Can I use a travel agency to apply for a Thailand Elite Visa?

You're welcome! Actually, we faced the same problem: the major point would be more about how to explain to your thai bank that you're getting money from abroad freelance work... This might rise some questions as they will potentially suspect you from doing a kind of money laundry :P

@Victoria ********

Yes. When you have to fill up the form from Thai elite visa, they recommend you to tick ''occupation: other'' and then, write down ''freelance''.

This is apparently working for ALL applicants who are getting income from abroad. However, if part of your income comes from Thailand, this is strictly forbidden as again, a working permit is required and you need to declare/register your company :)

We also checked the possibility to set up a company with our lawyer. The minimum investment is around 40k USD and you have to justify minimum monthly incomes + hire 2 thaï employees per adult just to apply for the 1 year visa which is not even 100% reliable for extension... in the end, the 10 years elite visa (which costs a little bit more) sometimes appears as a better option even if it does not give you the right to work in Thailand 😉

Well, I don't think you can lol: we requested 3 elite visa and even for our 11 months baby, they told us that we still have to pay 700 000THB which is the same price as for an adult 😂

Tino Hemmingsen Bingo ! She's actually the one who just contacted me by email ! She certified that the travel agency who contacted me was one of their authorized sellers :D

These agents can proceed to appliance but the payment must be done directly to Thailand Elite office.

ok so at least, now I know that agent can apply for it too :D Thanks for your confirmation !

Denla Amata Yes of course :) but the situation is still confusing: they told me that they are aware that an application was done to the immigration. But they can't tell me if it was done by the travel agency or by their own service.

Again, I didn't know that I was dealing with a travel agency as the agent was using the official thai elite logo and email signature...

The travel agency is now chasing me to send the original documents.

I'm leaving in Cambodia for work thus I only contact them by email.

They replied only ONE TIME to ask me to send them the copy of my passport. I sent it and then no reply since 1 month ! The control should have taken only 5 days according to their first email...

I tried to contact them using different email address, it did not help.

1) I contacted Thailand Elite from their original website.

2) They replied to me by asking to send them the documents for an immigration control.

3) I sent everything and then I wait for 1month

4) I chased them by email and no reply

5) I contacted another Thailand Elite visa page through Facebook (I thought it was the original one because they have the same logo)

6) An agent contacted me by email using the logo in his email signature. He sent me the official application form

7) I send it back to him and when I asked him to which address I should send the hard copy, he gave me a different address

8) I asked him why this address was different: he told me that he was one of the international agents of Thailand Elite but working at the travel agency Discover Thailand Co.,Ltd

9) Now, I'm confused 😅

note: the price he gave me is the SAME as on the official website.