Hello everyone! I have a question please.

I have my bank statement issued on 13 Sep (the record dated since 7 months back in Feb) I’m thinking of booking an online appointment to apply for a DTV visa on 30 Sep at the Hanoi Consulate or on 4 Oct at the HCMC the embassy. Would this bank statement work as it’s issued two to three weeks before the visa application date? Thank you!!

Hello everyone, I wonder if is it possible to get an agent to help with 500k bank statements. If anyone has experience with this or any agents can help please pm me 🙏🏼

Will Ho Chi Minh embassy accept 6 months bank statements without 500k baht throughout? or must it be 500k for the entire 6 months? What about Hanoi? I know I can email them but its the weekend they wont reply and its quite urgent.

I am preparing myself to apply for the DTV E-Visa (Australian) at the end of the year.

I have an employment contract signed by myself (employee) and the company director (employer). It has outlined my weekly salary and the ability to work 100% remotely in administration - an Australian company.

What other documents should I be uploading to show my employment status, if any?

And is it correct I can only apply from Australia as that’s where my employment is based?

I have a Commenwealth Bank of Australia account with the funds required.

Is a “proof of balance” letter from the bank sufficient or should I be uploading a bank statement, how many months?

Thank you all.

I am hoping a remote worker on here has managed to get their DTV through the online application into the London embassy.. I have approval to work a cycle of 3 months Thailand and then 1 month in London, but 2 questions/requests:

1: I have just deposited significantly more than the 500k baht in both a U.K. bank and WISE, how long did London need to see the balance?

2: Would you be willing to share privately or at least give a summary of the employment letter details that was successfully accepted as proof of remote employment? My company will not update my contract but will provide a side letter and word it as I need..

I will work in Thailand from end of September until early November so can delay applying for DTV until November if I need to show balance for 2 months and go on the usual 60 day visa this time..

Many thanks…

Hello , As a freelance, what else do I need to prepare?

Hi, guys.

So I just got my DTV Visa at the thai ambassy in laos.

Just to give you heads up.They are denying a lot of visa if you don't have some type of work contract or letters to prove your legit employment abroad.

They ask For minimum three months bank statement but in some cases they ask for 6 month.

You need to have the 500k on a single bank account for that period if you just dropped 500k just before application they might deny it.

If the money is spread on several account they won't receive your application.

Also don't make any carpets with post it they hate it.

Keep it super simple.

The form with already glued pictures. Copy of passport with exit stamp of thailand and entry in laos. Well written in capital letters.

Proof of hotel in laos and in thailand.

Work contract abroad and the 3 month bank statement. The the other 3 on the side in case they ask for it.

That's enough.

If you go there asking questions they won't help you out. They will tell you to read the website. They have almost 200 applicants per day so they are pretty busy.

You need to have an appointment before going there.

Even if you queue number is 55 you can go early in the morning and drop you application they don't make you wait until it's your queue number so that's nice. They open at 9 am and People arrive at 8am.

Print everything in thailand. The places near the embassy are just crazy and want to charge you 20bath for a copy or print. Away from the amabassy you can find places that will print for 1000rip per page tho but far away.

PS if you look for a great place to eat go to "la Terrasse " great food and great price we ate there all week with my wife and kid.

In this message I'm telling you all I know. I was not able to ask any questions I had even for my wife and kid that will apply tomorrow.

Good luck to you all.

DTV Visa SUCCESS! 🎉 Vientiane, Laos.

Hey all. I just received my passport back with a DTV Visa. Feeling grateful! I thought I would make this post to document the process I took, and my current situation.

I stressed myself out to the max before applying for this visa due to the conflicting info online. It seems to vary heavily from embassy to embassy and is dependent on multiple factors.

DO NOT take my application as gospel, but hopefully there is some info in here that can help others.

Embassy I used - 🇱🇦 Vientiane, Laos

My nationality - 🇬🇧 British

Application type - 🛂 In person

Visa type - 💻 Remote work DTV

Company location - 🇦🇺 Australia

Time taken - ⏰ 3 days inc day of application

Documents I submitted ✍️

• Passport copies

• Passport photos x 2

• Previous month wage slip for July

• Upwork profile page PDF (freelance site)

• Upwork certificate of earnings (payslip)

• LinkedIn profile page PDF

• Rental contract for house rental in Thailand

• Previous years UK tax return proof

• Booking confirmation of hotel in Laos

• Copy of Laos Visa on arrival stamp in passport [they emphasized this]

• Printed out embassy appointment for Laos

• 6 months UK personal bank statement closing balance showing 500k baht, in my name

• Remote work contract from AUS company (not notarized by AUS embassy)

• Cover letter describing my documents (discarded by officer upon submission)

Day of applying:

1. I arrived outside the embassy at 8AM, 1hr before.

2. Went inside at 9AM sharp

3. First hurdle is initial document check & check that you have appointment booked (they checked email confirmation too)

4. Walked up to main counter, handed officer my document stack

5. Officer skimmed through, taking considerable notice to my bank statements

6. Officer did not ask for any further documents it was a very quick process. I could see him flicking through my docs and ticking off the checklist in his head as he went along

7. Officer asked for my passport & 10,000baht CASH (they only accepted Thai baht)

8. I submitted, and got told to come back to collect my passport today @ 1:30PM

9. Collected my passport with DTV Visa sticker 🥳

It was the most hassle free embassy experience I’ve had. Super simple and straight to the point. Much better experience than I’ve had at Thai embassy’s in other countries. Super chilled here.

BANK STATEMENTS FAQ ❓

I did NOT have 500k balance for the entirety of the past 6 months. I recently topped up my account from elsewhere to ensure the closing balance was over 500k baht (literally 2 days before applying). I circled my closing balance of this month with a pen, and converted the GBP 🇬🇧 currency to Thai baht 🇹🇭 to make it dead easy for the officers to see I had the required amount.

Good luck everyone!!

Interested to see what happens in 180 days from now, but that’s a story for another day. Got 6 months to breathe & eat Pad Krapow now. 😂

Happy to answer any questions below. 👇

I'm doing my Non-O Retirement visa extension this coming week at Chang Watthana and I'm going to attempt to change over to the income based, as opposed to the 800k banked (I still have the banked 800k, just in case).

How many days (or hours) ahead of my immigration appointment should I get the official one year bank statement and updated bank book? Or maybe it doesn't matter as long as it was generated within the last 30 days?

From past experience using the banked 800K, I received the statement and bank book updated from the bank the day of.

TIA

Just got DTV approved!

USA-based. Washington DC embassy. Single-member LLC. Contract video editor.

Applied: August 15

Documentation requested: September 4

I forgot to include a letter stating my name, job description, digital nomad/remote, length of employment. I will attach pic of the template I used. I also included how I do my work remotely.

Approved: September 5

Funds:

- The full $16k wasn’t in my bank account until the beginning of August so I didn’t have an official bank statement showing the balance. I went to my bank and got a Letter of Standing showing my balance. I also supplied screenshots of the last month of my bank account (nothing redacted).

- I sent copies of a couple invoices, the invoice receipt after being paid, screenshots of my business bank account showing the payment being deposited (highlighted), as well as, highlighted deposits from my personal banking showing the transfer of payment from my business account to my personal.

Proof of Work:

Sent in my resume, screenshots of emails from clients stating the nature of my work (for clients I didn’t have contracts with), contracts from other clients, and screenshots of my portfolio:

Additional documents:

- I started my own business in April so I provided screenshots of an email between me and a client where I stated I was switching from my personal email to my work email.

- Certification of Formation

- Official document that contained my EIN

Further requested documentation:

- In the letter I stated my name, my job title, the scope of work I do, how I perform my work digitally, as well as stating that I was a business owner and referred them to the page in my original document submission that showed proof of ownership of my company.

I’m attaching the template I used for the letter of proof of work. I did not use the bottom part stating my current clients though.

I’m applying for my husband and daughter’s dependent visa tomorrow. Will let you all know how that goes!

Thanks to everyone here who answered all my questions in the process! Happy to answer any questions if I left anything out! 🙂