Was approved in Abuja (Nigeria) as a Cameroonian (African) for workcation 🇳🇬/🇨🇲
PS: I live in Cameroon. However, Cameroon is ruled by the Thai embassy of Abuja, Nigeria.
PS2: I speak French and my documents were in French. I translated all of them with Google translate, add in red "original" on the french ones, merge both and send them as one PDF.
Honestly, the process is very straightforward.
I applied on April, 9th. As intended date of travel, I put June, 26th.
The documents I used:
1) Portfolio: I work online, on platforms and for direct customers.
One platform gave me a certificate of independent activity. For both platforms, I sent screenshots of my profiles and link redirecting to them.
For my direct customers, I send invoices + links to works on which I'm publicly cited.
2) Financial situations: 6-months stamped and signed statements of my bank accounts.
3) The other documents they asked for (photos, bio page of passport, etc.).
A few minutes after submitting my application, I received a request for additional documents:
- Flight itinerary
- Hotel booking for at least one month
- Employment contract: I have a contract with a regular customer. A simple Word document we both signed. I sent it.
Then I waited...
On June, 8th, I received an email stating I have an interview at the Thai embassy on June, 11th.
The D day, I had the interview. Some questions that were asked to me:
- Why do you want to go to Thailand?
- Have you been to other countries? Which ones?
- A lot of questions about the nature of my work. What I do EXACTLY? Where are based my customers? How will I be sure to have regular income?
Honestly, if it's your job and you are (REALLY) making a living off of it, there's nothing complicated.
- How I intend to pay for stuff in Thailand? My answer: credit card.
- Where I will stay? I explain that I booked an hotel and after, I will find a one-year rental contract.
- Asked me to open my bank apps to see the money.
Overall, the interview lasts around 10 minutes.
The next morning, I flew back to Cameroon. And then, I received the email stating I was approved and granted a DTV.
I made my post as detailed as possible as I don't see a lot of feedbacks from Africans. I saw a report of success and maybe 2-3 Africans saying they were approved but not a lot of details.
In a nutshell... The process is the same for all nationalities. There's no "additional scrutiny" nor "additional verifications" as I saw in some comments.
If you meet the criteria, just apply.
In case you have some questions, feel free to ask in comments. I will answer to the best of my ability.
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