Big thanks to everyone who answered my questions and shared their experiences — your advice really helped!

For anyone curious about the process:

I submitted my documents on August 20, and on August 21 they asked me to provide recommendation letters and my portfolio. I sent everything in, and just 15 minutes later I got an invitation for an interview scheduled on August 27.

The interview itself lasted maybe five minutes and had a super relaxed, friendly vibe more like chatting with a friend. They only asked me to show proof of funds at the bank and my portfolio on my phone.

Just two hours after the interview, I got the notification that my visa had been approved. The whole process took exactly 7 days from submission to final approval.

Once again, huge thanks to everyone for your help and support! 🙌

Hey guy's I came today viatnam to do my muay thai 5 years dtv visa and I bit confused from the requirements and some post I read here I don't want to do any mistakes someone did it and can shere what is the correct documents and the right way to upload the them sizes of photo passport copy letters and where is better to do it ho chi Minh oh hanoi I can even pay for help if someone have free time

I'm about to apply for a Workcation DTV from the Los Angeles Consulate. I have all of my documents together. My question is should I create one large pdf of all of the documents together to submit everything at once or do I submit each document separately? i.e. passport biodata page, driver's license, employment certification and 6 months of bank statements. Thanks.

waiting on a document and been on holiday for last 2 weeks

how long do i have to get it as it was requested by Thai embassy 3 weeks ago now

Hey everyone! I’ve been waiting for my visa for over a month now, and today I got the request in the photo asking for additional documents. Has anyone here dealt with this before and knows exactly what they mean?

In my original application I already submitted an official letter from my accountant describing my business and income, with his original signature. Any tips or advice would be super helpful 🙏

Creating a pdf document with jpg images for uploading to the visa website using google docs.

This is how I get my bank statements or passport in to a single pdf file to upload as one document. (for free)

I would discourage anyone from using the 'free online' pdf tools to do this.

Google is bad enough with your private data but at least it's a known website.

Would you honestly trust your bank or passport details to a completely random website?

Top tip, delete the document from google once you have downloaded it.

Report from London.

Day 1 - Submitted all docs (soft power cooking course)

Day 2 - Asked to book a flight (I hadn't initially) and provide an eticket from the actual airline website

Day 3 - Status changed to pending approval

Day 4 - Visa issued

It was really simple. The main challenge for me was that you can only submit one pdf in each category which has a maximum size of 3mb. Collating and compressing pdfs (ilovepdf is a great help)

My experience was a really simple and positive one. Just followed the application process and was careful not to make typos.

Any Questions then ask away.

Bank Statement Question

Hey Everyone,

For the 6 month bank statement, does it have to have an official bank stamp and signature on each page? Or can I submit the system generated bank statement that I downloaded from my bank account website?

Kindly let me know how I should proceed here

I'm thinking of using the issacompass see vice to verify and submit my documents, does anyone have any experience with them.

Negative case from Turkey (Ankara) embassy (REJECTED).

My visa application got rejected. Just sharing the experience.

Submitted on June 18. Departure date indicated - August 4.

Received response on Saturday, August 2nd at 10 pm.

There were no additional requests for documents, just a rejected status right away. The status changed to waiting for approval 2 days before that.

The documents I submitted were all true, perfect (in my opinion) and in full (workation). A work contract confirming that I can work remotely (I work at this company for ~11 years), a bank statement (showing needed funds).

Submitted from Georgia. Provided a photo of the stamp on entry into Georgia and a housing contract for 6 months (before applying, I asked the embassy via Facebook if it's enough - they answered Yes).

So, I have no idea what exactly they didn't like about my application and why it was rejected..

Text from the refusal letter:

'Your visa application has been rejected. Submission of dubious documents.'

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