank statement with proof of relationship | Notarised copy of the birth certificate; consent to travel if the child travels without a parent or with only one parent | Russian citizens or permanent residents of the country of application file here; the embassy's English and Russian pages describe eligibility differently, so other nationalities should confirm with the embassy |
| London | Period not stated | Police certificate required; no stated exception for young children | Also asks for proof of permanent residence in the UK, Ireland or a British Overseas Territory |
| Helsinki | Joint family bank statement with proof of relationship | Birth certificate naming both parents, copies of both parents' passports or ID cards, and a police clearance certificate | — |
| Los Angeles | Joint family bank statement with proof of relationship | FBI background check within 3 months | — |
| Singapore | Sponsor letter from the DTV holder, plus 3 months of bank statements showing at least THB 500,000 in a Singapore or Thai account | Birth or adoption certificate; foreign documents need legalisation | — |
| Hong Kong | A dependant may submit a sponsorship letter together with the sponsor's bank documents and a copy of the sponsor's passport | Not stated | — |
| Fukuoka | Not stated | Accepts confirmation that a child is below the age at which a police certificate is issued | — |
A typical situation we see described is a bank statement that did not match the embassy's format leading to a DTV refusal, corrected and resubmitted afterwards — a reminder to check the statement's format against your own mission's list before you file.
Marriage and birth certificates: translation and legalisation
Each family member files their own document set, built around proof of the relationship. For a spouse, that is a marriage certificate; for a DTV for children, a birth certificate (or an adoption record). Consent and custody documents depend on the mission and the trip: Moscow's requirements depend on who is travelling with the child, while Los Angeles asks for an original notarised consent letter from the mother and father or legal guardian when a child travels alone, and a notarised copy of the court order in cases of sole custody. A police clearance certificate is required for dependant children too, unless the mission has published another rule for a child's age.
Age can complicate the certificate requirement for children not yet old enough to have a criminal record checked in their home country. Fukuoka's guidance accepts an official letter from the issuing authority, or a dated screenshot of that authority's own page stating the age limit, instead of a certificate that does not exist. We have not found the same exception published by other missions, so do not assume it applies outside Fukuoka.
Some missions also rule out a DTV for a particular purpose: the Thai mission covering Hungary does not accept a child's DTV application when the stated purpose of the trip is attending school in Thailand, and points families to the ED student visa for that purpose instead.
We recommend having a certified translation and, where needed, a legalised copy of every certificate ready before you file. Missing or non-matching translations can delay your application, or lead to it being cancelled or refused; the translation and certification format is set by the mission.
Extensions and trips out as a family
For the main applicant, the published in-country rules are: up to 180 days on each entry, one extension of 180 days for THB 1,900 (after which the maximum continuous stay is 360 days before you must exit and re-enter), 90-day reports, TM30 notification of your address, and a TDAC filed before every arrival; check the current conditions for extensions and mandatory notifications with the Immigration Bureau. See our guide to TM30 and the 90-day report for how those filings work in practice.
For a spouse or child on a dependant visa, missions have not published whether their visa runs for the same length as the holder's, what happens if the couple divorces, or what happens once a child turns 20. We flag these as open questions rather than guess at an answer, and the same goes for whether a dependant may take on remote work of their own under the DTV.
If you are still deciding whether a DTV is the right route for your family at all, our overview of staying in Thailand longer than 30 days compares it with the other long-stay visas.
What to do next
Because the dependant rules differ by mission and several points are not published anywhere, the safest step is to compare your own embassy's current list against what your family actually has before you file anything.
Tell us where you are applying and who is travelling with you, and our team will explain the filing order and the documents your mission expects within 24 hours. Our lawyers check marriage and birth certificates, the translation and legalisation chain, and the funds evidence against your specific mission's list, and we prepare the documents in two languages. The cost is fixed before we start the work, with no hidden fees.
DTV application support for families — the next step is yours to take; Thai missions, not us, decide whether to grant the visa, and we make no promises about the outcome.
