Everything is still unclear. Is the financial statement only for the initial visa application or does ir have to be maintained in a thai account for 5 years?
What kind of portfolio is accepted for freelancers?
Is it possible to apply in a country that isn't your home country?
Get a sim from true or dtac, head over to the AIS store and ask to transfer your phone number to them. Then ask the store what pre-paid package you can get. You'll get 20GB, 5G for 300 baht a month, as a thank you for changing to AIS.
because it's much easier and almost every place, even little stands in the market, have QR codes for payments. And you don't need to have those coins on you