Seeking advice please. Does your employment contract need to state ‘remote’ work for a DTV visa or would ‘home based’ suffice?

Hello guys I own a us llc and a UK LTD I want to apply for dtv visa how can I write myself an employment contract and is it important to get a salary? In the 6 years I own my business I never send myself a salary but just sometimes random amounts of dividends to myself could this be a problem? Is anyone here with a similar situation that got his dtv visa approved? Thank you in advance

Hi all,

The Thai embassy in The Philippines asked me the following thing:

“Employment contract or employment certificate in their country or professional portfolio showcasing digital nomad, remote worker, foreign talent or freelancer status : Please upload a copy of your company registration in “my home country”, certificates of courses you have attended, and employment certificates from your previous companies as proof of your professional experience.”

However, my business is registered in Estonia as an eResident, as explained in a cover letter and the registration uploaded to the portal and explained. Yet they ask for a registration in my home country now.

Any tips on how to address this properly?

Thanks!

Hi all,

The DTV application document that I found states that my business registration and employment contract have to be authenticated by the embassy of the country where my business is registered. Is the authentication actually necessary?

Hey everyone l’m applying for DTV in tokyo's embassy but l’m only staying there for a work holiday visa. I'm french so my bank account statement is from a french bank and it seems like it's not being accepted by the embassy (They want a statement from japanese bank but i don't have japanese bank account). Also I've been submitted my employment contract but it seems like it's not good. Do you have any advise ? Is there a way to contact the people in charge of my application ?

Hey everyone, I’m currently in Thailand and just got a remote job with an Australian company (starting Monday). I want to apply for the DTV visa, but I’m not sure if my work contract alone is enough or if I need to have been employed for longer. Also, does anyone know which nearby country is best to apply from?

Would appreciate any insights—thanks! 🙏

I'm a business owner (Photography).

Can someone give me an idea of how I should be creating a Employment contract or employment certificate?

If anyone could post theirs that got approved that would be a huge help!

[March 16] Here's the list of documents required for opening a new account using DTV which was given by the bank(TTB). They need a printout of everything mentioned here. I'm yet to do it. Just posting it here as a reference material.

[April 10] I got all my documents ready and within 2 hours I got my bank account.

Steps:

I've seen a lot of posts in this group about how some are able to open and most cannot. Here's the exact steps i followed and the documents needed:

1) You need your remote employment contract signed by you and your employer in ENGLISH. (Mine is from the US)

2) You MUST have a rental agreement for 1 year in your name.

3) TM30 dated not less than 30 days.

4) The House registration document of the owner of your apartment/home

5) [Important] Once you have all these, apply for a Driver's license. This will require a residency certificate too. (I got both of these done through an agent. I got it in 1 day with the express queue. The total cost was 7300 = 3900 [ Residency certificate ] + 2400 [ Existing license in my country converted to Thai license for both car and motorbike] + 1000 [ Express queue ]

Now you have everything ready for the application

[Important]

I applied in TTB, True digital punnawiti. But please know that they only take 3 DTV account applications/day. Since it requires 2 hours for the whole process and they only have 1 English speaking staff

The bank opens at 10.30 AM. And I went there and stood from 9.30 AM. I got everything done by 12.

[ General guideline ]

Don't try to talk loud and be very polite with the staff. They will treat you the same as how you treat them.

I will not be replying to DM's I have already added all the information here. In case of questions, please post as comments. And if it's a valid one, I will answer it there so that there is transparency with others as well.

With employment contract are they looking at the salary to be the main source of said minimum? Asking because I have an official employment contract that is not full time and I also have private freelance contracts. I file taxes (USA) as a freelancer/my own business but also include this contract as an employee.

I’ve heard being employed by a company is a bit easier to file for DTV. However I have higher income from several sources being a private contractor.

What to do here?

When you submit a contract of employment or similar to the Embassy, do you black out any of the information TIA