What employment status should I select for my visa application if I will not be working in Thailand?

Anonymous participant You can also put unemployed as you will be in Thailand. I know similar to you, who took a career break for the DTV, they put unemployed with a cover letter detailing finances/career break for the DTV.

Anonymous participant yes I did select employed and added my current employment details.

Because I'm not British, as part of the application I had to send a letter from my employer and 3 payslip, I think this is a requirement from the London embassy for non British applicants.

Lastly they sent me a request for extra documents asking me to explain how I was going to support myself. So I uploaded a cover letter explaining that I'm currently employed, won't be working in Thailand and I will support myself using my savings, I sent them a PDF of the statements of all my savings and investments accounts, I was approved few days/weeks later with no further requests

Anonymous participant if on sabbatical or career break, a letter from employer would be useful. In any case, if applying as unemployed, you would need to establish how you would support yourself..eg savings, stock trading, rental income etc..