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What are the steps and timeline for obtaining a Thai visa as a freelancer from the UK?

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## Workcation Approved Today! London Embassy 

Thanks for all the useful advice in here...

No agency used. New freelancer so I created a portfolio. I also wrote a cover letter for each required document addressing any discrepancies. Requested stamped bank statements so had to wait a week or so for those hence the delay between receiving my Acro and applying. 

Overall probably took around 3 hours to prep everything, cover letters & portfolio etc.

Here's my timeline:

* 15th September: Acro application submitted

* 12th October - Acro received

* 21st October - Visa application submitted

* 28th October - Additional docs requested

* 30th October - Additional docs submitted

* 2nd November - Visa approved

For those thinking of applying, ignore the trolls/people who have got nothing useful to say... here's to the land of the smiles 😊🙏

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A user successfully shared their experience applying for a Thai visa as a freelancer from the UK, detailing their preparation process, timeline, and interacting with community members about the documentation required. They specifically mentioned submitting bank statements and provided a timeline from their Acro application to visa approval.

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Thanks for the info. I submitted Oct 22 in Ottawa, no request for additional docs, sitting with fingers crossed.

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

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Update: they didn’t ask for stamped statements. I had just seen it in here, so decided to go that route to be safe

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Nought*******

Nought*******

Tell me about your business.

I suggested I would start one and trade from Thailand into the UK but was ridiculed here for having no trading history.

What is your take?

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

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NoughtyBadoof business consultant and previous web design work. Compiled a portfolio of previous work, new client contracts and invoices.

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Rezina **********

Rezina **********

Congratulations! 🥳

Could you please share if you had to submit one single cover letter mentioning everything (for all docs) or multiple cover letters for each of the documents?

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Rezina **********

Rezina **********

Thanks !

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SparklyC*********

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@Rezina *********

you have to upload the documents in different sections, a cover letter for each section explaining what you are uploading helps, at least that's what I did

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

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@Rezina *********

I did a cover letter for each and used a pdf merge (ilovepdf)

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James **********

James **********

So strange to have stamped statements. All UK banks online pdf statements are fine, as far as I know.

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EagerF*******

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@James *********

they asked the same of me. I bank with Monzo so took a few days to arrive but wasn't an issue.

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James **********

James **********

EagerFish5538 that's odd. Fair enough.

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Vicki *********

Vicki *********

That’s amazing, did they request the stamped bank statements?

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

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@Vicki ********

they didn’t. But I figured I’d jump ahead of the request as I’d seen people post in here about it

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Vicki *********

Vicki *********

Anonymous participant ahh I see perfect thank you

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SparklyC*********

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@Vicki ********

I was approved recently, no stamped bank statements, just the PDFs downloaded from the Barclays app

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Vicki *********

Vicki *********

SparklyCelery7812 Thank you 😊

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@Vicki ********

Just make sure that the address in the bank statements is up to date and matches your current address, some people had issues with this 🙂

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Christine ***************

Christine ***************

Congrats! Can I ask which bank you use that they asked for statements to be stamped?

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SparklyC*********

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@Christine **************

Barclays, I've downloaded the statements as PDFs from the bank app, no stamp requested

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

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@Christine **************

Monzo

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EagerF*******

EagerF*******

@Christine **************

I bank with Monzo and they requested stamped statements

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Camelia *******

Camelia *******

Congratulations 🥳

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