Can I apply for a 6 month Thai visa from Spain on an Australian passport?

Thai visa application Australian passport Visa requirements Thai embassy in Spain Tourist visa options Visa extensions 60-day tourist visa 30-day visa exempt

Oct 17, 2018

6 years ago

Helen *******

ORIGINAL POSTER

Hi I am presently in Spain and want to get a 6 month visa for Thailand on my Australian passport. Is it possible to do it from Spain ? 

Any advise is greatly appreciated

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TLDR : Answer Summary

A person in Spain is inquiring about obtaining a 6-month visa for Thailand using their Australian passport. It's advised that they need a residence certificate to apply at the Thai Embassy in Madrid. Alternatively, they can enter Thailand on a 30-day visa exemption, extend it once for another 30 days, then travel to Laos to obtain a 60-day single-entry tourist visa. Another option suggested is to return to Australia to get a multi-entry tourist visa from a Thai consulate, enabling multiple 60-day stays.

Joe ***********

Fly home to Australia - Get a Thailand multi-entry Tourist visa at a Thai Consulate good for 6 months of 60 day stays

6 years ago

Gregor **********

as he will only achieve 180 days in one year from my suggested approach, i think he will be fine

6 years ago

Joe ***********

@Gregor *********

- but your way can more easily be denied - at one point or another as Thai Immigration pursues their announced plan of keeping people from living in Thailand on back to back Tourist Visas and Exempt Entries

6 years ago

Gregor **********

that's the other option. Keep in mind - the extensions inside TH are not overly costly. Only the trip to a consulate outside of TH is. Compare to costs of flying back Australia to the costs of doing the option I offered. The time of stay in TH you will get out of both is just the same

6 years ago

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Gregor **********

option is, fly to Thailand, enter by 30-day visa exempt, extend it one time inside Thailand for another 30 days. Then go to Vientiane, Laos, and get a 60 day plus 30 Single Entry Tourist Visa. after that, exit and come back and get another 3o day exempt. After this you should refrain from leaving & entering for a couple of months . and the door is open again

6 years ago

Helen *******

ORIGINAL POSTER

Yes this is the problem

6 years ago

Tod *********

@El***

, I think they cannot apply for a tourist visa from the thai consulate in Madrid

On the pdf file about tourist visas it says this:

Si no dispone de residencia legal en España, NO puede solicitar visado de turista en este consulado. <- In google translates that says:

If you do not have legal residence in Spain, you can NOT apply for a visa of tourist in this consulate. :O :(

6 years ago

Gregor **********

if this is an optin to do, go ahead !

6 years ago

Ellie *******

Why not get single entry tourist visa during staying in Spain for the first trip to Thailand?

6 years ago

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Ellie *******

Robert *******

You need a residence certificate to apply in the Thai Embassy in Madrid.

6 years ago