Do South Korean citizens applying for a DTV visa in Vientiane have to pay the 10,000 THB fee despite being exempt online?

Personally, i do not think it is about the Thai Embassy in Vientiane making South Koreans, Malaysians, Singaporeans, Tunisians paying the DTV E–Visa Fee of ฿10,000.- Baht, but more about whether as part of the Biilateral Agreement between Thailand and the other country whether the DTV E–Visa falls under the Visa Fee Exemption Agreement or not between the 2 countries....

Here in this Facebook Group about DTV, there have been 2 successful reports about Malaysian passport holders applying for DTV at the Thai Embassy/Consulate in Malaysia and received the Thai Visa Fee Exemption of RM ∅ Zero Ringgit for their DTV.

However, a Singapore passport inquired several times with the Thai Embassy in Singapore and received an email response saying that the DTV Visa was excluded from the Agreement between Singapore and Thailand. And, a recent Singapore passport holder obtained a DTV E–Visa from the Thai Embassy in Singapore paying the Visa Fee of SGD $500.-

You can certainly apply at the Thai Embassy in Vientiane or the Thai Consulate in Savannnakhet and as you go to the Thai Embassy/Consulate in person to potentially pay cash for the DTV E–Visa Fee of ฿10,000 Baht, you can certainly ask about the Bilateral Visa Fee Exemption between South Korea and Thailand, and if it applies for the DTV, then you can potentially get a DTV E–Visa for Zero, or, if not, then still wish to apply for a DTV E–Visa at the cheapest Thai Embassy/Consulate in the world (Laos) or not....

The easiest answer is:

Login to the Thai eVisa website and fill out an application for a DTV at a Thai Embassy/Consulate that accepts payment via the Thai eVisa website and see whether the price is ∅ Zero or not. You do NOT have to actually Submit an E–Visa application to see the price of the DTV E–Visa....

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Your application won't even progress without payment in person. Suggest you directly visit the consulate and ask if you're in the neighborhood. I've only heard of 1 or 2 Singaporeans who didn't need to pay when applying somewhere like Malaysia (can't recall)

Visa fee waived online… what? You still have to pay to apply online or not