Hello everyone.

I’m preparing to submit my documents at the Ho Chi Minh Embassy for the DTV visa under Workcation and wanted to check something about bank statements.

I have multiple bank accounts:

1. WISE account: where I receive overseas payments for my company invoices

2. Bank 1: where I receive the funds transferred out from WISE

3. Bank 2: where I receive the funds from Bank 1 and accumulate the minimum 500,000+ THB required balance

My question is:

Do I need to submit statements for all three accounts or is it enough to show only the account (Bank 2) that currently holds the required 500,000+ THB?

I don’t want to over-submit and confuse them, but I also don’t want to miss anything important.

For those who have been approved, did you submit all linked accounts or just the one showing the funds?

Appreciate any advice or experiences you can share!

Hi, everyone.

Has anyone applied to the Ho Chi Minh Embassy on Monday, September 29th, and received approval?

My status changed to Pending Approval on Tuesday (September 30th) without any request, but it has remained that way until today.

If anyone applied and was approved on September 29th, please share your story. Thank you in advance.

Hello I’m wondering how long does it normally take to get a response back from the Ho Chi Minh embassy for additional documents request or interview if needed. I have submitted the application on the 18th sep.

Hello,

Can i apply if i got the 500k baths recently in my bank account ?

How long does it take to be approved in Ho Chi Minh?

Thank you.

I submitted my application at the Ho Chi Minh Embassy in Vietnam, but I only had 14 days visa there - my documents still haven’t been processed, so I had to go to Kuala Lumpur—Im here now. Can I reapply here even though my previous application is still pending?

Hello all, please help🙏 Applied from Vietnam. Hanpi Embassy. UK passport, self-employed, UK business owner. visa cancelled: wrong personal info. Is it because of the middle name? Applied and inserted the middle name everywhere, however, the Companies House, Tax Return, Bank Statements have only initials, not full name like in the passport. I wonder if this is the problem?

My workation DTV Visa application has been approved by the Ho Chi Minh embassy in Vietnam.

I submitted my application via the evisa system, and it took 5 days to receive the application approval email. No extra documents requested.

I read a lot of useful information in this group, so I am sharing my experience to help others. Here are the documents I included:

## Proof of current location:

1. Vietnam passport stamp

2. Hotel booking confirmation

3. Selfie outside hotel in Vietnam

4. Flight to Thailand

## Proof of employment:

1. Cover letter describing my business and how it functions entirely remotely.

2. Business registration document

3. Certificate of Incorporation

4. Signed document appointing myself as director

5. Screenshots of stripe payouts and gross volume.

6. Screenshots of the business website, and stripe analytics page.

## Personal documents:

1. Passport bio data page

2. Two bank account statements, each with 500k+. Showing 6 months of data.

Other Points:

* The maximum file size for the PDF documents is 3MB. You can also only upload one document for each section. I used adobe acrobat to compile the files, you can select "reduce file size" at export to keep it well below 3MB.

* Double check all of your details are entered correctly. I have seen other applications get rejected for not adding their middle name for example. Rejection = pay the application fee again.

* Recently, I noticed many posts of embassies requesting more documents. One is 6 months of bank statements, and the other is a booked flight to Thailand. Make sure to include these to avoid the extra trouble.

Feel free to comment any questions and I'll do my best to help.

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.

Got my DTV visa in Ho Chi Minh Embassy under Workcation category.

I highly recommend this embassy:

- The security guard is friendly despite me being late for the appointment (delayed flight). Once arrived, you have to provide the booking of the appointment and the passport so they register you in their notebook (old school Vietnamese way of doing things)

- Hassle free booking system: can cancel within 24 hours and recommended to book within 14 days

- The attendants are very respectful and helpful. They have 2 attendants and the Vietnamese one on the left is very friendly

- Passport will be returned with 2 working days. Example: I applied on Wednesday morning and I got my results on Friday afternoon.

Documents needed:

- Passport

- Filled application form with passport photo. There is no option for DTV in the form so you can leave it blank

- Bank statement from the last 6 months, with current balance over 500.000 baht

- Freelancer contracts: I created my own contract with my clients’ signatures. I added a detail of remote work condition and my clients’ company registration

- Proof of current location: confirmation of the Airbnb booking

- Additional documents: not required however I have the printed screenshots of my works, proof of stay in Chiang Mai (lease contract) with the identity card of the landlord

- US$340, the money must be in good condition with no tears.

Upon arriving Thailand: No issue with the DTV visa though my immigration officer did not know I have the DTV visa stamp and asked me about my return day. She was curious about the paper work and fee of the visa.

Hope this is helpful.

#DTVVisa

Has anyone tried to get the DTV in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam? It’s one of the closest embassies to Thailand but there isn’t anything on their website relating to this new visa, and they don’t seem to be responding to calls/emails.