Do I need to be in my home country to apply for a 60-day single entry E visa to Thailand?

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May 27, 2023

2 years ago

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I know to make the E visa 60 day single entry, you should be in your home country?, how do they know which country you are making it from. Many thanks

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TLDR : Answer Summary

No, you do not need to be in your home country to apply for a 60-day single entry E visa for Thailand. However, you must depart from your home country or a country where you have residency when using the visa. The eVisa system may verify your application location through passport pages and required flight tickets.

Ken *************

Apply from your country of residence and they ask for proof of residency. Like a driver's license.

2 years ago

Daniel ************

You have to provide all your stamps in your passport and also provide proof of your flight tickets.

2 years ago

Manfred **********

You don't need to be in your country at the time of applying. However, you need to depart from your home country for the (even connecting)flight that uses the visa.

As verified by checking your boarding pass and your passport stamps.

I don't understand the reason for the rule, but they enforce it strictly.

2 years ago

Tore *********

@Manfred *********

incorrect, you absolutely have to be in the country you apply from when you apply. You declare/sign that you are during the application process AND they ask for your visa pages in the passport. Any open stamp they will see.

Some get away with it when embassy doesn’t check well, but it’s basically fraud.

The big issue is if immigration notice when you arrive that you had an open stamp for example in Thailand at the time of getting the Visa. That can get nasty

2 years ago

Manfred **********

@Tore *****************

I applied through the website of my Embassy while still physically in PH, and it was no problem at all

2 years ago

Tore *********

@Manfred *********

yes, you didn’t get caught. Still fraud and if Thai immigration would have noticed when you entered you would have been denied and banned entry for some years.

You cheated and got away with it, it happens. But it’s a dangerous game

2 years ago

Manfred **********

@Tore *****************

I understand your reasoning, but sometimes it's not possible to follow the rule for time constraints and Embassy processing duration between arriving in your home country and departing again.

2 years ago

Tore *********

@Manfred *********

it is what it is, i don’t make the rules. People can do what they want, but I’m not personally willing to risk getting blacklisted and ruin my chances for retirement in Thailand

2 years ago

Manfred **********

@Tore *****************

well, the Embassy is free to reject such an application for technical violation. That's their right. If they approve it anyway, the lapse is cured I think. But yes, you are on the safest side of always following rules to the letter.

2 years ago

Tore *********

@Manfred *********

it doesn’t matter, even if embassy makes a mistake the responsibility is still yours. Saying “but the embassy approved” when standing at the Immigration desk, when you declared you acknowledged the rules during the application wouldn’t fly.

But again, people can do what they want. I’m just stating what the actual rules are, and the potential consequences

2 years ago

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Tony *********

Probably the IP address would tell them

2 years ago

Brandon ************

You don't need to be in your home country to apply for a single entry tourist visa.

The evisa system requires you to be in the contry you are applying from.

They require you to show pages in your passport and can see if you're in another country.

They also require you to provide your plane ticket from the country you are applying from to Thailand.

2 years ago

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