@Kimberly *******

understood, it’s a leap of faith to go visit an embassy in a foreign country without clear details. Point is to provide evidence that you are eligible via 1) legit income source 2) authorized remote work.

If you have more proof than they ask, I see no reason they will deny your application.

@Adrien *********

please see my reply to James Miller above. This webpage wasn’t published when I applied so emailing the consulate is the best. YMMV.

@Kimberly *******

I believe someone pays you for your services so you can write a draft letter yourself for that client to sign.

If you can’t find one person to be that person, you can probably write a self declaration. But hey, you should be asking this to the embassy you’re gonna apply.

@Aneesa ********

@Tod ********

Yeah you're right. I wouldn't dare doing that. We know for a fact that immigration and MFA's digital systems are improving year after year. They likely know entry/exits of every fingerprint owner.

“Current address” hotel address at the application city worked for me. I don’t think most embassies care if you’re obviously there for a visa run.

@Alexa **********

1. The letter isn’t a requirement.

2. I’m also on a self-employed “own boss” contract.

3. Point of the letter is “Look, my client/contract is real and you can ask my client about my remote work if you don’t believe me”

You can use this info as you please. And this only applies to HCMC.

@Blue ***

ask the place you’re going to apply. You should be not lazy to provide them MORE proof than what they ask for because after all, the staff wants to go through the checklist for each candidate and get on with their life.

If you provide them enough proof, they’ll appreciate your efforts and also more likely to approve you.

Don’t forget, once you get this, you don’t need to do a single visa applucation for 5 years straight.

@James *******

YMMV, but we did not have 500k consecutively for 6 months. But we printed 6 months to make sure we don’t need to reprint.

No mention of “6 months” in the reply email from consulate prior application.

The staff only looked at current balance.

I’d say the staff in this consulate followed MFA’s direction precisely. Not even a single question.

@Tod ********

just 2 standard days. As advertised.