I just received my visa few minutes ago, here's my experience:
I have multiple source of income, but I applied with my company (owned 100% by me, I'm the only employee).
Status changes:
26/01/2025 (Sunday) - Application submitted
27/01/2025 (Monday) - Requested photo in better quality and a photo if my ID card
28/01/2025 (Tuesday) - Status moved to "Pending approval"
31/01/2025 (Friday) - Approved
Documents:
3. Proof of residence:
* Address card (in my country we have a dedicated card for your permanent address)
* Recent electricity bill
4. Proof of 500 000 THB:
* A signed statement from my bank in a different country that I have about 550 000 THB on my bank account.
Name, address, account number included. I had only 250 000 THB on my account, went to an ATM, deposit 300 000 THB to the same account, went inside the bank and requested the document. It's a very simple statement in English.
5. Information about my work:
* Cover letter - Briefly introduce the nature of my work, history and ownership of the company and the reason why I want to stay in Thailand.
* Business website - Exported the main screen of my website.
* Linkedin profile - Took a screenshot of the top part of my LinkedIn profile
* Client list - Made an excel about my most important clients in the past 5 years. Included the name of the company (if it was possible), industry, dates, country.
* Official, digitally signed company register extract
* Invoices+Bank statemens (3 months) - Uploaded my 3 recent invoices from my main client and the bank statemens where I received the payments (about 200 000 THB/payment). Invoices/Statements were not in English.
I merged all of the documents together and highlighted important details using Adobe Acrobat.
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Before I sent my application I spent time to analyze the ocntent of the approvied visas in the group. I think the structure what I posted above is more than enough. I want to mention that all of my clients were huge companies or government related organizations so I was not able to show any screenshots or other details of my work.
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One more thing: I didn't book a flight and I booked a refundable hotel for 3 months.
TLDR : Answer Summary
The user shared their recent experience applying for a visa in Thailand, detailing the steps taken and documents submitted. They applied as a self-employed individual with multiple income sources. The application process included submitting various documents, such as proof of residence, financial statements, and work-related information. The user received their visa approval within five days, noting effective communication with the embassy prior to application submission.
