5 year multiple entry DTV visa (Destination Thailand) from 2024-xx-xx

[billy100]

13 minutes ago, Briggsy said:

@billy100

 

Thank you for your report. You left out some key information. Which category did you apply under?

 

Was it workcation or soft power?

I edited my note to include: I applied as a digital online worker: freelance

[Briggsy]

10 hours ago, billy100 said:

I edited my note to include: I applied as a digital online worker: freelance

Thanks

 

So, given your age and the term "freelance" I assume you did not provide a current contract of employment.

 

You mentioned providing your "HMRC tax calculation".

Is this an SA302 showing your self-employed earnings? 

Or is it rather simply a tax calculation showing your state pension, possible company pension, private pension (SIPP)/annuities and investment income?

 

If the latter, then you have no remote working contract and no "professional" portfolio. This would mean that the London Embassy is being very lenient in their interpretation of a digital online worker.

 

If I have understood you correctly and hopefully you can fill in the gaps by answering the above questions, then the London Embassy seems prepared to hand out DTV's in the workcation category to retirees with no paid work but simply investments. Quite a stretch! But up to them.

[billy100]

On 4/10/2025 at 1:19 AM, Briggsy said:

Thanks

 

So, given your age and the term "freelance" I assume you did not provide a current contract of employment.

 

You mentioned providing your "HMRC tax calculation".

Is this an SA302 showing your self-employed earnings? 

Or is it rather simply a tax calculation showing your state pension, possible company pension, private pension (SIPP)/annuities and investment income?

 

If the latter, then you have no remote working contract and no "professional" portfolio. This would mean that the London Embassy is being very lenient in their interpretation of a digital online worker.

 

If I have understood you correctly and hopefully you can fill in the gaps by answering the above questions, then the London Embassy seems prepared to hand out DTV's in the workcation category to retirees with no paid work but simply investments. Quite a stretch! But up to them.

What I do in terms of portfolio management and research, involves considerable amounts of time each working week (I said that in my note above); you seem to have confused it with “simply having investments”; I doubt having the odd passive OEIC or bonds would cut it. My submission was very detailed in terms of my portfolio of work & accounts.

 

In terms of HMRC data, accounts etc: that’s up to the individual's circumstances what they submit to the Embassy. Any income and capital appreciation outside of a tax-free wrapper will be shown in your HMRC records, again depending on the individual circumstance.

 

I think your assumption regarding retirees is a strange one. The fact is that there is no upper age limit for the DTV in whatever category you feel may apply to your circumstances: Digital Nomads, Freelancers, Remote Workers; and Various Softpower such as cooking courses.

 

 

Anybody interested in the DTV  may find this YouTube video of assistance: it clearly blasts through any incorrect assumptions.

 

[Briggsy]

5 hours ago, billy100 said:

What I do in terms of portfolio management and research, involves considerable amounts of time each working week (I said that in my note above); you seem to have confused it with “simply having investments”; I doubt having the odd passive OEIC or bonds would cut it. My submission was very detailed in terms of my portfolio of work & accounts.

 

In terms of HMRC data, accounts etc: that’s up to the individual's circumstances what they submit to the Embassy. Any income and capital appreciation outside of a tax-free wrapper will be shown in your HMRC records, again depending on the individual circumstance.

 

I think your assumption regarding retirees is a strange one. The fact is that there is no upper age limit for the DTV in whatever category you feel may apply to your circumstances: Digital Nomads, Freelancers, Remote Workers; and Various Softpower such as cooking courses.

 

 

Anybody interested in the DTV  may find this YouTube video of assistance: it clearly blasts through any incorrect assumptions.

 

Thanks for your reply.

 

I am sorry you felt it necessary to defend your successful DTV application. I was not in any way casting aspersions. Your posts lack details to help others. I am trying to figure out how you applied.

 

I will rephrase it.

 

Are you registered with HMRC as a self-employed sole trader filing annual tax returns? That is all I wanted to know.

 

(As a UK qualified accountant, I know how the UK tax system operates)

 

Thanks