APPROVED - HCMC via Muay Thai
I owe this post to all of you, as this group has offered such valuable advice during my months of researching this visa.
Applied: Sunday January 5th, 4pm
Requested Additional Doc: Wednesday 8th, 11am
Submitted Additional Doc: Wednesday 8th, 6pm
Status Changed from "Document Check to Pending Approval" on the morning of Thursday 9th
Approved: Sunday 12th, 10:54pm (By email with visa attached as PDF)
I guess it did take 5 business days, or 7 calendar days, to receive full approval.
The additional requested documents was a Training Schedule of my Muay Thai classes. For this, I simply went onto my gyms website, took a screenshot of the their training schedule and submitted that. The other request was for 6 months bank statement. When I applied, I accidentally submitted 5.5 months. I have had 500k THB in my account for the past 3 months.
The gym I signed up with: [members only]/
Management was fantastic to deal with. Very fast responses and I helpful. They have all sorts of different packages, but I signed up for 1 month unlimited training. I also visited this gym and trained there before committing to the course.
A little tip, I pre-filled 95% of the application while I was in Thailand 24 hours before landing in Vietnam. When I arrived at my hotel in HCMC, I uploaded my passport page with the immigration entry stamp, boarding pass and a copy of my hotel booking invoice. So, I basically spent about 5min submitting the final docs.
Well...it's time to go celebrate with a fully loaded Bahn Mi before I fly out Bangkok tomorrow! 🤣
Good luck everyone!
TLDR : Answer Summary
The user successfully applied for a Muay Thai visa, receiving approval in 5 business days after submitting the application and additional documents, including a training schedule and bank statements. They provided tips for pre-filling the application and submitted important documents upon arrival in Vietnam.
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