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Has anyone had their visa application rejected after it was pending approval?

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Jan 17, 2025
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Has anyone experienced their application being rejected after initially pending approval? Thanks!
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The conversation discusses the possibility of a visa application in Thailand being rejected after it is initially marked as pending approval. Comments indicate that the pending status can be misleading, as it may lead to requests for additional documents or outright rejection. There are also concerns about the financial implications of rejection and whether it is possible to resubmit without a fee.
Rey ******
Does rejected mean you lose 340usd or can you resubmit for free
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@Rey *****
 My first application was walking to the embassy in Penang, everything was quite new for me and even for the officer, they rejected my application and They did not take any money, free, unfortunately the online mode is not refundable 😧
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Dany ********
@Rey *****
 you loose the money
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Wayne *********
The pending approval is misleading. The first initial document check is a quick check over. It then goes to pending approval. From that point it can go into request more documents, approved or rejected
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@Wayne ********
 sounds like it leans a bit more towards likely approval since it did pass a document check even if it was a quick one, but not guaranteed
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@Wayne ********
 They already asked me for more documents on Tuesday and the status changed to "documents checked" (or similar) , and on Wednesday it changed to "pending approval", so... I don't know what to think 🤔
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Dany ********
Anonymer Teilnehmer pretty normal actually… and from „pending approval“ to approval or deny or interview or more documents anything can happen and it can take weeks. sit back and relax… the first document check was good so now its time to wait
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Wayne *********
Anonymous participant just have to wait. It's different people throughout the process that do checks, approval is by someone with more authority
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Anonymous ******************
Yes, use the search function.
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Anonymous participant 236 I did and I did not find anyone pending approval and rejected 🤔
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Zaw ************
Anonymous participant mine was sitting in ''pending Approval'' for two days before I received a rejection email
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@Zaw ***********
 Where ? 🤔
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Zaw ************
Anonymous participant HCMC
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Samuel **********
@Zaw ***********
 soft power or workcation
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@Zaw ***********
 Did they give you feedback? Reason?
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Zaw ************
Anonymous participant nothing. I sent a followup email, no reply. My timeline was, submitted on Thursday, additional docs requested on Monday, docs submitted on Tuesday, status changed to ''Pending Approval'' on Wednesday, rejected on Friday evening.
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@Zaw ***********
 May I ask which embassy please? 🙏
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 My status was updated on Wednesday to pending approval, don't know how many days more I should book a hotel, a pain 😧 (HCM).
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Anonymous participant it took 4 business days after pending approval to receive my dtv. Unfortunately it included the weekend so a total of 6 days! 😬 very stressful. This was in Nov, HCMC
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Anonymous participant Well, then yes there are many cases of rejection for various reasons.
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