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Should I apply for a Thai visa as a remote worker or self-employed despite previous rejections?

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Sep 5, 2025

3 days ago

Anonymous *************

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URGENT! Looking for advise.

After two rejections, I am trying again from Laos. I have my own company and I have a personal holding. I am employed by my personal holding.

Would you recommend applying as a remote worker ('you work remotely for an overseas company'), or applying as self-employed ('you own and operate your own registered business')?

I technically do both.

To fulfill the requirements for the DTV, you will need evidence including:

Company registration documents

Proof of business income (bank statements, tax returns)

Business presentation deck or website

Your current CV or resume

Business license or permits

Regarding the bank statements and tax returns, is there any minimal requirement? Do you have to at least earn a specific amount? And regarding tax returns, you just need to show the files of the last quarter?

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TLDR : Answer Summary

The user seeks advice on whether to apply for a Thai visa as a remote worker or self-employed after two rejections. They have a personal holding company and are employed by it, fulfilling requirements for the Digital Nomad Visa (DTV). The discussion covers required documents and concerns about income and tax returns, with commenters suggesting reconsidering the application approach due to the previous rejections.

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Tang *****

On their system it will show you have been rejected twice. Suspicious.. you have spent a lot of money on two applications. You seem to have over complicated your application. Maybe just go in as a tourist, which will give time to rethink your options.

2 days ago

John **********

The big question you need to answer is why you have already been rejected twice. If you have an officially registered business and you work for that business you should have an employment contract with that business, you are not self employed. As well as an employment contract the business should also give you explicit permission to work remotely from Thailand. And you should be able to show regular salary income in your personal bank account from the business

2 days ago

Oleg ***********

You don’t have retirements for visa. You really not understand?

2 days ago

Pete *******

Simply apply via a qualifying cooking course. Why over complicate things?

2 days ago

The *********************************************************

Do you not have a business Visa?

2 days ago

John *******

If you have already been rejected twice, you probably need to understand why before you try a third time.