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Can you apply for a DTV visa without going back to the UK?
Is there a way of applying for a dtv visa without returning to the uk ?
Answer summary
The consensus in the comments is that applicants for a DTV visa generally must apply from their country of citizenship or permanent residency. UK citizens without residence in another country cannot apply from anywhere other than the UK. Some comments suggest that while there are debates about applying through an agent or from a neighboring country, the official stance is that the application must be made from the home country or resident country, particularly due to requirements for police clearance certificates.
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Ginger ******
You need to submit a police clearance certificate now.
If you're a UK citizen and don't have formal residence or citizenship in another country this is getting a legalised ACRO.
You need to get a hard copy ACRO
Then before the Thai MFA will accept it you need to get that legalised by the UK FCDO (or an approved Apostile service)
Takes longer and costs more than your DTV application and approval does.
If you're a UK citizen and don't have formal residence or citizenship in another country this is getting a legalised ACRO.
You need to get a hard copy ACRO
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Then before the Thai MFA will accept it you need to get that legalised by the UK FCDO (or an approved Apostile service)
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Takes longer and costs more than your DTV application and approval does.
Gerry ********
Yes, if you're a permanent resident of another country. Lol
ConfidentR***********
No you have to now be in your country of residence to apply
Craig ********
Are you a UK citizen, then no, unless you are a resident of another country.
پیر ******
I applied in Thailand without going back to London.
David ******
پیر خرفت You can't do that you have to return to your country of residence
Paul **********
Try using a VPN and report back
ConfidentR***********
Paul Franklin VPN still shows government agencies since the verification asks for location settings within 20 meters of your registered address
John **********
@Paul *********
and lie in the application? Good startPaul **********
@John *********
lighten up, don't take everything seriouslyGerry ********
Onjas Stern It would make for an interesting post though! 55
Onjas *******
Paul Franklin all fund and games until they want an interview because the vpn got flagged
John **********
Unless you have permanent residence rights in some other country the only option is to return to the UK to apply and you need to remain in the UK until the process completes
Ant ***********
As of End of August
No !!!
No !!!
Joolz *******
No
John *******
No can only apply from your country of residents
Peter *********
Contact a good agent.
Muri *****
Yes 100k..with guarantee ASK div agents
Gerry ********
Muri Max paying 10x for a visa applied for illegitimately is certainly not the optimal method. 55
Muri *****
Gerry Whelan true .but He asked and that's the only answer or Go home
Cliff *********
Yes .
Be a citizen of USA.
Or France….
Be a citizen of USA.
Or France….
Galenus ******
Mark, try Google first. It's your friend 😂
Daniel **********
Galenus Gold it's called "SOCIAL" media. The clue is in the name 😂
Mark ********
OPGalenus Gold I did but I was asking to see if there was any other options
Za *******
No, there is not
Za *******
No, there is not
Elías ********
Yes: applying for it at any country where you hold a permanent residence card
Luke *******
If you have an address in the uk then my understand is that you apply to the England embassy. Whether you have to be present in the uk is a grey area I think. Yes you need your police check but you these are all access digitally and a paper copy can be scanned over you would still need to outside of Thailand and using a VPN. Maybe too risky… police checks can take a number of weeks as well.
John **********
@Luke ******
you can only apply through the Thai embassy in the UK if you are physically present in the UK. In fact you have to be physically present in the jurisdiction of ANY Thai consulate to apply for any visa at that consulateGinger ******
@John *********
if you are physically present in the UK you still apply for a DTV through the eVisa website. The application is then processed in Bangkok by an outsourcing company called VFS on behalf of the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The new requirement for a police clearance certificate does mean you need to give ACRO proof of a UK address and receive a hard copy certificate sent to that address.
Deepak *******
When DTV was announced two years ago, I ditched my retirement extension, went to the US and got a DTV. It was so easy at that time. Chat gpt helped me create my portfolio to apply for remote work using my own company.
Gerry ********
@Deepak ******
I did similar and feel no reason to believe we won't be able to do it again in 3 years. (I might actually be retired then though!)Mark ********
So many Russian fleeing Hitler have abused the DTV so they changed it to apply from own country of residence
Isa *****
Nope.
Mark ********
So many Russian fleeing Hitler have abused the DTV so they changed it to apply from own country of residence
James **********
Mark Tabner you could always sign out to fight
Rits *************
Mark Tabner if this is true then Thailand should be punishing the Russians not other nationalities
Mark ********
Rits Meter Maid that would be penny wise pound foolish
David ***********
Mark Tabner you're in the wrong place son. the UK needs people like you to sign up
Mark ********
OPDavid Henderson love this comment 🤣
Mark ********
OPMark Tabner it’s looking the same in Vietnam
Alan *****
Can it be done thru an agent. I’ve seen a shop right next to the immigration center I jomtien advertising DTV
Steve *******
Alan Bow the agents only tell you exactly what's on the website and then check your documents to make sure you have everything. So if you know how to read a list, there is absolutely no reason to pay an agent. It's just money for nothing.
Alan *****
Steve Demir no not really. They can bypass putting the 800.000 baht & the waiting of two months for the bank requirement
Gerry ********
Alan Bow for DTV it's 500,000. Try it, at your peril!
Many folks who used agents for the DTV are scared of immigration and are now paying for express/safe entry at the airport every time they enter.
Many folks who used agents for the DTV are scared of immigration and are now paying for express/safe entry at the airport every time they enter.
Alastair ********************
If you look at the visa application requirements you will find the answer your own question!
Andrew *********
Go to a neighbouring country and apply from there I believe is easier and cheaper
Andrew *********
Go to a neighbouring country and apply from there I believe is easier and cheaper
Elías ********
@Andrew ********
that's NOT possible 🤦🏻
Bri *******
@Andrew ********
thats just recently changed. You must apply from your country of residence (home) and also provide a police checkAndrew *********
Bri Poole thanks thought things have changed a little again
GivingPer**********
@Andrew ********
can't do that anymoreAndrew *********
GivingPersimmon1136 Yes, I thought you can leave Thailand, travel to Vietnam and apply for a Destination Thailand Visa (DTV) from there.
You do not necessarily need to return to the UK.
However, there are important conditions in not sure if that has changed but you may be correct if now different
You do not necessarily need to return to the UK.
However, there are important conditions in not sure if that has changed but you may be correct if now different
Copper*******
@Andrew ********
wrong rules have changedGivingPer**********
@Andrew ********
Now you have to do it from the country where you are a citizen or have permanent residency. It is different now, yes
Gerar ********
Simple answer, No.
Only in your home country or country of permanent residency.
Only in your home country or country of permanent residency.
Phil ******
No
Shayne **********
You can be Japanese and get one in Japan.
Quamfy *****
Time to catch a flight buddy
Motivate*********
If your alien
Mark ********
OPMotivatedFrog4797 these comments must be of the original alien decent
Thaimer ******
MotivatedFrog4797 is his alien what?
Mark ********
OPMotivatedFrog4797 that’s why I fki… left to many aliens in England now
Ralph *******
@Mark *******
So you became an alien.Ralph *******
Gerry Whelan I know a few.
Gerry ********
Ralph Tyson Thailand has almost no white immigrants, or even permanent residents.
Ralph *******
Simon Bloodworth No, it’s because they are white and the area they’ve moved to is mostly white.
Don’t forget that a white person living abroad is an ex-pat and non-white is an immigrant.
Don’t forget that a white person living abroad is an ex-pat and non-white is an immigrant.
Simon ************
Ralph Tyson that’s because the kind of people who make those posts are completely Dunning-Kruger!
Ralph *******
Bill Hicks Yes, the irony! Here in New Zealand we have British people coming here to live and they say they left the UK because there’s too many immigrants. They definitely don’t see the irony.
Bill *******
Ralph Tyson It’s amazing how many morons who are immigrants in SE Asia hate immigrants back home, and don’t appear to get the irony of this at all.
Motivate*********
@Mark *******
always come back
Daron ************
Simple answer is No
Martin *******
Daron Mullineaux that’s not true at all. You just have to apply to your home embassy. There is nothing to say you physically have to be there
Joseph *********
Martin Roper you have to apply from your country of residence now and provide flights
Joseph *********
Martin Roper The stamp that you get would clearly show where you got it from. Plus, they will know your route into the country if your last stamp was not your home country.
Martin *******
@Joseph ********
yes and where does it say and how can anyone prove what county you are physically located in when you complete the application online?
Ron *****
Cause you’ve got to get your police record there and show your home residence do they can trace your roots if you f-up here.
Mark ********
OPRon Pad police record is that a dbs ?
Ron *****
@Mark *******
In america I applied to the Fbi at a local business that offers this service.
Shashank *********
@Mark *******
No it's Ecro
Nick ******
Shashank Shekhar Acro
Bill *******
Yes, the 99.2% of the global population who are citizens of countries other than the UK do not need to go to the UK to do this.
Potpon******
If you are a dual passport holder yes…go to your other country you’re a citizen of
If you hold a permanent residence of a country you can apply from there as well
That’s it
Good luck
If you hold a permanent residence of a country you can apply from there as well
That’s it
Good luck
Тодор **********
The new rules say you can only apply from your own country as far as I recall
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