What is the process for obtaining a second STV visa for Thailand and what challenges may arise during immigration?

Hello everybody!

Thank you guys for helping me on my last post and here as promised my update on my adventure to get my second STV visa.

Its been a ride but I am finally back in the Land of Smiles with a STV stamp until the 15th of march!

I was able to figure out thanks to you guys how to select the STV on the EVisa application and shortly uploaded all my documents (I already have a condo contract and a long running insurance plan so that wasn’t a problem for me).

I submitted all my documents on 02.12.2021 and was prepared to at least wait 7 days for my visa to be processed but found myself lucky enough to have my EVisa 2 days later in my Email inbox by the Thai embassy in Germany. All in all a very easy and understandable process. Thai pass was also approved a few days later.

So on the 15.12.2021 I started my journey back with my pile of documents to Bangkok.

Once arrived at immigration I did have a little bit of a hick up happen to me.

I wasn’t questioned why I stay so long in Thailand or why I am on my second STV but I was asked to wait for a few minutes because the Thai Embassy in Germany had filed something wrong in my Visa and needed to be corrected which confused me quite a bit. The officer explained nicely enough that something was typed wrong and it had been corrected in the system and I just have to file a complained and they would handle the rest. Has this happened to anybody else? Is it because the EVisa system is relatively new and the Embassies have not fully finessed it yet? Please let me know.

All in all a very smooth procedure and I was more nervous then was necessary about this. I will report back when I get my first extension based on STV visa at the immigration here in Bangkok and until then have a great weekend everybody!