Answered2 years ago
What are the current costs for the DTV Visa in different countries?
How much are you paying for the DTV Visa? I often see 350,- USD here but I applied in new zealand and they charged me 2000,- NZD (roughly 1250,- USD) through the thai embassy?
Answer summary
The cost of the DTV Visa varies significantly by country due to different embassy pricing structures. For instance, applicants from New Zealand reported fees as high as 2000 NZD (approximately 1250 USD), while typical costs in other countries range around 350 USD to 650 CAD. It's noted that fees charged in New Zealand are among the highest globally, with many suggesting that applying directly in Thailand or at more affordable consulates is preferable to avoid exorbitant fees in Wellington. Various commenters shared their experiences and fees from other locations, illustrating the discrepancies in visa costs.
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Josep *********
From Spain 350โฌ
Lyle *********
Christ - as a kiwi, NZ is the last place Iโll be applying for visas. It seems like everything is just stupid prices there atm. Gonna do it in Cambodia lol
Toni *******
Here is a list of prices for you :)
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Toni *******
Finland is 350โฌ
Shawn *************
$400 US charge when I submitted my package to the LA consulate
Eric *******
Wonder if I take 10,000 baht to Cambodia if they will accept it
Ray *****
@Eric ******
$400 USD is the price in Phnom PenhLyle *********
@Ray ****
basically 13,000 baht so not far off. Compared to NZโs 45,000 baht
Sarah *********
New Zealander here and we decided as a family to apply elsewhere due to the cost. We have friends who got stung $1,000 per person (including kids as young as two) for tourist visas in NZ.
We figure the cash we save in fees we can have a nice mini holiday somewhere while we wait for processing.
We figure the cash we save in fees we can have a nice mini holiday somewhere while we wait for processing.
Lyle *********
@Sarah ********
same, kiwi here and I donโt get how other countries offer the visa for 10k - 15k baht, while NZ is charging 45kโฆ just a blatant rip off. Nothing new in NZ tho, a bloody basket of groceries will cost you $300 these days, $100 a few years agoTod *********
@Sarah ********
wise choice, and especially now that most people get in FREE for 60 days there is no need to have kiwis buy tourist visas to come here for 2 monthsSarah *********
@Tod ********
yup. Based on hubbyโs research not mine.
Wannikea *********
New Zealand is on another planet for fees
Andy ************
@Wannikea ********
NZ is on another planet for everything! ๐๐๐Paul *********
@Wannikea ********
exactly I got METV back in March just before it went up to 1000 bucks Iโm definitely looking at somewhere else for the DTV nxt year 2k is criminal it doesnโt surprise me at all Nz will one day realise what itโs doing to itโs own country
Mar *****
W๐ฒW...
That's Unbelievable JeFF....
They paying for a New Embassy or something or need extra "Tea Monies"
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That's Unbelievable JeFF....
They paying for a New Embassy or something or need extra "Tea Monies"
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Martin ********
The price should be the equivalent of 10,000 baht in whatever currency. If the cost is considerably more you may well have been duped into a scam site.
Luit *****************
@Martin *******
In most countries it is considerable more, allthough if Thai baht is continuing to get more and more expensive like last months, it will reach a realistic amount in the near future.
Lili ********
Nope last night I paid 16,500 Baht to embassy in Ottawa n they do not like my letter from dentist n want a dental plan n he has no idea what the patient look like. I have a bank statement n they want something else.
Seb ********
Nope, itโs not even close to 10k THB.
Martin ********
@Tod ********
no need to be rudeTod *********
Tod *********
Okay people let's get our sh*t sorted
The consulates are free (within limits to set the price for the DTV) MANY consulates don't take thai baht for visa fees so they set the price in THEIR currency
This is the breakdown for consulates around here
๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฎ๐ธ๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ต๐
๐ฃ๐ต๐ป๐ผ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ป๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฆ๐
๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฆ๐
๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ,๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฌ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ
๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ ๐๐๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ฟ, ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ด & ๐๐ผ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ญ,๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฅ
๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐๐
๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐
๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฆ๐
๐จ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฃ
๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐
๐๐ก๐
๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ญ๐
Hands down Wellington is most expensive thai consulate IN THE WORLD bar none ๐ฎ They raised their prices just before they switched over to the eVisa online system
I have been telling people in New Zealand since they raised their prices NOT to buy ANY visa from the thai consulate in Wellington and just come here free stamp, then go get the visa at a nearby thai consulate where the prices are more in line with what they should be
The consulates are free (within limits to set the price for the DTV) MANY consulates don't take thai baht for visa fees so they set the price in THEIR currency
This is the breakdown for consulates around here
๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฎ๐ธ๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ต๐
๐ฃ๐ต๐ป๐ผ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ป๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฆ๐
๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฆ๐
๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ,๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฌ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ
๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ ๐๐๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ฟ, ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ด & ๐๐ผ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ญ,๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฅ
๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐๐
๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐
๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฆ๐
๐จ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฃ
๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐
๐๐ก๐
๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ญ๐
Hands down Wellington is most expensive thai consulate IN THE WORLD bar none ๐ฎ They raised their prices just before they switched over to the eVisa online system
I have been telling people in New Zealand since they raised their prices NOT to buy ANY visa from the thai consulate in Wellington and just come here free stamp, then go get the visa at a nearby thai consulate where the prices are more in line with what they should be
Christian *********
@Tod ********
so I take it you donโt need to apply from your home country? You just cannot in Thailand during the application, is that correct?Also, is there a time limit that you need to enter Thailand before to use the DTV? Can I apply for it 4 months before my entry date?
Tod *********
@Christian ********
most consulates don't want you to get the DTV earlier than 3 months before your travel
Greg *******
@Tod ********
from a very good friend Hi Greg,
Earlier this year, the Thai embassy in New Zealand adjusted visa fees and irrespctive of the visa you apply for, it's between 4 and 8 times more in New Zealand than anywhere else. I wrote to the ambassador and the visa section about it and they did not reply. I wrote to the Prime Minister of New Zealand and the New Zealand embassy in Bangkok and both said they would follow up with the Thais - that was months ago and no change. The foreign Minister of NZ contatced me after the Prime Minister referred my email to him....and he said he was concerned about it and would look in to it, but nothing. My best guess is that they somehow messed up the exchange rate from THB to NZD and that is the cause. Certainly, there does not seem to be any other reason for it!
Tod *********
@Greg ******
i emailed the consulate in Wellington when they announced the changes would take effect and they said they were "in line" with what other consulates were charging. I messaged them back asking them to show me one consulate charging what they were going to charge, and they never answered
Jared *********
@Tod ********
the two in Laos are.listed in baht rather than the local currency. Is this an exception to your comment regarding being in "THEIR currency " ?
Paul *******
@Jared ********
Yes, for some reason, the Vietnamese consulates only take USD, even though Vietnam is now an entirely VND economy with a stable, though low value currency. The Australian consulates charge in Dong, not AUD or USD in Vietnam. It's interesting that the Thais are only taking USD there, but fortunately, it's easy to obtain. Just go to a moneychanger in town and exchange Dong for USD to pay for your visa.Tod *********
@Jared ********
๐ they ONLY take thai baht for visas in Lao because Lao Kip is as worthless as toilet paper ๐ And if you read it I said ๐ ๐๐ก๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ <- meaning some DO and I listed them first ๐
Jared *********
@Tod ********
good to know, thanks!Paul *********
@Tod ********
good work
Jeff *********
@Tod ********
thanks!
Tommy ********
If you canโt figure that out by your embassy should you be really applying?
Elรญas ********
400,000 Korean won here in Korea. That translates to US$298 as for today's rate.
Tod *********
Anders *******
3000 Swedish krona (Skr)
About โฌ250
(Edit: 3500 Skr (about โฌ310)
About โฌ250
(Edit: 3500 Skr (about โฌ310)
Lasse ***********
@Anders ******
3500 SEKAnders *******
Chris ******
Can you post the website you tried to use?
Elรญas ********
@Chris *****
there's only one for all countries using the e-visa system ************************
Chris ******
@Elรญas *******
im trying to figure out if he used a scam website
Michael **********
OP@Chris *****
it was charged by the thai embassy in wellingtonChris ******
@Tod ********
wow. Interesting ;)Paul *********
@Elรญas *******
yup itโs correctly priced I emailed them about it
Todd *********
@Chris *****
no - thatโs the official site and price . Welcome to New ZealandElรญas ********
@Chris *****
I see. But NZ$2,000 is the "right" price, as stated by the Thai Embassy in Wellington.
Helen ********
$650CAD in Canada. Every Embassy charges different amounts and NZ is the most expensive.
Taylor **********
@Helen *******
where in Canada did you apply?!!Helen ********
Manitoba and west is Vancouver, everywhere else is Ottawa. We were in Alberta so used Vancouver. My husband had his approved in 2 hours and my dependent took about 24hrs.
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