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What does 'Processing Pending Approval' mean for my visa application?

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Oct 17, 2024
a month ago
Michael ********
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Hi there, has anyone had 'Processing

Pending Approval' revert back to request document or anything? Or does that mean I'm pretty much approved and they just need to issue it.

I'm flying in 2 days time so if it's not issued then I may have to risk getting it approved whilst in thailand then doing border run
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The user inquired about the meaning of the 'Processing Pending Approval' status in their visa application, especially concerned about their upcoming flight. Several commenters shared experiences regarding visa approvals, including a situation where additional documentation led to approval shortly after contacting the consulate. One commenter also raised a question about visa fee payments and refunds in cases of disapproval.
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Michael ********
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UPDATE: I emailed the consulate in Sydney saying my flight was on Saturday and about 2 hours later I got the APPROVAL with PDF etc.

Overall I just needed to re-submit 1 document on Tuesday the 15th and today it got approved.

Also my proof of flight into Thailand was for last Sunday and they didn’t seem to care about that. I missed that flight for other reasons.

SO HAPPY
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Henrik *****
Yeah, much better to ask the Embassy than a Facebook group.
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Michael ********
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@Henrik ****
 the embassy dont really respond to questions champ so best to do both
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Henrik *****
That is very different from Embassy to Embassy, some answer in a few hours, others never.

If asking the Embassy, sometime magic things happend, and the visa get approved within hours after asking the visasection of the Embassy, even when they don’t answer the question.
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Anara **************
The visa fee is paid after approval or before? In case of disapproval do they refund it?
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Henrik *****
Why not read the embassy website ?
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@Henrik ****
 I remember reading some cases from this group they paid only after they were told they are likely to be approved. It may only work for walk in applications though
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Henrik *****
And that information you will find at the embassy website.
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Harry *********
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 you need to pay before and no Refund
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Kimberly ********
I’m not sure if this will happen to you but I applied for mine, got approved. Applied for my husband and daughter as dependents. My husband got approved but my daughters needed more documentation provided with a new flight itinerary because the day they were trying to finalize it was the day after we were originally supposed to fly over and it said we couldn’t be in Thailand when they approved the visa. We had just so happened to delay our flight by a couple days due to other circumstances so I provided them with a new itinerary and they approved the next day 🤷‍♀️
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