Hi all ! Just wanted to share back my experience about my DTV application (and a successful one 🥳) in case it can help someone here.
I am french, sole owner of my company, I applied for workcation as freelancer, at the embassy of Hanoi, Vietnam.
Applied as soon as I passed immigration at Hanoi's airport, added my passport stamp with the booking of my hotel to the website, everything else was already uploaded and saved, validated, and payed arround 3pm Monday 28th of October.
I believe the next morning (tuesday 29/10), the website was showing "Pending approuval" and it was the case until Tuesday the week after, when it got approuved at 9:50am (05/11) 🥳. It took 7 working days counting the day I applied and the day I received it.
No extra document were requested, it was simple, but a bit stressful to wait, and check the website regurlarly.
I saw someone give that advice on this goup, and I have to agree and give the same one. Save yourself some stress, and book yourself a week even though you could have it in less 😊
Documents I gave :
- Passport + identity picture
- Stamp of entry in Vietnam + booking of my hotel
- Document signed by my bank confirming in english that I had more than 500 000 THB on one of my banking account + a monthly from 2 months ago of that banking account
- A PDF document with on the first page a summary of the documents inside the pdf, which were :
- Letter to explain nature of sole proprietorship business, with links to my website, YouTube channel, Instagram, and LinkedIn profile
- English translation of my website (screenshots translated on Deepl)
- 1 invoice in french and english
- Document of ownership of sole proprietorship business in french and english
- Tax certificate of 2023 of my company in french and english
- August 2023 Turnover in french and english
Hope it can help someone :)
TLDR : Answer Summary
A French expat shares their successful experience applying for a DTV visa as a freelancer from the Vietnamese embassy in Hanoi. The application was submitted online immediately after arriving in Hanoi, and approval was received in seven working days without any extra document requests. The necessary documents included proof of funds, a letter explaining the nature of their business, and translations of their website and financial documents. The author advises to plan for a week to account for potential delays.
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