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I just received my visa few minutes ago, here's my experience:
I have multiple source of income, but I applied with my company (owned 100% by me, I'm the only employee).
Status changes:
26/01/2025 (Sunday) - Application submitted
27/01/2025 (Monday) - Requested photo in better quality and a photo if my ID card
28/01/2025 (Tuesday) - Status moved to "Pending approval"
31/01/2025 (Friday) - Approved
Documents:
3. Proof of residence:
* Address card (in my country we have a dedicated card for your permanent address)
* Recent electricity bill
4. Proof of 500 000 THB:
* A signed statement from my bank in a different country that I have about 550 000 THB on my bank account.
Name, address, account number included. I had only 250 000 THB on my account, went to an ATM, deposit 300 000 THB to the same account, went inside the bank and requested the document. It's a very simple statement in English.
5. Information about my work:
* Cover letter - Briefly introduce the nature of my work, history and ownership of the company and the reason why I want to stay in Thailand.
* Business website - Exported the main screen of my website.
* Linkedin profile - Took a screenshot of the top part of my LinkedIn profile
* Client list - Made an excel about my most important clients in the past 5 years. Included the name of the company (if it was possible), industry, dates, country.
* Official, digitally signed company register extract
* Invoices+Bank statemens (3 months) - Uploaded my 3 recent invoices from my main client and the bank statemens where I received the payments (about 200 000 THB/payment). Invoices/Statements were not in English.
I merged all of the documents together and highlighted important details using Adobe Acrobat.
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Before I sent my application I spent time to analyze the ocntent of the approvied visas in the group. I think the structure what I posted above is more than enough. I want to mention that all of my clients were huge companies or government related organizations so I was not able to show any screenshots or other details of my work.
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One more thing: I didn't book a flight and I booked a refundable hotel for 3 months.
Sharing My Experience Entering Thailand with the DTV Visa
Today, upon arriving at immigration, I presented my passport, boarding pass, and printed DTV E-Visa. The immigration officer called someone, presumably her superior, and I was directed to another counter where I was asked:
* *"What were you doing for the last 3 months here?"* (Because I had a 60-day visa with a 30-day extension). I explained that I previously had a multiple visa for 6 months.
* *"Do you have a business here in Thailand?"* I responded, "No, I applied for a remote worker visa," and showed my employment contract from my email.
* *"Where are you going to stay in Thailand?"* I presented our 6-month apartment contract.
* *"Until when will you be staying here?*" I mentioned until June, showing my booked return ticket.
She then stamped my passport, confirmed my stay for 180 days (which I was already aware of), and wished me a Happy New Year before I left.
Just sharing my experience as it might not be the same for everyone - just a heads up!
Sharing My Experience Entering Thailand with the DTV Visa
Today, upon arriving at immigration, I presented my passport, boarding pass, and printed DTV E-Visa. The immigration officer called someone, presumably her superior, and I was directed to another counter where I was asked:
* *"What were you doing for the last 3 months here?"* (Because I had a 60-day visa with a 30-day extension). I explained that I previously had a multiple visa for 6 months.
* *"Do you have a business here in Thailand?"* I responded, "No, I applied for a remote worker visa," and showed my employment contract from my email.
* *"Where are you going to stay in Thailand?"* I presented our 6-month apartment contract.
* *"Until when will you be staying here?*" I mentioned until June, showing my booked return ticket.
She then stamped my passport, confirmed my stay for 180 days (which I was already aware of), and wished me a Happy New Year before I left.
Just sharing my experience as it might not be the same for everyone - just a heads up!
Just wanted to share my experience on arriving with my Destination Thailand visa from Munich embassy quickly. After being pulled out for questioning the last few times, entering with a tourist visa, this time everything went smooth, no questions asked. Glad Thailand finally has a real digital "nomad" visa.
For info - travelled on 90 day Non o visa issued by London Thai embassy - LHR to BKK via Eva Air 12/10/24 my ticket had return date of 24/3/25 (163 days)
In LHR Eva didn't ask to see visa, boarded with no issues. In BKK passport stamped with 90 day and no questions asked about 163 day return date. (Was ready to explain I was applying for Marriage Visa in Dec for 12 month)