Can Americans apply for a Multiple Entry Tourist Visa (METV) at the Thai consulate in Melbourne?

Did they ask for proof of employment?

But haven't said that, it's probably better to get a non-O for ed visa and doing something useful like learning thai, for approx the same price. METV is mostly useful if u need to go out of Thailand a lot or if u are still in ur country of origin so not expensive. No idea if Perth would be cheaper overall then Melbourne, I don't have the energy to search right now, lol.

2k usd for 4-5 days... what? You can easily find round trip BKK-Melbourne for $300-$350 usd direct flight if u book a few months in advance. For ex, I found round trip direct flight in october for 10k baht on skyscanner. After that just sleep in dorm room for 3 days and eat the cheapest food u can find, doesn't matter, 3 days later u'll be eating real food again.

I found city center hotel for 1.5k baht a night, so 4.5k baht for 3 nights (and if u plan the trip better it can be only 2 nights) if u apply in the morning when u arrive. What's left to pay is ur METV which is 5k baht, and foods. Let's put a round number for food of 1k baht per day eating the cheaper stuff so 3k total (free breakfast with the room I forgot to mention).

So total for flight + hotel + visa + food = 10k + 4.5k + 5k + 3k = 22.5k so $685 usd. What's missing is transportation, I have no idea of cost of transportation from airport to hotel, but during those days I would rent a bicycle from guesthouse to go around and to embassy for my visa. I would avoid taxi. So I mean I don't know maybe another $100 for transportation. So total $785, then another $115 for anything that I forgot so $900 usd?

I'm pretty sure under 1k usd is fairly easy, and having experience traveling cheap I bet I can do it for $700 total (with some good planification prior)..

interesting but is it worth? i mean, flight to melbourne, accomodation and extra costs (melbourne is not cheap!!), makes at least 2000 USD for 4-5 days... i’d preferably go back home to apply... 😉

What is that: *Australian Visa Grant Letter (a Australia visa thing)*?

Also proof of funds, how much did she ask, 20k baht or more?

And flight information into Thailand, did she also ask for a onward ticket from Thailand to the next country?

THANX for the update (y) and Congrats on the visa :)

Other than getting a 6 month METV from a thai consulate back in the country your passport comes from the thai consulates in Australia are the only ones that will issue them without the residency requirement.

The closest to thailand is the Perth consulate about 6 hours away.

As an American(and I'm sure everyone else), I thought you had to get METV in your home country. Do you think it was an oversight of the lady helping you?