What are the steps and documentation required for a Freelancer DTV application at the Berlin Embassy?

DTV approved at Berlin Embassy in Freelancer category 🥳

Thanks to everyone who post here and reply to posts. Your information has helped me greatly, so I hope this infopost helps you, too!I tried to include everything that I researched here.

Spoiler: I was going for "give them all they could possibly want" and still got asked for additional documents...

Embassy: Berlin, e-visa

* Application Date: 4.12.

* Holidays: 5.12. and 10.12.

* Request for Further Documents: 19.12.

* Approved: 22.12.

* Total Time: 10 working days / 18 days

* Category: Freelancer

* Nationality: German

I provided:

* Cover Letter

* Table of Contents

* Statement from my tax advisor confirming my self-employment

* Assignment of a tax number for self-employment from the tax office

* Certificate for remote work, signed and stamped by me as the manager

* Explanation of online work and income generation (with 2 invoices and payments)

* Portfolio (with screenshots of the website and LinkedIn)

* Photo of passport

* Photo of ID to confirm residency in Germany

* PDF bank statement showing more than 500,000 Baht (Berlin does not require 3 or 6 months of statements, just the balance)

## Request for Further Documents (19.12.):

* Biodata page of Passport or Travel Document: Color scan of the full page with personal data (edges must be visible / no photo)

* Document indicating current location: Front and back of German ID card or proof of residency in Germany

* Current tax assessment

* explanation of how you work remotely in Thailand (in English)

## Submitted Further DOCUMENTS:

* Scans of passport and ID

* Tax assessment

* Additional letter in English explaining how I work online

After submitting the additional documents, my application was approved three days later, on a Sunday 🥳. Now I'm waiting for my dependent's DTV to go through!

To be honest, I don't think this was easy. It took a lot of research and getting the documents together. Without this group, it would have been quite overwhelming, so thank you thank you thank you everyone!