DTV approved at Berlin Embassy in Freelancer category 🥳

Thanks to everyone who post here and reply to posts. Your information has helped me greatly, so I hope this infopost helps you, too!I tried to include everything that I researched here.

Spoiler: I was going for "give them all they could possibly want" and still got asked for additional documents...

Embassy: Berlin, e-visa

* Application Date: 4.12.

* Holidays: 5.12. and 10.12.

* Request for Further Documents: 19.12.

* Approved: 22.12.

* Total Time: 10 working days / 18 days

* Category: Freelancer

* Nationality: German

I provided:

* Cover Letter

* Table of Contents

* Statement from my tax advisor confirming my self-employment

* Assignment of a tax number for self-employment from the tax office

* Certificate for remote work, signed and stamped by me as the manager

* Explanation of online work and income generation (with 2 invoices and payments)

* Portfolio (with screenshots of the website and LinkedIn)

* Photo of passport

* Photo of ID to confirm residency in Germany

* PDF bank statement showing more than 500,000 Baht (Berlin does not require 3 or 6 months of statements, just the balance)

## Request for Further Documents (19.12.):

* Biodata page of Passport or Travel Document: Color scan of the full page with personal data (edges must be visible / no photo)

* Document indicating current location: Front and back of German ID card or proof of residency in Germany

* Current tax assessment

* explanation of how you work remotely in Thailand (in English)

## Submitted Further DOCUMENTS:

* Scans of passport and ID

* Tax assessment

* Additional letter in English explaining how I work online

After submitting the additional documents, my application was approved three days later, on a Sunday 🥳. Now I'm waiting for my dependent's DTV to go through!

To be honest, I don't think this was easy. It took a lot of research and getting the documents together. Without this group, it would have been quite overwhelming, so thank you thank you thank you everyone!

Hi. I have a single thai savings account keeping the 800k as well as monthly xfers of 65k. I regularly draw from the 65k for living expenses with a debit card.

I would like to seperate these to 2 different accounts so the 800k is 100% safe.

If I go to the bank and ask for a second account, is it important to keep the 800k in the same account? Or will immigration accept seeing it bump over to the other account?

I ask because of the debit card - if I should request one for the new account or if they tell me to use the one card for the current account. Hope that makes sense. I will ask the same question at the bank but welcome any pointers here for immigration purposes. Thanks

Hello everyone! I hope you’re all doing great. I have encountered some visa issues and would greatly appreciate it if anyone with similar experience could provide some insight and advice.

I left Thailand last Friday after a 60-day stay in Phuket and would like to reenter the country as soon as possible. I applied for an E-Visa on Sunday and it’s still pending approval. The reason why I applied for an E-visa despite having a 60-day visa exemption for my passport is because the immigration officer told me to do so the last time I reentered the country just a few days after my departure.

I do have a prior commitment that requires me to get back to Phuket as soon as possible. Do you think I should just try to fly into the country before my E-visa is approved, hoping to get another 60-day visa exemption? Or do you think I should really wait until the E-visa is approved?

All help is greatly appreciated. Thank you so much!

Hello everyone,

I’m looking for some help regarding my DTV visa application. I applied online from France as a digital nomad, and since November 22, 2024, I have received weekly emails requesting additional documents. However, I haven’t received any requests in the past week. I have provided all the documents they asked for.

Last week, the status of my application changed from "processing documents" to "processing pending approval (1)." Does this mean I need to wait for it to be approved, or should I contact them to inquire about the approval process?

It's been a month already, and my ticket to Thailand is for January 2, 2025.

Thank you so much for any insights or experiences you can share regarding this situation.

Merry Christmas to you all!

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Hi everyone! This is my second time asking something here, and I’d love to hear your thoughts or experiences about taking the risk of re-entering Thailand to get another two months (Colombian passport holder / visa exemption).

I’ve been here for almost 4 months now. Last month, I left the country for Vietnam and returned without any issues—my passport was stamped at Chiang Mai airport, where I’ve been living and working remotely. My current stamp expires on January 23, but this time I don’t plan to extend it.

Instead, I want to visit Bali for a week, leaving on January 18 and returning to Thailand after that. Do you think I could be denied entry? This would be my third entry into Thailand, but only the second time leaving for a nearby country and coming back.

I’m worried because I have my things here in my apartment, and if I’m denied entry, I wouldn’t be able to retrieve them. My rental contract ends on February 9. Would it be a good idea to carry my contract or any other documents to show if needed?

I have no bad history, and honestly, this would be my last entry into Thailand before heading back to my home country.

Thanks for reading, and Merry Christmas!, special greetings to Brandon and Jan you guys are amazing.

Hello! any Muay Thai schools in Phuket that provide DTV visa? Thank you 🙏

Visa Extension denied at Koh Phangan Immigration.

UPDATE

We went to samui immigration and got the extension in 10 minutes.

We stayed in Thailand from late October 2023 to mid-April 2024, based on visa exemptions, extensions and two border runs during this period. We re-entered Thailand on November 8th, 2024 at BKK Airport, we were questioned and asked for a return ticket. We showed a return ticket for 60 days later. They further told us that we did a visa run with stamping out and in on same day earlier this year and that we should not do this again. (We did this with a service.) Eventually we got stamped in until January 6th. Now, in Koh Phangan, immigration is refusing to extend our visa due to a remark in the immigration system about the return ticket and that we have acknowledged the visa run. They say we must leave. Has anyone else faced this? Can we try Samui or another immigration office? Any advice appreciated.

Hello everyone,

Currently I'm waiting for my DTV visa in Phnom Penh, and I am planning to go back my country which is near Cambodia after getting the DTV visa without enter to Thailand immediately.

Then after two or three weeks I would like to come to thailand with the DTV that I got approval from Cambodia.

Would it happen any problem when I enter after two or three weeks of approval ?

Does anyone has experience to enter thailand like that?

US visa exemption. I visited Thailand 3 weeks in June and 2 & 1/2 weeks in November. Want to come back 6 weeks in February/March. Should be good to go? I have full iteniary of return flight and where staying. TIA

Hi everyone! Can anybody advice any verified MuayThai gym in Pattaya that has classes available for a DTV Visa application?