Hi everyone! 🫟🎼

Been reading about the DTV process and a bit unsure how this would be done in USA with my wife. We are currently in Thailand for 2 months and very interested to move here 🤩

1.) I apply first with bank statements then do we have an interview process? Do we notarize and get everything translated first before submission? ❤️

2.) I wait for DTV approval then apply my wife under same dtv how do we correlate the two — just to make sure, it’s not done simultaneously? 😵‍💫

3.) I own an agency online with 50K followers on IG how do I show the proof of “work portfolio” it’s a modeling agency that provides models for brand designers for their clothing line (big and small brands). The IG account with screenshots doesn’t seem like an official medium to submit as evidence.

Thanks!

Saw a few people approved in 7 days is it purely case by case? Or just having everything ready to go and translated etc? I speak Thai would that help in the application or interview process ? —not sure there is interview…

Again thank you all here 🙂

I’ve been reading a lot of posts lately, and it seems like everyone’s talking about contracts.

As a freelancer working with an online company, I keep wondering—how does the idea of a contract apply to someone like me?

I do have proof of my work:

• My profile on the platform

• Screenshots of the website where I work

• Financial transfers and payment history

But there’s no official written contract between me and the company.

Is having a contract a must in freelancing?

Or are there other valid ways to prove work relationships and protect your rights?

Would love to hear thoughts from fellow freelancers or legal experts in the space.

Hello, I am hoping to apply for the DTV visa at London Embassy when I am home for Christmas. I am a self employed UGC content creator and have contracts with clients dated in April, May and October. Do you think this suffice for proof of work alongside a portfolio & a letter from myself of self employment? Thank you so much!

Hello all, any traders (stocks, futures) here with an approved DTV visa ? I have asked several times the Thai embassy in Germany if a stock portfolio (around 50k €) is valid as proof of work. They don’t answer me.

Hi, I am looking for more info from people who managed to get a DTV as a freelance by applying in person in Laos at the Vientiane Thai embassy.

Looking at https://vientiane.thaiembassy.org/en/page/destination-thailand-visa-dtv?menu=66949d200066d37e98695dc3

They mentioned:

Copies of agency/school/institution/company documents must be signed by an authorized person and stamped with the agency/school/institution/company seal.**

I am between contracts now and spent the last 6months learning Thai on an ED visa (not working currently but did remote IT work before). I am planning to switch from ED to DTV when my ED visa ends in early 2025.

So I am wondering what would the embassy consider a valid proof of freelance work/portfolio.

Also do they differentiate between a DTV for freelance online worker and a DTV for someone who booked a 2hour cooking class in Bangkok?