What is the process and documentation required for obtaining a DTV visa for workcation in Thailand?

APPROVED from Washington DC Embassy. WORKCATION ROUTE

Mine was somewhat of a convoluted case due to my funds being scattered all around.

Timeline:

- April 16th Applied

- April 28th (11am) Request for more documents

- April 28th (2pm) Submitted requested documents (Payslip, 3 months bank statements again, employment verification letter)

- April 28th (5pm) Changed to Pending Approval

- April 29th (3pm) Approved

Originally I submitted the following:

- Financial Documentation Package:

1. Table of Contents with hyperlinks in the PDF

2. Cover Letter explaining why my funds were not in the same account and how the package was put together.

3. Reconciliation of Accounts with statement dates, account ending numbers, bank names, ending balances, and conversion to THB.

4. January, February and March Bank statements in the SAME order by account as they were reconciled on the reconciliation sheet.

- Employment verification package:

1. Remote Work authorisation letter - stating that I am authorised to work worldwide remotely but will not be working with Thai clients in any capacity and that I only exclusively service US Based clients.

2. Backdated Work Contract - I did not have this so I had to make it because I work for the family business. This detailed my scope of work, my pay, pay frequency, and position and title.

^^ Both of the above were signed by my father as he is the head of the company and we do not have an HR Department.

Additional documents Requested

I submitted the following - only difference this time versus last time is I didn’t do the conversion to THB as the embassy specifically requested to see $16,000 USD every month for three months.

- Financial Documentation Package:

1. Table of Contents with hyperlinks in the PDF

2. Cover Letter explaining why my funds were not in the same account and how the package was put together.

3. Reconciliation of Accounts with statement dates, account ending numbers, bank names, ending balances, and conversion to USD.

4. February, March and April Bank statements in the SAME order by account as they were reconciled on the reconciliation sheet.

- Work Verification

1. Another letter stating my employment status, when I started the position, what my role is, that I was authorised to work worldwide but NOT with Thai clients in ANY capacity

2. Recent payslip

My case was convoluted, stressful, and confusing on how to put together because I do not generally keep a lot of funds in my personal account. Most of them are in investments, crypto or my business account. In order to meet the requirement for personal accounts ONLY, I had to include the money I have parked in CommonWealth Bank in Australia. This was nerve wracking because I emailed the embassy and they basically told me it was up to the consular officer whether they would accept funds NOT held in USD or from institutions outside the United States.

Thanks a lot for this group for help and I hope this helps someone.