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Is a criminal report required for a Special Tourist Visa (STV) application in Thailand?

Special Tourist Visa Thailand Visa Requirements Criminal Background Check Visa Application Process Expats in Thailand

Péter *******

asked Jan 7, 2021

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Special Tourist Visa related question!

Does anybody required to present criminal report to this type of VISA application?

Mine states nothing. (I have never ever committed a crime)

The problem is not to get one but it is hard to get a fully duty notarised one. (lot of paperwork and waiting time from my home country foreign ministry).

I just wonder does anybody else (other nationalities) required to present this doc too?

I am hungarian btw.

Answer summary

A user inquired whether a criminal background check is necessary for applying for a Special Tourist Visa (STV) for Thailand, noting that their application does not state it as a requirement. They expressed difficulty in obtaining a notarized report from their home country, Hungary, and sought insight from others who may have needed to provide such documentation. Comments suggested ambiguity around this requirement, with some questioning the necessity of a criminal report for a tourist visa, while others shared alternative methods for obtaining the necessary report.

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Michael *******

So I figured out there are two ways to do this. One is to go through the fbi and get finger printed through usps or mail it in. The other is to go to a website called sterling and have usp scan your fingerprints which go through the Fbi. Both work for the STV process and around 70 dollars each

6 years ago

Bruce *****

I’m amazed that this is a requirement for a STV maybe a retirement but tourist? Give it a miss till it all settles down and only normal arrangement apply

6 years ago

Sergejs *********

...one remote question, are you following Thailand domestic news?

6 years ago

Kathy ****************

US does for retirement visa

6 years ago

Péter *******

i have already taken care of everything (paperwork etc) if i wont be able to fly i can deal with it...

I just really would to know the hungarian Thai embassy is the only one to require this doc (criminal report)?

6 years ago

Jill ******

@Péter ******

it was required for an STV for Australia.

6 years ago

Péter *******

@Sergejs ********

a lot of local lockdowns everywhere, but no international lockdown or what is your point?

6 years ago

Sergejs *********

@Péter ******

exactly first part of sentence. moreover, there is an open date on local lockdowns and other provinces may be easily added.

you certainly can take efforts to fulfill bureaucratic requirements of STV now, but, in my opinion, there is a substantive risk that substantial conditions of entry and actual stay in Thailand may change drastically for quite of time.

6 years ago