Yahoo!!! Just got approved for my DTV visa!!

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Applied Embassy Washington DC. After one week asked for additional paperwork. This included tax returns and a letter stating self-employed as digital nomad.

Two weeks to the date, today received the approval.

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out. The process is very straightforward. Just in time for my flight leaving in 10 days🙌 

DTV Visa approved. Application on January 4 and January 16 approved Helsinki 🇫🇮

I would like to thank this group for helping me get approved for the DTV. visa for remote worker without need for additional documents. I didn’t get the Visa by email. I had to download it from the website. If you did not get your email, there is a function on the website where you can download it.

I submitted the visa application to the Royal Thai embassy of Los Angeles on January 6, 2025. It was issued today.

The expected wait time was three weeks.

Here is what I included

-A letter authorizing remote work in Thailand, which I actually forgot to sign

-A letter with the links to all of my advertisements related to my remote work, including my website

-My professional résumé and link LinkedIn

-Screenshots of my website and advertisements that I have created

-Photographe

-Drivers license with current address

-Voter Registration with current address

IRS letter with current address

-Six months of bank statements with ฿500,000 baht, front page only

-The original IRS letter with the tax ID number for my company that was issued to me

-The companies’s articles of organization

-Registration from the Secretary of State that I downloaded from the website from the year of 2023

So yesterday, I was reading that someone stated that specifically they needed to put that they were not to work in Thailand and I had forgotten that, and upon looking at my letter, I forgot to sign it. Since I own the company as a single member, I had to write the letter to myself from myself.

So I added the letter I signed it. I sent it to the visa department and I woke up this morning and I got no email and I got a message from their line information that they would ask for it if they needed it.

I went over to the website where my applications were, I clicked on the tab, and I noticed that it had been approved

I did not get the email however I nobody responded when I emailed, but I noticed it on the left toolbar. There is a function where you can download the visa and now I have it.

I did not have to submit any salary or statements of transfer or show any of the detail of the statements, they approved it based on my tax return, and my letter with the stated annual salary

Thank you to anybody that has answered my questions in this group. You’ve been very helpful, I was able to get this and not any less than the time prescribed, I didn’t have to submit anything additional.

For reference purposes:

Just got approved for the DTV.

Type: workcation (full-time employee for a company in The Netherlands)

Location: Ho Chi Minh City

Application date: 6 Jan

Documents supplied:

6 months bank statements, Revolut, with closing balance of 15,500 euro (over 500,000 baht)

1 year worth of payslips

Employment contract, translated to english by myself (not legalised/authenticated)

Letter from my senior manager approving remote work specifically for the DTV (not legalised/authenticated)

Legalised Chamber of Commerce extract of the company i work for

On the 9th I got requested for extra documents, requesting more details of my role in the company, CV, portfolio, work examples and supporting materials demonstrating experience and qualifications.

Wrote a letter explaining my role, going into detail what work i do and what my daily workday looks like. Reminded them that i am a full-time employee, not a freelancer so I can't provide a portfolio, work examples, etc. Also mentioned due to the nature of my job, i am bound by a confidentiality clause.

Went to "pending approval" on the 10th.

Approved today.

So happy as I was a little afraid i would get rejected due to the documents not being authenticated by the dutch embassy as it was advised. Glad that stress is now over.

Approved via workcation through USA embassy as a business owner.

Took over 30 calendar days and 25 working days even though I was pending approval 24 hours after application. The embassy website stated less than 20 working days and mine took longer. I ended up emailing them a gentle reminder/request and it got approved within 48 hours.

Just got the DTV in Manila! I submitted all the requested documents through the E Visa (I own my own business and was able to show bank statements from the business) and they requested details on my business and services, paperwork showing I founded and own the business, and the business license. I was staying here for a couple weeks and just used my hotel booking as proof of location and it was approved within a week.

So just putting it out there that Manila is a great option for applying!

I would love to understand please. How critical is it to stay in Vietnam and wait for the dtv visa approval? If I leave before approval? Will this create problems?

Has anyone had success finding “Thai soft activities “ in pattaya? Also getting approval using them?

DTV (workcation) approved today (13th Jan) from London Embassy. Applied 29th December with supporting documents submitted a few days later.

I am flying out on Thursday from UK so sent an email to visa.lon@mfa.go.th (with flight details attached) on Sunday night with a request to speed it up. Got an email this morning saying they had forwarded a message to the approval team and it was approved at 4pm today. Very relieved and I know others are in the same situation as theres a backlog from Christmas so thought I'd share my experience.

From my experience applying for visas before, that email address is usually quite responsive. Good luck to everyone, I know how stressful it can be!

APPROVED - HCMC via Muay Thai

I owe this post to all of you, as this group has offered such valuable advice during my months of researching this visa.

Applied: Sunday January 5th, 4pm

Requested Additional Doc: Wednesday 8th, 11am

Submitted Additional Doc: Wednesday 8th, 6pm

Status Changed from "Document Check to Pending Approval" on the morning of Thursday 9th

Approved: Sunday 12th, 10:54pm (By email with visa attached as PDF)

I guess it did take 5 business days, or 7 calendar days, to receive full approval.

The additional requested documents was a Training Schedule of my Muay Thai classes. For this, I simply went onto my gyms website, took a screenshot of the their training schedule and submitted that. The other request was for 6 months bank statement. When I applied, I accidentally submitted 5.5 months. I have had 500k THB in my account for the past 3 months.

The gym I signed up with: [members only]/

Management was fantastic to deal with. Very fast responses and I helpful. They have all sorts of different packages, but I signed up for 1 month unlimited training. I also visited this gym and trained there before committing to the course.

A little tip, I pre-filled 95% of the application while I was in Thailand 24 hours before landing in Vietnam. When I arrived at my hotel in HCMC, I uploaded my passport page with the immigration entry stamp, boarding pass and a copy of my hotel booking invoice. So, I basically spent about 5min submitting the final docs.

Well...it's time to go celebrate with a fully loaded Bahn Mi before I fly out Bangkok tomorrow! 🤣

Good luck everyone!