Has anyone recently been approved from Ottawa (Canada)? If yes, when did you apply? Thank you!

Hello I'm applying in Hanoi in 2 weeks.

I’m a remote software engineer and self-employed, should I apply through the freelance or business owner pathway ?

I don’t have a salary or employment contract per se, since I pay myself through dividends and cash compensations.

However, I do have a tax return showing a good income (under a different tax/company structure last year).

I’d appreciate any guidance on how to best structure or present my application.

I only stay 6 days in Hanoi before moving back in Thailand by the way, hope it's enough...

Are there any types of dt-visas for creatives or artists?

I've recently applied for a DTV from Singapore. I'm a Singapore citizen.

I applied under the freelance/digital nomad route.

I have income from my online and in-person (only in Singapore, fly in couple of times a year) work, but the rest is mostly from passive income (rental and dividends)

My big issue is with the interview. I applied on 29 September, and I'm flying out of the country to Korea on the 20th of October. I assumed that I would be able to defer the interview should it be scheduled after I leave, to after I come back from Korea but I read somewhere that one has to reschedule their interview within 7 days of the requested interview day/time or the application gets rejected.

Does anyone else have such an experience before? I have another 18 days left for additional documents/interview, and I know that every country is different. Just feeling a little anxious and wanted to get some perspectives. Losing $500 is a lot of money.

I am currently applying for a DTV (Freelance Visa) from the U.K.

I have bought a flight and entered the date and flight details, now I must add an "intended date of departure"

-It is a five year visa that I am applying for, so should I put in a date five years from my initial arrival?

Or should I enter a date that is within 180 days or my arrival?

It is a bit unclear.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you kindly.

DTV Approved in Fukuoka, Japan 🇯🇵

9/9 - Submitted online application for workcation (freelance)

* Passport Page

* Visa Photo (I used the same as my passport as my passport is brand new)

* Page screenshots from my professional website and digital portfolio showing my work (I'm a creative)

* Contract with one client + screenshot of an email where I had an agreement with another client

* Official bank statement from the bank showing my current balance + digital banking screenshot to show 3 months worth

* Payslips from clients as well as corresponding deposits highlighted from my bank statement just to show that I'm actually getting paid (different bank so different screenshot to above)

9/10 - Additional documents requested (flight ticket proof & accommodation in Bangkok)

* I am staying with my mother who is a Japanese national with a work permit in Thailand for the past 20 years

* I submitted a copy of her rental agreement with the landlord that covers the duration of my stay, her passport copy and her Thai work permit copy just in case

9/11 - Approved!

I was quite worried I wouldn't get it after reading so many posts about rejections + people getting a METV instead but I didn't think I would get it this fast🥹 For reference, I'm a Japanese national living in Tokyo. I chose the Fukuoka consulate as I read that the Tokyo consulate is one of the most difficult consulates.

*Edit: Added more details in case it helps any future applicants. *

I applied for a DTV visa at the Mumbai consulate, India and instead got a 'Tourist TR' visa!

Despite submitting all the documents and fulfilling the criteria with well above income and bank statement. I was basically 'rejected':(.

Think twice about applying from Mumbai. They are very stringent about it. They don't support soft power applications nor the freelance application.They are most prolly looking for people with traditional jobs with fixed regular income. Also, i assume i cannot get them to give me the correct DTV visa now?

I'm so confused why they are asking for letter from company, etc...

I selected freelance.

Anyone have any advice for this?

I'm interested in the freelance and wondering about the timeline for application to approval for purchase of airline tickets? I know it will be different for all embassies but what is the range or the longest someone has waited for an approval? I would be applying from Europe. TYIA

Visa Approved - application from Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.

Workcation freelancer category

Nationality: Singapore

Applied: 13 August

Additional Document Request: 18 August

Approved: 25 August

Documents submitted as follows.

PDF 1:

- Flight booking itinerary into VN

- Immigration stamp on passport

- Booking.com receipt of accommodation

- Passport full book with biodata page and ALL pages. I scaled down the sizes of my scans in order to fit multiple images across a few pages

PDF 2:

- Financial evidence letter clearly explaining the order of the following pages. I included a tabulation of all bank account statements and converted them to THB in this letter.

- Webpage showing the latest forex rates to THB taken from the Bank of Thailand website

- Bank account statements (2 separate banks). Included bank account summary screenshot on the day of submission and three months of official bank statements

- Client invoices from Upwork over the past three months.

- Proof of income clearly showing withdrawal transactions from Upwork into my bank statements. Pertinent information (i.e. bank account number, date of transaction, and amount transferred) were clearly highlighted

PDF 3:

- Letter stating my intent to continue my freelance activities under the DTV visa

- Certificate of earnings letter from Upwork proving my freelancer status

- Screenshots of my Upwork portfolio

- Client contracts from Upwork. I had only submitted recurring contracts from one major client dating back to January 2025

Additional documents (2 PDFs):

1. Photos of ALL pages of my passport, which required a timestamp as per the embassy's instructions. I used a free timestamp app for this

2. Uploaded all of my client invoices for the past 6 months (previously submitted 3 months). Had to provide proof of income showing withdrawals for the past 6 months too

Huge thanks to this group, it was definitely heaps easier to gather my documents thanks to the amount of information and testimonials available here.