SUCCESS STORY!!!!!!! Oh my gosh I am so happy 🥹🥳

DTV: APPROVED ✅

Location: London, UK Embassy 🇬🇧

Submitted: 16th December 17:32pm

Request for additional documents: 18th December 15:39pm

Approved: 24th December 01:05am

My story:

I am a self-employed content creator 🎥

Documents submitted: A letter from me to the embassy stating that all my work is done outside of the Kingdom, why I love Thailand so much and how I will continue to abide my all laws in the Kingdom. Screenshots of my professional portfolio (this is something I had already made on Canva to send to potential clients). As I do video content creation I submitted the link and also screenshots of each page.

Contracts between me and previous clients all based outside of Thailand, email correspondence and a couple of invoices. (It was over 35 pages long by the end of it)

Financial evidence - okay so this was why I think I got the request for my tax return.. I deposited money THE SAME DAY (whoops) and I couldn’t print off a bank statement. Neither could the bank, so I got a temporary statement (which looked so bad and unofficial) so the bank manager wrote me a letter and signed it stating that I had over £13,000 in my bank account. I also submitted a screenshot as supporting evidence (I know they don’t accept just this though so don’t just submit a screenshot).

Proof of location - driving licence, stamp out of Thailand passport page and my flight outside of Bangkok to London.

I used ilovepdf.com to merge my pdfs so I could submit multiple documents for each section. I then used the same website to compress my files 🙏🏼🇹🇭

Request for additional documents: A new photograph (my mustn’t have been clear enough) and more proof of financial evidence such as a tax return. I submitted my last one which dates April 2022 - April 2023 (but obvs submitted in 2024). This showed my earnings slightly under than what they are now as they are dated back (so under what I had stated on my embassy application).

I then emailed them yesterday asking for an update (23rd) and then I just checked my email and it was APPROVED!!!! At 1am this morning!!! 😭❤️

I was so worried as I am flying back to Thailand 28th that they would think I was stupid trying to get it done over the Christmas period. However, my flights were booked for so long and I was in two minds about whether I would chance it. I came to the conclusion that if it were cancelled if I returned to Thailand I would apply again from a neighbouring country (as I will be going with my parter anyway for his). My flights were more than the visa so this made the most sense to me.

HUGE thank you to all in this group. You have been a fantastic help and I can’t thank you enough🙏🏼🇹🇭

Here’s to 2025 starting off in the best way🥹🇹🇭

And... MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! 🥰❤️🎅🏼🎄☃️

Hello all, I’m applying on Monday in the UK for DTV! I am self employed and do content creation for companies (called UGC) and also social media. I have contracts for companies I work with and will be submitting my cover letter and my NI number. For the portfolio itself as they are all videos do you know how I can submit a video on pdf? Or if I even need to? I’m unsure how else I can prove the work that I do - any help would be appreciated 🙏🏼

Hey guys! Great initiative to open this group!!!

I have a few questions as a Dutch man.

With DTV visa, can one stay more than 180 days a year with a border crossing? Or only with an extension?

What would i need to show if I work for myself and pay myself?

I heard about reporting every 90 days, what does this mean? I need to report where and with which documents?

Does anyone have any examples of the employer letters you use for DTV....especially people that are going to be doing freelance for their own company?

Requesting help with what "authenticated" means for a Thai embassy. There are multiple types of stamps possible from Canadian embassy.

I'm going to be in Malaysia and thinking of applying for DTV visa in Kuala Lumpur as self-employed. On the embassy website page -- [members only] -- they list under requirements that documents must be "authenticated by the embassy of the country where the company is located."

I am Canadian and our embassy offers multiple authentication / certification / notarial services. Does anyone have experience with what the Malaysian embassy might require for "authentication"? I don't have an employment contract, but I have business registration and contracts with clients.

Greetings! Would anyone have any experience applying for a visa to be a self-employed musician in Bangkok?There is clearly a great deal of work available for musicians wishing to play at bars/hotels around Thailand, but I would like to do it legally and obtain the correct paperwork. In comparison, in the UK I can register as a self employed musician, then declare my earnings once each year, which decides how much tax I pay. Easy peasy. The Thai system is no doubt different, and I’m wondering if there is anything similar to this available in Thailand for non-Thais? Is anyone (farang) registered self employed at present?

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Ben x