Answereda year ago

Do visa approvals in Thailand happen on weekends or only business days?

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Jim **********

asked Jun 6, 2025

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Am waiting in Phnom Penh for my visa application result. It’s been sat at ‘processed, pending approval’ for 2 days, and my flight back is tomorrow. Before I book an alternative flight, does anyone know if the approvals only happen Mon to Friday, or do they also process at all on the weekend ??

Thanks

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The user is currently waiting for a visa application result in Phnom Penh, with their application marked as ‘processed, pending approval’ for two days. They are concerned about the timing of approvals and whether they occur over the weekend or only on weekdays.

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Anna *********

Lots of people have posted about approvals coming through late at night and Sundays etc so it just seems to happen when it happens

Some people have contacted the embassy about upcoming flights and the approvals have been almost immediate so that may be worth a try

a year ago

John *******

Approvals are only made on business days, but it seems that in some situations, the online system updates slightly later. So it is possible that the staff approved an application today but it doesn’t show up in the system until tomorrow. When did you apply?

a year ago

Jim **********

@John ******

appliedclate May but had to supply a missing doc which i did on Tues. it was moved to ‘Pending Approval’ the same day, but has not moved since.

a year ago

John **********

@Jim *********

they say it takes 10 working days on their website, excluding the day you submit your application. The 3rd of June was definitely a holiday, the 2nd may also have been. So what date did you actually submit your application?

a year ago

John *******

@John *********

- I think of it similar to how in person submissions worked. You could only submit 9-11:

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. Besides the recent delays, I was previously following Cambodia turnaround times (when it actually was almost universal 10 days plus 1 submission date=11). Previously, if someone submitted afternoon or evening it almost always was 12 days.

a year ago

John **********

@John ******

certainly true if you submit outside of normal working hours, including weekends

a year ago

John *******

@John *********

also, I think people need to also realize, if you submit in the afternoon or evening, that is really a next day submission.

a year ago