What should I do if my 60-day tourist visa for Thailand is delayed and I leave soon?

@Dennis **********

@Chris *****

and others. You seem to have Western passports. Another option is to fly into Malaysia (Penang) and obtain your Thai Visa that way. Then hop to Thailand.

This works for Single Entry Tourist Visa and certain non-imm single/multiple categories (mainly non-o/non-b).

METV you must apply in home country or country where you can prove residence.

If you are burning through cancelled air tickets, hotels, and other headaches with local consulates, maybe 2-4 extra nights in Penang might not sound so bad.

Just go out for a night then stamp back in. Flights are cheap.

Thailand is going to be absolutely packed this Christmas, horrible.

Many people are reporting getting their Visas a day or so before they travel as applications are prioritised. Be sure to keep checking for your email right up to departure then, on arrival if you have not received it, connect to the airport free wifi and check again before Immigration.

Good luck. I'm still waiting for a 60 day visa I applied for more than two months ago (LAembassy).

You can't activate the visa while in Thailand.. However, you can exist and enter using the visa.

Money talks. Ask how much for a fast service. My guess baht

Travel to Laos get an online e visa

Wait 3 days for your Thai visa

Enter Thailand by flight or land border 👍

Process was very easy and simple 🙏

Where did you apply?

Send as much info as you can to these email addressed marked Urgent un subject line.

Facebook message them. I got mine last year while waiting for connection into Thailand.

Always give much more time than the website says.

I also emailed the embassy.

Vancouver is a lot faster

Just received ours! 3 days from Vancouver BC Canada

What country you in? 25 days is ridiculous. It's 3 here in Australia

But i really dont get it what is the reason for this to take soo long?!? 2021 when it was not online i got the visa for 2-3 days, and everything was manuall, now we have it online, with AI involved and also a lot of people using visa exempt instead?!?! I dont really get it, and after i researched after the embassies in Europe and some in SEA its the same situation everywhere...

Also Copenhagen, Denmark is reporting longer processing times, 15 to 25 working days.

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The Ottawa embassy has been backed up for years (not joking). They state on their website that processing time is 25 business days. So with both Canadian and Thai holidays, you need 7 weeks. I applied for my Jan 25 trip on Nov 30

We had the same issue in the UK And my mates are also having the same. So ... Now send an email with all your details to the email they send you. Head it URGENT. I did this too late because after I did that the visa only took 3 more working days. You still have time . It can even arrive when you are airbound so make sure you log in before immigration. Failing that, you are in my position. I will extend my 30 days and then leave the country. Instead of seeing it as the headache it really is, we have decided to make a trip to Malaysia and have a few days there. At first we were going to do a day return but that would just be arguments as I am blamed by her indoors for not applying in time

I applied only 15 days before travel which was stupid but I had an unfortunate illness prior to that and ended up in bed sick for a week so I delayed it.

Lesson everyone, try and apply a month before if you can.

Not relevant to you but but UK application was approved in 5 days.

You're correct that you cannot activate the visa in Thailand if it arrives later.

The only thing you can do if you want more time after you arrive and get your 30 day extension would be to leave Thailand and enter again, using your visa at that time.

Can you advise which Thai embassy is processing your application so we're aware to help others?