Will my lump sum compensation affect my remote worker visa application in Thailand?

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Hello all.

I am in a very unique situation where I won an unemployment tribunal on the basis of severe bullying from management that I decided to whistle blow on. I'm posting anonymously as I had to sign an NDA.

The money was paid to me in a lump sum of $150,000  from my company and then I had a four month gap in between where I received no new income as I was living on this settlement payment.

I now have a new role and I'm an employed remote worker. Majority of that settlement payment was given to family members. So I only have around 30,000 left.

Do you think immigration would accept or understand being paid a large assessment payment as a result of an employment tribunal as an acceptable source of income, if there were a few months in between where I received no income at all and was unemployed?

Do you think I should explain this to them especially considering I signed a NDA or do you think this will just make them see me as complex and it is better off saying that I was just paid off a large redundancy payment?

Ask Thailand · Answer

The user is concerned whether a lump sum payment received from an unemployment tribunal due to bullying at work would be accepted as a source of income for their remote worker visa application in Thailand, especially considering a gap in employment. Comments suggest that immigration primarily requires proof of current employment and income, and that it's advisable to simplify the explanation by possibly applying for a different visa type if the current situation is complicated.

Sam ****** · Answer

You don't have a job so just apply for a soft power DTV.

James ******** · Answer

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James ******** · Answer

What's your passport nation?

Why not keep it simple?

Just get a DTV Visa for other reasons vs working.

You still can work remotely with customers outside of Thailand while you have a DTV Visa for... Muay Thai training

Cooking school

Study of botanicals in Thailand

Etc

Christopher ******** · Answer

You need a job for the remote worker visa not just the Money.

John ******* · Answer

For DTV, they don’t care where the 500k baht comes from.  They want to see that you have it.  For remote worker status, they want a letter for your employer’s HR department (maybe your supervisor instead) that highlights you work for them and you are allowed to work remotely (better yet if says you can work remotely in Thailand).  To prove that you actually have a job, some embassies will want to know your income, want to see money being deposited from the employer and/or tax returns.

Will my lump sum compensation affect my remote worker visa application in Thailand?

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