I recently exited my full-time software developer job and planning to freelance now in the same field. I have good bank balance but what documents I can show as a freelancer?

My western wife and myself having been coming to Phuket for 20 years.

Since COVID we have been spending more time here. Was looking at LTV but after a discussion with the Thai Embassy in London and change to 60 days on arrival with 30 day extension the Embassy suggested I drop the LTV application.

However it now looks like it will go back to 30 on arrival so I am back looking at LTV. We have income and assets in UK to qualify but what will the Embassy accept as proof??

Thanks for any advice

Hey folks, I would like to get a second opinion on whether or not I'll be submitting enough documents for a DTV visa as a freelancer. My main concern is that I have only just recently become a freelancer and only have a few contracts at this moment, all of which are somewhat small, and many are from the same company. I do not have my own business anywhere. Here is what I am planning to submit for my application in Hanoi:

* Cover letter outlining intentions and my work situation along with a list of docs

* Passport and recent photo

* Six months of back statements demonstrating savings over THB 500,000 throughout

* I live in Vietnam right now and so evidence of current residency: existing visa, most recent entry stamp, current lease agreement

* Letter from my friend in Chiang Mai who I will list as my address in Thailand before I am able to find something longer term once there

* Proof of freelance work: a copy of my Linkedin profile, a copy of my website advertising my services, recent consultancy agreements, an NDA from another client. I also have access to one of my clients' business registration documents in the UK.

Is this enough? Should I plan to submit anything else, say for example a tax return from when I was employed full time? TIA for any guidance.

Has anyone here who is an Amazon seller applied for a DTV visa? We have two Amazon FBA businesses selling in the US, Canada, and Europe, but one will be closing in December. Do I need to disclose both companies and provide proof of sales and bank accounts for each country? Also, what other proof should I include besides the usual Amazon summary reports that show income deposits into our business accounts?

With regards to the DTV do you think showing proof of income from a property portfolio be classed as freelance/remote worker and ne accepted? TIA.

*Edit* Printed out the visa. Handed it to the immigration officer with my passport. 0 questions asked. A simple thank you and smile and that was it.

Edit2 I forgot to mention I already had a 1 year lease agreement that expires in November with my name in it. I provided it in full with my application.

Edit3* I have been living in Thailand for 3+ years already on a Special Tourist Visa , Ed visa, a few border bounces and a couple of visa on arrival through the airport.

DTV Approved from HCMC as a contract worker. I'm Canadian and teach English online for a reputable platform.

Prepared all of my documents and uploaded them to the E-visa site ahead of time.

1) Proof of work. Provided:

- a certificate provided by my company stating I work for them on a contractual basis.

- My full contract

- Screenshots of my profile page with hyperlinks and step by step instructions on how to access my public profile showing in active status.

- My company would not provide a registration number but I found it online from a regulatory body in the country it is based in. I also provided hyperlinks to this site so they could find it themselves then provided the number and explanation in my cover letter.

2) Proof of Income

- 6 months of bank statements from an account in Canada. I only had the necessary funds for over 1 month. It was around 100,000baht for the 5 previous months.

- screen shots of payments for 6 months from my payment profile page with my end balances and my lump sum deposit 1 month before highlighted

- statement of received payments for 6 months with another bank account with dates and amounts corresponding with my payment profile page.

*I did not hide anything on the statements. I've read about too many people doing this and it only leads to a request for the full document and/or problems

3) Proof of location

- picture of boarding pass

- picture of visa stamp into Vietnam

- proof of accommodation

4) Cover letter explaining anything unclear in a bullet format. Also stated that I will respect all Thai laws and authorities and will not work illegally in Thailand.

Timeline:

- Flew into HCMC on March 6. Submitted application around 6pm.

- Friday morning stays showed awaiting approval

- Received approval of DTV March 13 @ 14:00

- waiting at the airport as I type to fly into Thailand now.

Overall a very smooth process. One important note is that I manually entered all of my information. Even though it autofilled my passport info correctly I did not want any potential glitches to cause issues. There are too many stories of applications being cancelled because of this. People please triple check all of you information before submitting. I cannot stress this enough.

Another note for those of you that have a cc. I signed up for the Adobe 1 week free trial. It will then give you the option to extend the free trial an additional week if you check close to the end of your first free week. Adobe will protect your data better than the free pdf editors you find online. Protect yourself. I wish I did before using them a few times before.

Ask me anything. This group has been so helpful for me so a big thank you to you all.

Other request documents:

1.Please upload the contract with your company

2.Please upload proof of income (proof of company transfer to bank account more than 3month ago

I am a USA Citizen residing in Taiwan.

I applied online in Taiwan.

I work through my own LLC.

I gave them upon my original application:

A. a letter showing I work through my own LLC

B. my primary customer who wrote a letter confirming this along with the years of working together

C. the certificate of organization of my more than 10-year-old biz

D. my EIN

E. proof of my annual report filings for a decade

F. 4 months of my biz bank account getting payments

What in the world are they asking for?

It looks like a contract from my LLC to myself?

My LLC bank account sending money to my personal bank account?

I have no idea what else to submit...

Any advice is appreciated.

What is required if I want to switch from Embassy letter as proof of income to bank deposit when I renew my retirement visa in June? TIA 🙏🏻

Soft Power HCMC update

I know a lot of people doing applying through HCMC for soft power visa have had some trouble, so I'll post my update.

After I submitted my initial application with all of my documents, I got a request for further documentation 2 days later. They were asking for proof of income.

I then submitted a letter explaining that my application was for soft power activities (muay thai training), and that I was unemployed. I confirmed that I will not be working in Thailand. I also included 6 months from statements from my brokerage account and my Neo bank account, to explain that this is where the recent lump sum of money into my bank account came from, and also this is where I would gather funds from to pay for any other large unexpected expenses.

I then got approval for my visa 2 days later, and now I have the 5 year DTV. The only thing is that they made a remark on the acceptance saying employment prohibited ; I'm not sure if it's normal or important, but I don't think it will matter anyways since I don't plan to be employed in Thailand

HCMC consulate~

Applied for soft power through Muay Thai and as unemployed, They are now requesting additional documents for proof of monthly income. The 6 months of bank statements I had already supply show proof of capital to support any one well beyond 5 years. Any one else come across this and have advise?