How can I expedite my non-O visa application while planning to travel on the 12th?

@Tim *********

That 2pm to 5pm availability for phone calls is world wide. One officer in Thai Consulate in Osaka, told me 10 years ago when they introduced that rule - "We can not do any work if there are calls all our work day long".

@Stu *******

If you applied for the Non-O in the UK, you have to remain in the UK until it is approved. Likewise with any other country you might go to and apply from. The reasoning being that they might want to call you into the Embassy for an interview but also that the application would become invalid if they knew you were not where you applied from when it was due to be issued?

BTW, being that you have been married to a Thai for 30 years, would you have a working Thai bank account into which you can deposit or already have deposited the required 400k baht?

@Stu *******

I am not sure that you can go in whilst the application is processing. In Aust immigration applications they cannot approve an outside applied application if you are in the country. And the Aust immi know all that on their system. So it might be a lottery. But when you find out for sure please let us know for reference.

@Stu *******

Yes. But, with the Non-O eVisa you get 90 days + if you need it, 30 more days extension. No need to fly anywhere out of Thai.

@Stu *******

you can fly in tomorrow and when your non-o is approved just nip over to nam or loas then come back in on your 90 day visa just print it off to show immigration

@Stu *******

yes

@Stu *******

Online Non-O eVisa (it is not free, can not remember how much it was, not a significant money) is available to use 90 days after approval and the clock starts ticking when you land into Thai. On it, you can stay 90 days from the day of your arrival to Thai.

Changes to your fligt would be of no significance, don't even mentioned that when applying for Non-O eVisa.

You will need the exact flight date when you submit the TDAC (Thailand Digital Arrival Card) that you can submit online, free, gets approved within minutes. The TDAC you can do not more than 3 days prior to your arrival to Thai anyway.

So, with Non-O eVisa you are good, whenever it is approved, hard to imagine many more days. Then you have 90 days on that visa in Thai. Mine was approved in 4 business days (Osaka Thai Consulate).

If there was a problem with the documents, you would have been informed already.

With DTAC, you can have it printed on paper on your mobile phone.

However, Imm officer would even look at it, as soon as they swipe your passort, your DTAC pops up on their screen.

@David ******

60 day visa exempt…. Means you don’t get a visa ….

@David ******

no such thing as visa on arrival for a UK passport holder.