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Can I apply for a tourist visa if my DTV visa is not approved in Laos?

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Feb 28, 2025

a year ago

Peter ***********

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Hello

I will apply for Dtv visa from Laos. But if my DTV is not approved, can I apply for a tourist visa with triple entries to re-enter Thailand. 

Greetings Peter

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Peter is applying for a DTV visa in Laos and questions whether he can reapply for a tourist visa (with triple entries) if the DTV is not approved. Comments clarify that if the DTV is denied, Peter may only qualify for a single-entry tourist visa as triple-entry options have been discontinued, and to obtain a Multi-Entry Tourist Visa, one needs to be a long-term foreign resident.

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@Peter **********

IF your DTV is not approved (which is rare up there in Vientiane or Savannakhet) the only tourist visa you could get would be a single entry one.

There is no such thing as a double/triple entry tourist visa anymore. They stopped that when they came out with the 6 month METV <- multi-entry tourist visa back in 2015

In order to get the METV from either thai consulate in Lao you have to be a legal long term foreign resident there, not just a tourist.

a year ago

Anonymous ******************

I think If ur bank account have a real money more than 500kbaht u must have dtv in Laos.

a year ago

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