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How long does it take to get visa approval for Thailand from different locations?

Mar 7, 2025
a month ago
Anthony ******
ORIGINAL POSTER
How long have you guys been stuck on pending approval?

Edit: I applied in the UK

Edit 2: Visa has been approved after submitting all requested documents. Was pending approval for 5 days total
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TLDR : Answer Summary
Users shared their experiences regarding the duration of pending approval for Thai visa applications. The original poster noted their visa was approved after 5 days. Comments revealed a range of approval times from various locations: nearly 2 months, 10 days in Cambodia, 15 business days in Hanoi, 2 weeks from Canberra, 3 weeks from Los Angeles, and around 1 week from Sydney. Additional comments mentioned specific situations, such as transactions from London and Switzerland, showing the variability in processing times depending on the location and specifics of the application.
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Karl *******
Took about 10 days in total (London), but they asked for an additional document in the middle, so possibly longer than usual.
Ti ******
5 days
Joy ******
3 days in Switzerland😊
James *******
Been pending approval since the 29th Feb mate, London embassy
Susannah ********
About a week (Sydney)
པདྨ་ *******************
For me, going through the Los Angeles Consulate. It was 3 weeks both times.
Ziv *************
15 business days in Hanoi
Tammi *****
@Ziv ************
Did they ask for further documents in between those days? 15 days is a lot.
Ziv *************
@Tammi ****
14 business days
Ziv *************
@Tammi ****
didnt ask for any additional docs.

Submitted once with no comments from their side.

After one day it already changed to pending approval and remained like that until approved
Tammi *****
@Ziv ************
How long it remained pending approval till you got approval?
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Gee *****
10 days in Cambodia
Kyle ********
@Gee ****
did you go in person or online? Also do you know how long you have to show the 500k bank balance?
John *******
@Kyle *******
Cambodia always takes 11 buisness days and has to be done online while physically in Cambodia
Kyle ********
@John ******
ok do you know about the bank balance and how long funds need to be in account ?
John *******
@Kyle *******
- Not sure, but I did supply 6 months, and had well over 500K.
Gee *****
Lee-Ann *******
2 weeks from Canberra Australia
Sai ************
I took me 4 days in Hanoi.
David ********
@Sai ***********
how long ago was that?
Ben *************
@David *******
also curious
Tammi *****
@Ben ************
Did you also apply in Hanoi recently?
Ben *************
Tammi *****
Elías ********
It took almost two months for me 😂
Richie-Rich ********
And where did you apply? I’m about to apply from HCMC and I don’t know how long to book. Watching.
Anthony ******
ORIGINAL POSTER
@Richie-Rich *******
online to the London embassy