I got approved for a 5 year DTV (workcation) at HCMC. I'm leaving this info to help anyone.

First off a big thanks to all the helpful people who gave me advice here!

I applied on March 6th, got approved on Mar 24th. I do freelance tutoring for international students looking to study in the USA/UK and have a different set up than other teachers here. I had to provide...

A demonstration on Zoom how I teach (screenshots of how I set up my lessons)

Two different bank accounts (3 months worth), one of them highlighted showing the cash in USD (foreign and my USA account)

My schedule, Zoom logs, correspondence with students/clients

My freelance profiles

My bank only releases a statement once a month, which I was worried about since I need to leave Vietnam by April 4th, but they accepted a web print off for March. The statement still hasn't been published for March by my bank and probably won't be till the 30th.

They came back to me twice asking for documents. The first time was the one which required a whole afternoon to assemble. The second time was just asking for corrections with my highlights (probably so it was clearer and easier to read since there was some overlaps in data) of my US bank statements.

This is a big relief for me since I thought I may not get it in time.

The consulate site says 4-5 business days for processing but it takes longer. I would budget minimum a month for this if you consider yourself clever enough to assemble all the documents (you merge them on ilovepdf).

There isn't really any reason to pay anyone to do this since you would be doing 85% of the work yourself gathering documents. The only reason to hire an agent is if you are so loaded that you care about the afternoon of work it will save you and concentration you need to give to it.

I used Claude AI to organize everything and assist me which was great, just check for typos and errors.

DTV: Approved

1) Submitted in Philipines at the end of the day on 8/11

2) asked for extra documents on 8/14 (credit card statements showing that i actually paid for the 1 year thai power course)

3) approved around 11 AM 8/18. 5 years.

Hi everyone! 👋

Excellent news: I got my DTV visa yesterday through Muay Thai School! 🥳

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I just wanted to thank you for all the topics and advice available in this group. It's super helpful! 🙏

I went through a French agency based in Paris and Thailand to be sure not to forget anything, and also, at a really affordable price! For French people who are a bit stressed, I recommend them: visathailande.fr/

As I live in Bali, they applied at the embassy in Jakarta. Excluding the weekend, it only took 4 days! 🚀

Here are the documents I provided:

* Passport (valid for 6 months from the departure date)

* High-quality photo of your last entry stamp in Indonesia

* ID photos (less than 6 months old, taken with the smartphone ID app)

* Rental agreement + my Indonesian visa (in Bali for me)

* Bank statements (I provided 6 months, and I only had the 500,000 baht for about a week, no problem)

* Letter from the Muay Thai school (which takes care of everything).

Good luck to everyone and have a good day! 😊