What should I do if my non-O visa is still pending approval before my travel date?

I applied for an OA visa from the Canberra Embassy a few years ago and it arrived a day before I was due to fly out (and a day after I had changed my flight because I had no visa). Best to lie about the day you fly out so you get your visa on time.

I am aware that the London embassy likes to approve it nearer the time of the departure …. I assume it gives you longest possible time to present it when entering Thailand should initial plan be postponed.

In the UK, my visa arrived the day before my flight. I wasn't panicking, as I had already changed my flight for other reasons, but it does cause unnecessary stress for the applicants

took 12 working days days for me in malaysia to get mine

We received my husband's non-oa in less than 24 hours in the US and our subsequent visas in less than 24 hours. I know all consulates are different. Have you tried emailing or calling them?

My DTV visa (via Canberra) has been pending approval since July 16th and I fly out on the 27th August . . . .

Hi, I did a non o marriage 90 day through the Canberra e-visa. Applied 6th July with a fly out date of 5 August. The e-visa dashboard showed documentation got verified and moved to pending approval on 14th August. It sat on that status for a worrying amount of time, then on 3 August the e-mail approval came in at about 6pm.

My wife and I had bought one way air tickets that could have a date change and the plan was to reschedule for 8th August if it didn’t come in by 6pm 4th August with a backup plan to further reschedule if still nothing by 6th August. Fortunately that wasn’t necessary. It would have been some trouble because hotel or Airbnb accommodation would need to be also booked as we had left our previous home and sold/ shipped almost everything

You can always go ahead and make your scheduled flight and enter visa exempt for 60 days and deal with the visa later if you don't get it before your current scheduled departure date.

I have had 3 non o issued via canberra and 2 were aproved just a couple of days before the travel date i had on the application. You can log back on the site and look what the staus is. Still a few more days for your tdac.

Ours took 5 weeks via Sydney. Our return date was 3 weeks after submission. Made no difference… Had to return to Thailand. When we received it last Monday we exited Thailand and activated the visa yesterday on return.

Perhaps you should have got the agent to do the visa, for you in Thailand.

I have no idea about your Embassy but the UK don't usually notify approval until shortly before your trip. Have you considered contacting them. Have you checked the status of your application on the e-visa site?

If you have to arrive visa exempt I believe you would have to leave Thailand to activate the non o

Why is an agent waiting for you if you've already applied for the visa and it's issued?

Only fill in boxes with an asterix* on tdac form.

Visa number is an optional field on the TDAC. You can leave it blank