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Approved. Turnaround really sped up after the initial back-and-forth. They do want 3 printed bank statements, tax returns and all the other docs I've mentioned.

They responded pretty much 5 minutes after I supplied the docs from the second round. They requested my US visa again so I wrote "No visa sticker for Canadian citizens" on the paper along with my stamp. The bank statements were also requested again. This time it said 3 months so I'll supply that. I really hope this doesn't take another month to process.

Very frustrating application experience. Applied April 8th and had a request for docs April 25th. They requested: a bank statement (Fidelity cash management statement was rejected) business portfolio (I uploaded a document informing them that I'm employed not freelance) tax return (easy) business registration of the company - this I cannot obtain. We're publicly traded company so I uploaded the S1. Guarantee letter from the company implies that you work remotely (easy) Now they've come back again today (21/05/2025) asking for: a bank statement (Capital One is a bank - what the hell...?) business portfolio (uploaded the S1 here because it contains an overview of the company) business registration of the company - uploaded the S1 again US visa - I'm Canadian and we don't need visas to reside in the US so I uploaded my stamp and I-797 which I coincidentally got this week This is LA consulate. At this point I'm expecting either a rejection or another round of requests. Does anyone have any idea what they actually want in terms of bank statements, business portfolios and the registration?

LA consulate does not mention 6 months of bank statements, only: Is this a mistake? I generally don't leave cash outside of the stock market (poor choice considering recent events), so I have 5 months of statements. Would that suffice for LA? https://thaiconsulatela.thaiembassy.org/en/publicservice/dtv-visa

This has been clarified to mean 180 days per entry. You can extend in country or by doing a "visa run".

Ah ok. I’m talking about LTR for remote workers. Retirement visa can’t lead to PR I believe because you aren’t paying taxes.

Having to re-certify every 5 years isn't great. If you lose your job you lose the visa.

Response from the LTR unit on if the LTR can lead to PR:

For remote workers I'm interested to know the wording of this required document people have been successful with. It's very unlikely I could get my current employer to agree to this working as it could open them up to tax liabilities in Thailand or elsewhere?