Do I need to be in Vietnam while my DTV application is being processed?

@Cameron **********

yes i 'am residing in France, i used an electricity bills for that

@Tom ****

are you a resident in Paris, is this why you choose this embassy? Also for proof of location is it just I'd bank stayement with the Paris address?

@Cameron **********

yes and use a refundable one way fly ticket from my home contry to Thaïland.

@Tom ****

how did you do this, just apply to the Paris embassy on the evisa?

@Kool ******

the Thai embassy in Vietnam has no connection with Vietnamese immigration, and therefore has no way of knowing that you have left Vietnam. As proof, I managed to get my e-visa from the embassy in Paris while traveling in Australia,

@Jonathan **********

immigration has all your entry, and exit details. They also don't start processing your application immediately when you apply. If your immigration exit stamp shows you left Vietnam before they started processing your application when it came up in the queue, you better return immediately and send them proof you are there, or the rejection can be expensive. They asked for proof you are in Vietnam. What happened to others has absolutely no relation to your case at all. You can't argue with them. If you don't return, and your immigration entry stamp shows it, no matter what you say, they will reject you. They do verify your location by your entry, and exit notations in the computer. They know exactly when, and where, you entered, and exited the country, as it is all in the immigration computer system, and for every country you've entered and exited.

@John ******

my point exactly he is not giving full details of what happened. Everyone complains about Thai process being over ownerous but this is why people stuffing it up for those doing the right thing. So many people trying to scan Thai system

@Jonathan **********

- How long did you stay? Since the visa process is about 5 days, it seems like you would have only been there a day or two? Why did you rush out, if you were actually there? Did you supply proof that you were there in your original application? What additional proof do they want?

@Jonathan **********

Indeed all Thai embassies implement the general rules different. The content of these websites is somehow building up with content of MFA and sometimes difficult to find.

But the rules you should not be in the country you apply a visa for and are available in the country where you apply are logical rules, not only for Thai visa, but also for visa from other countries.

I always wonder why so many people here want to ignore them with the risk of being rejected.

@Rober ******

Thai embassy in The Hague Netherlands website tells you should be in Netherlands during the whole process.

IMPORTANT:

Thai Visa is for entering Thailand. It is therefore issued to those who are outside of Thailand and will visit Thailand. Therefore, your visa application will be rejected if you are already in Thailand during the visa process.

Royal Thai Embassy, The Hague, has the authority to provide visa service only to those who are in the Netherlands for the entire visa process. Therefore, your visa application will be rejected if you are outside of the Netherlands.

@Luit ****************

it does not say you have to be there in the entirety of the process.

@Elías *******

Same warning in red letters also at Dutch embassy