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I've been in thailand for 5 months (1 visa run with short overstay). Tried to open a company and get a wp but got scammed (hence the overstay).
im considering going for a few months to bali, applying there and coming back on DTV.
i have the money in the bank, but my income is very unstable as i do some group coaching twice a year and thats where most of my income comes from
i have my own company, could pay myself a salary
any advice or things i should read on? would be greatly appreciated. im a south american national but also have european passport if it makes any difference.
I am self employed in Germany and have a "company registration" (Gewerbeschein). As far as i understood everything, i should be eligible to apply for a DTV. Does anyone know if it might be possible for me to hire my partner on a small income (450€ Minijob) to make her also eligible to apply for a DTV?
Hi I think I need an accountants letter( won’t be able to provide a tax return for when I want to apply) and am planning to apply through the London embassy. Does anyone know of any reputable accountants. Not really familiar with any if this sort of thing as this is the first time I will be self-employed. If anyone could direct me on what to look for online would be helpful. Thanks
Im an investor in dubai, bought property over 2 mil and have uae golden visa as well.
Im gonna rent the apartment either as direct long-term or short term via a property management company in dubai (renting out on airbnb and other platforms).
I wanna get thai DTV visa. Do i have a chance? As freelancer/self employed? I assume my business will be my property or properties rental in dubai.
The property income will be approx 4-5k USD / month.
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🙌 
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🙏🏼🇹🇭
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 🙏🏼