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Can a South African obtain a 60-day Thai tourist visa in Dubai?

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Mar 15, 2020

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Frank *********

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Asking for a friend (south african working in UAE):

He said that it’s not possible to get a 60 day tourist visa in Dubai at the Thai consulate, but can use exclusively visa on arrival. 

Does that make any sense?

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A South African friend working in the UAE is seeking clarification on whether he can obtain a 60-day tourist visa at the Thai consulate in Dubai or if he must rely solely on visa on arrival. Community members have provided insights, suggesting that while a tourist visa should be obtainable, restrictions may apply based on passport status. Alternatively, he could enter Thailand visa-exempt for 30 days.

Tod *********

If he can't for some reason, as other people said he can come in on a 30 day visa exempt entry.

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Frank *********

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Thanks, Tod.

The thing is he wants me to sell his car (and need a visa for that) without actually traveling to Thailand. So I thought of this idea. Even he wouldn’t have stamped in on arrival, for the department of transportation, just the sticker would be enough...

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Tod *********

There is nothing listed on the thai consulate website that says S/A passport holders can't get tourist visas from the thai consulate in Dubai;

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Benjamin ******

Your friend can get a 30 day visa exampt on entry. I don't think he can get a single entry tourist visa in the UAE without citizenship or residency though.

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@Frank ********

not in SE Asia, I know most consulates in Malaysia won’t sell it to them. I also know most of the thai consulates are restricting issuing of visas to only the citizens; Non-british people can’t get a Thai visa in England, for example.

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Frank *********

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@Benjamin *****

Ok. Why is that? Is it UAE specific?

Because in other countries it is easily possible to obtain that visa for ZAF nationals as far as I know...

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Robert *******

No, that does not make sense. It could be that his application is denied for a reason, but then he has to explain that reason.

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