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. *