Anyone German here who just got a DTV and would maybe give me some advise for the process?

Appreciate it!!

Does anybody really know What happen, if you are an workation and then change your company (still remote work but not the company where you applied with)?

Hi! Wanted to give a feedback from my experience getting a DTV in Hanoi.

* It took 2 days to get a request for 1 additionnal document (bank statement with the 500k covering a 3 month period)

* Once they had it it took 1 day to be approved.

Overall super quick and straightforward. I was a bit intimidated at first, but I filed alone and for a Workation, and didn't had a single issue. Others might be overthinking it as well. Don't need an agency nor expensive course imo. If you have some income online that doesn't involves Thailand and is done remotely, your'e good.

Just entered bkk on a workation dtv issued last April. No questions at all. Didn't need to show the dtac as I guess it's linked to the pp number. She also didn't need both hands on the finger print for some reason. Stamped for 180 days.

# DTV Approved - Workation. My experience in detail.

Applied from Ho Chi Minh City

Received approval on the 10th working day.

For context, I had previously been working at a registered Thai company but was let go. After finding a remote job, I stayed in Thailand on a tourist visa for 3 months while preparing to apply for the DTV.

## Applied: Sunday January 11th, 21:47

I made my application on Sunday night, right after arriving in HCMC, so that Monday would count as a full working day for processing. Not sure how much impact that had in the end, but it's what I did.

Documents provided:

1. Financial evidence: 3-month bank statement from a Thai savings account that had 500K+ THB for 3 months.

2. Employment contract/certificate: a copy of my contract from my remote job, as well as a signed letter from my boss affirming the details of the contract, with salary clearly indicated.

3. Document indicating current location: my entry stamp from arriving in Vietnam.

## Request for further documents: Thursday, January 15th, 15:25 (4th working day)

Documents provided:

1. Financial evidence: 6-month bank statements from both the savings account provided in the initial application, as well as my everyday-use bank account, with salary payments highlighted.

2. Document indicating current location: Photos of full passport book, including empty pages, with the date and time visible (calendar app on my laptop screen visible in every photo alongside the passport pages).

3. Other documents: Salary slips from the past 6 months and income tax documents from the past 2 years.

4. Other documents: Business registration document - I provided my current company's Articles of Incorporation - and a company profile (a PDF of my company's website did the trick here).

5. Other documents: Details about current work - CV, portfolio, job description, and some documents from my recent work that supported the job description.

## Status update from "Pending Document Check" to "Pending Approval": Thursday, January 22nd, 15:00 (9th working day)

Checking additional documents took a full week in this case. My theory is they kind of try to move things along towards the end of the week, since both the additional documents request and the status change happened on Thursdays and around the same time too.

## Approved: Friday, January 23rd, 12:20 (10th working day)

Thankfully, the "Pending Approval" stage took less than 24 hours. I've heard some stories of this being a bottleneck, but in my case, I assume that since my additional documents were deemed satisfactory, they didn't want to leave the case open over the weekend.

Hope this can be useful to anyone applying under similar conditions. It can definitely be a stressful experience, so if you're scrolling through this group trying to gain some sort of insight, I can definitely relate 😅 best of luck!

Hi all!

I’m gonna apply the DTV in Hanoi.

I’ve been running my own company in my country for almost 10 years and I issue myself a fixed income every month.

Just wondering which category(business owner or remote worker) I should apply as so that it’d be easier and higher chance to get it done.

Thank you so much!

Hello,

I did some research but not able find correct answers. I have few questions.

I have a remote work agreement and can show bank statements up to 12 months and required balance is already in the account.

1- Which one is better, applying directly on remote works or soft power?

2- If applying for remote works is showing tax return evidence is mandatory?

3- If applying with soft power is easier, Is there any courses that you can recommend for soft power than i can register at least for 1 year?

4- Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia as my three options to go and apply at there, which one do you recommend for easier process?

Thank you in advance to all for kind and valuable information.

Approved in Hanoi, workation freelancer.

got approved within 7 business days, my friend got it within 6 days.

No documents requested.

Thank you all for sharing the information in this great group.

We uploaded only the things they asked, simple and straightforward, no additions, just clear and accurate.

I entered CNX yesterday with the visa.

It was so smooth, no questions asked, only smiles and welcoming. 🙏

Thank you great community!

Hello, I’m thinking if I can put income from my two apartments that I rent in holiday tourist places in my country for DTV visa ? Or just go for soft power ?

Success! Hanoi 6.5 Working days. Workation. Freelancer.

Dec 1 - Applied late afternoon

Dec 2 - Changed Pending Documents Check to Pending Approval

Dec 9 - Approved

I did a thorough search in the group to see what "additional documents" Hanoi has requested in the past, and made sure to include them all. That's why I think I got no "additional documents request".

Pretty straightforward process! If you're in Hanoi highly recommend Egg Coffee at Cafe Giang and Bun Cha at Bun Cha Ta Hanoi.

Good luck!