DTV Approved in Fukuoka, Japan 🇯🇵
9/9 - Submitted online application for workcation (freelance)
* Passport Page
* Visa Photo (I used the same as my passport as my passport is brand new)
* Page screenshots from my professional website and digital portfolio showing my work (I'm a creative)
* Contract with one client + screenshot of an email where I had an agreement with another client
* Official bank statement from the bank showing my current balance + digital banking screenshot to show 3 months worth
* Payslips from clients as well as corresponding deposits highlighted from my bank statement just to show that I'm actually getting paid (different bank so different screenshot to above)
9/10 - Additional documents requested (flight ticket proof & accommodation in Bangkok)
* I am staying with my mother who is a Japanese national with a work permit in Thailand for the past 20 years
* I submitted a copy of her rental agreement with the landlord that covers the duration of my stay, her passport copy and her Thai work permit copy just in case
9/11 - Approved!
I was quite worried I wouldn't get it after reading so many posts about rejections + people getting a METV instead but I didn't think I would get it this fast🥹 For reference, I'm a Japanese national living in Tokyo. I chose the Fukuoka consulate as I read that the Tokyo consulate is one of the most difficult consulates.
*Edit: Added more details in case it helps any future applicants. *