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Jul 1, 2025
13 days ago
Nick *******
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A quick note to the group to say thanks for the advice and for answering my silly questions. My wife got her non-immigrant OA visa yesterday and I got mine this morning, 15 hours before our flight and 6 hours before we would have had to make a lot of changes to our reservations. Anyway, it was a struggle at times but we got there in the end and are on our way in 5 hours. Thanks again 🙏
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The post highlights the successful acquisition of non-immigrant OA visas by the author and their spouse shortly before their flight, thanking the community for support. Comments reveal the application process can take around 5-7 weeks due to documentation requirements and potential delays from holidays, stressing the importance of having all necessary paperwork ready in advance.
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Mike *******
Well done. My O visa was issued on Saturday. Very happy.
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Nick *******
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Congratulations,
@Mi**
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How long did the two approvals take from initial application?
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Nick *******
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About 5 or 6 weeks,
@S**
, but there were several UAE and Thai holidays during that period. The insurance took the longest to sort out, and forgive me if everybody knows, but it's best to get all the documents such as air ticket, police clearance, evidence of accommodation etc ready to upload because if you get stuck for 14 days, you slide down the snake, your application is deleted from the system and you have to start again.
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What I hadn't reckoned with was being asked for an attested marriage certificate, which subsequently had to be translated into Thai. My wife is Japanese, not Thai, so it was a bit of a surprise and took getting on for 3 weeks. We'd had our certificate attested in 2011 so I thought we were lucky until they announced that the UAE brought in a 10-year shelf life last year. So maybe it was closer to 7 weeks in total. I thought I'd left plenty of time but it went up to the wire.
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David ******
Good luck
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@Nick ******
 safe travels and Happy retirement. Hopefully see you soon for a pint 😉
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Nick *******
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Thanks,
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. See you there.
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Fill in a TDAC arrival form before you leave.

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Nick *******
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Done this morning,
@Wann****
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👍Safe travels
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