What steps did a Singaporean freelancer take to get their visa approved from Ho Chi Minh for a workcation in Thailand?

Visa Approved - application from Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.

Workcation freelancer category

Nationality: Singapore

Applied: 13 August

Additional Document Request: 18 August

Approved: 25 August

Documents submitted as follows.

PDF 1:

- Flight booking itinerary into VN

- Immigration stamp on passport

- Booking.com receipt of accommodation

- Passport full book with biodata page and ALL pages. I scaled down the sizes of my scans in order to fit multiple images across a few pages

PDF 2:

- Financial evidence letter clearly explaining the order of the following pages. I included a tabulation of all bank account statements and converted them to THB in this letter.

- Webpage showing the latest forex rates to THB taken from the Bank of Thailand website

- Bank account statements (2 separate banks). Included bank account summary screenshot on the day of submission and three months of official bank statements

- Client invoices from Upwork over the past three months.

- Proof of income clearly showing withdrawal transactions from Upwork into my bank statements. Pertinent information (i.e. bank account number, date of transaction, and amount transferred) were clearly highlighted

PDF 3:

- Letter stating my intent to continue my freelance activities under the DTV visa

- Certificate of earnings letter from Upwork proving my freelancer status

- Screenshots of my Upwork portfolio

- Client contracts from Upwork. I had only submitted recurring contracts from one major client dating back to January 2025

Additional documents (2 PDFs):

1. Photos of ALL pages of my passport, which required a timestamp as per the embassy's instructions. I used a free timestamp app for this

2. Uploaded all of my client invoices for the past 6 months (previously submitted 3 months). Had to provide proof of income showing withdrawals for the past 6 months too

Huge thanks to this group, it was definitely heaps easier to gather my documents thanks to the amount of information and testimonials available here.