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What should I do if my Thai Visa application was rejected due to a date of birth typo?
Visa RejectionThailand VisaE-VisaApplication ErrorNon-Refundable FeesImmigration ProcessExpat Issues
Dec 7, 2024
a year ago
Anonymous *************
ORIGINAL POSTERRejected application due to DOB typo via E-Visa LA. Be careful, they really wanted that non-refundable application fee over a pity mistake. Entered the month/date backwards. Proper waste of 13k baht innit. My 4 forms of identification clearly show my DOB or my previous approved E-Visas. Smh…
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A user shared their frustrating experience of having their Thai E-Visa application rejected due to a typo in their date of birth, where they entered the month and day backward. They lamented the loss of 13,000 baht in application fees despite having multiple forms of identification that showed their correct date of birth. The responses included various opinions on the Thai visa application process, the importance of carefully reviewing applications, and criticisms of the system's inflexibility regarding minor errors.
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John ********
Well serves you right. Only the USA as far as I'm aware does dates month/day/year, or year/day/month. Normal thinking countries do day/month/year.
Dan *********
It’s so lame they do this. Thailand is all about finding ways to grab money from folks so it doesn’t surprise me sadly.
Faith *******
@Dan ********
no it's called triple check any official document.Dan *********
@Faith ******
there’s nothing to argue about. I get it yes, we should and need to do that. But it’s still unfortunate that this happens? People are bound to make mistakes. Why are you so against acknowledging that? lolFaith *******
@Dan ********
because i have dealt with federal BS for 17 years on both sides. When it involves money on the line you should always make absolutely sure that nothing is incorrect. It's not like thailand is the only country to keep your money if your visa is denied due to your own error.Reply to
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Luit *****************
@Dan ********
There is no intention to grab money, it is just applicants not check their application, and just like with airline tickets, these errors are critical.Jj ****
@Dan ********
does airlines allow typo to be fixed?Reply to
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Rene ********
Maybe thats their way of IQ testing and you failed 🤷♂️
Myles *******
@Rene *******
its comical reallyReply to
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Tim *******
that sucks. i applied for wife who has only one name, they provide no instructions how to overcome problem (they force you to put in 2 names) so i followed what airlines allow - insert name twice (oh and that was accepted by the UK Thai embassy (different RTE) on a previous issued visa) REJECTED and lost all money
Stephen *******
Same thing happened to me. I must have entered pp date of issue incorrect and visa rejected. Very disappointed they don't have a fix for a simple typo and just grab the $$
Myles *******
@Stephen ******
so because u made a mistake and didnt check info before submitting it is the embassy’s fault?Bauke ***********
@Myles ******
he didn't say it was the embassy's fault, he said it's disappointing they just take the fee with no way to correct a small mistake and I agree, it's a stupid system.Luit *****************
@Bauke **********
There are possibilities to correct, but at the end the applicat agrees this is his data.How many times would you have the system asking you that you are sure you entered everything correct?
In the instructions on the website applicants are warned that this part can not be changed after submitting the application, I think legally there are good reasons to do so.
The only thing not OK is that interpretation of the passport scan can make already entered correct data wrong, it should not be possible to enter this data before interpreting the scan.
But in the end it is user responsibility.
Myles *******
@Bauke **********
well he did in a way as blamed their system as are you! No issue if check and double check what submitting. Only people to think it is a bad system are those who made an inputting error which I guess u did as well!Bauke ***********
@Myles ******
you are making a lot of assumptions, I did no such thing. A system that takes your application fee when a small typo was made is a stupid system in my opinion. If you have a different opinion that's fine, we just disagree with each other. Not blaming the embassy at all, as they didn't make the system and have no control over it. It's someone who hired an IT company with very little skill that is to be blamed I assume.Myles *******
@Bauke **********
no the person who input their data incorrectly is to be blamedBauke ***********
@Myles ******
for the typo? Yes. For the system not allowing a correction to be made? No.Luit *****************
@Bauke **********
the system allows for correction until you submit.You can take as long as you want to check, recheck, double-check and so on.
If you want even the next day, and you can correct anything you want.
The IT system gives all the possibilities to correct input errors, but after submitting the correction possibilities stop, just like with almost all other IT systems.
When you do a bank transfer, you can also correct until the moment you submit, then changing becomes impossible.
When you buy a flight ticket and misspelled your name, it cannot be changed for free after submitting.
Apart from allowing to enter personal data before the passport scan, I think the IT system is OK.
Myles *******
@Bauke **********
why would the system allow for edits after submission? They have to then check each edit as its pretty important info that applicants are submitting. Imagine if someone changed a major factor of their application without it being checked. No edits makes it totally secure for them and it clearly states that prior to submission and that no refunds will be made for errors in submissions. Pretty clear and simple to most people!Bauke ***********
@Myles ******
I guess I should know better than to expect customer service from a government agency.Bauke ***********
An IT system not taking human error into account is bad design. Humans make mistakes, this should be assumed.
Wannikea *********
@Bauke **********
corrections are available, before hitting the submit buttonReply to
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Jk ************
OP is from the UK and look at all the people blaming America. I didn’t realize so many people have such an inferiority complex when it comes to America.
Ben ***********
Ha, Well they applied in LA so that is why - they got used to the American way. As an American this cracked me up. I could tell they were not American based on the "accent" in their writing
Glenn **********
@Jk ***********
well I think these days most people have a superiority complex rather than inferiority complex with the US 😄Reply to
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Ben ***********
It is your faulty. Why were you not born on the sixth of July or the 8th of August so it wouldn't matter? Also, what does "innit" mean?
Jj ****
@Ben **********
or after the 13th of any month so no confusion possibleReply to
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Kent *********
I feel your pain, something happened when I was applying for a VISA this year. The dates flipped on my passport expiration. I was denied, reapplied, paid again and was approved. I did notice that if u don’t save things after you put in a date that things changed on me …weird could be my chrome book and fat fingers
Henrik *****
If you have read the Embassy website thoroughly, you would know there are some informations that can’t be changed after application has been submitted.
So it is your fault not the Embassy.
So it is your fault not the Embassy.
David ******
My middle name (initial) as in error and immediately resulted in denial with no refund... pondered reapplying, which I did... and paid again and was approved.
Martin ********
Whilst I totally agree that Americans think we all should follow their formats and even worse price everything in Thailand in (American) dollars when the Thai currency is baht….and there are numerous other counties using dollars, I still believe that these embassies and consulates see the cost of the visa a bit of a cash cow and could easily allow the simple and obvious typos to be corrected.
John *******
@Martin *******
embassy staff have already said they have no ability to correct typos in the system, so if anything is incorrect, it has to be denied. This is why many were rushing to apply at in person embassies before they switched to online.Luit *****************
@Martin *******
The application as designed by MFA is a bit tricky when it scans picture of passport and might invalidate correctly entered data, but apart from that designerror, the process is OK.How difficult is it to check what you did enter? It are your own personal details.
No idea what happens with the visa fee, an embassy should not make profit I think.
Peter *******
@Luit ****************
Why must one even enter data when it gets all from the passport scan?Luit *****************
@Peter ******
Good question, but not everything is read correctly from the passport picture, also because not all phones used are good quality.But I think it now is wrong, that you can enter yourself, then scan picture and then correct.
Better would be prevent applicant to enter anything before scan passport picture, then after scan ask applicant to check and correct.
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Angelo ***********
@Luit ****************
The visa fee goes to the ministry of foreign affairs ... where else would it go?Luit *****************
@Angelo **********
I don;t know, but because it can be quite a different amount of money in different countries, I thought it might be partly used for expenses of the embassyAngelo ***********
@Luit ****************
In the end yes. But you know: the bean counters want it on a certain account first. And from there the expenses and wages are paid.Reply to
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Myles *******
U make it out as if its their fault u entered something so important wrong. Clearly says no refunds so maybe u should have checked all info before submitting?
Marcin *******
@Myles ******
let's talk about how they don't have validation on their own OCR input. You cannot manually enter 0 in the name and yet when you submit passport and it misreads O for 0 it is somehow your own fault.Myles *******
@Marcin ******
wtf has that got to do with someone entering their DOB incorrectly as they openly admitted? And failing to check the data they are submittingReply to
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Ronin *****
You can be denied entry in any visa. Not even allowed to fly. Just be careful
Marks *********
Are they going to let you reapply right away?
Marks *********
And sorry, I know that has to be very frustrating
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Andrew ***********
The whole world uses the
DD/MM/YEAR system and it would of said so on the date section of application.... Not everything revolves around Americans outdated systems
DD/MM/YEAR system and it would of said so on the date section of application.... Not everything revolves around Americans outdated systems
John ********
@Andrew **********
It's more like, we are different to the rest of the world. As the American saying goes: Its my way or the highway. 😂 😂 😂Ben ***********
@Paul ******
based on your photo i thought you were a chimp. you are much smarter than me. it must be cockney? it’s not ‘proper’ british english. i am sure i would understand it spoken. it’s a strange thing to type IMOPaul *******
@Ben **********
Yes, it's not proper British English, you got that right. It's slang.Reply to
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Brig *******
I hate to see miles/pounds used in place of Km/kg 🥴
Jj ****
@Andrew **********
what about pound and other stupid imperial units?Andrew ***********
@Jj ***
even worse. Whenever I watch those American building shows, 16 inches and 3 4ths . What .... Why not just use mm/cmDrinks measured in Oz.....
Paul *******
@Andrew **********
Yet they now have 2L bottles of water and the medical/scientific industries use the metric system exclusively.Ben ***********
@Paul ******
They are finally getting it. In medical schools they weigh people in stone. It is the “proper” unitPaul *******
@Ben **********
I think it's fine to leave aviation alone as changing feet to meters and knots to km/h might get complicated. However, on a day to day level, I think it might be time to use the metric system on a more extensive basis as was the original plan in the 1970s.
Ben ***********
@Paul ******
i’m a skier and we use cm for the length of the ski mm for the width and measure snow in meters. who cares? people can use two systems and calculate in their heads easily.Paul *******
@Ben **********
It's easy for me, but most Americans can't wrap their heads around the metric system and vice versa for non-Americans (except the British, who still partly use the old system).Ben ***********
@Paul ******
Canadians use both too i thinkPaul *******
@Ben **********
Correct.Jj ****
@Andrew **********
and temperature in °F hahaReply to
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Ben ***********
I don't think this person is American by their use of "proper" and "innit". You can apply via LA and not be American.
Paul *******
@Ben **********
Proper is used in American English too. Innit of course is a Britishism.Ben ***********
@Paul ******
hey dude. their particular use of proper seemed British. Of course everyone used proper sometimes it’s such a necessary word. who knows. no need to over analyze it. i don’t even know what “innit” is. it sounds like Ali G.Paul *******
@Ben **********
Nonsense. There is no particular way of using the word "proper" that differs between different English speakers. You're making things up.Innit is a well known Britishism though, everyone knows that.
Ben ***********
@Paul ******
what is “innit”? is that “ is it”?Andreas *********
@Ben **********
it prolly means isn't it, dig?Ben ***********
@Andreas ********
dig? now i have to analyze this usageAndreas *********
@Ben **********
I speak british and american english, I don't mind to change between the two. BTW I am a german ! My U.S buddy is from a backwater town in Tennessee, and my U.K. buddy is a Liverpoodlian scouserPaul *******
@Ben **********
A shortened version of "isn't it"? Any native English speaker should be able to figure that one out though, you don't have to be British to know it. I'm not British, yet I have zero issues understanding it.Ben ***********
@Paul ******
i made up this entire blog to make a “proper” debate. ******************************************************
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/proper.htmlBen ***********
@Paul ******
every one except me. i would never make anything up. are you kidding me.Reply to
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Ryder ***********
@Andrew **********
as an American I would love to see us use the standard date system, but eveCelsius. Would be to get away from the imperial measuring system. Although, I do like Fahrenheit as it has a bit more specificity than celcius.Ben ***********
@Ryder **********
F makes sense. 0 is cold. 100 is hot. Pounds make sense. If you are 300 pounds you are getting heavy. In Kgs it’s only like 140 which is a low sounding weight. 1 mile is a nice round number 5,280 feet which is one minute drive on the freeway or a 15 minute walk. Km is too short. A km run is just a warm up. They should make a km .5 miles instead of .6 it would be easier to calculateRyder ***********
@Ben **********
as a former builder/carpenter/handyman 300cm would be a hell of a lot easier than 118 and ***
inches, or as some will say 9ft, 10 and ***
inches. And don't get me started on ****
. 16 16 tenths=1 inch, 12 inches=1foot, 3 feet= 1 yard, 1760 yards=a mile. Hell most Americans can't add 2 double digit numbers together without a calculator...Andreas *********
@Ben **********
even at the Olympics, the poorly educated American athletes have to run or jump meters, not yards or miles 😎😂😎😂 that must be so staggering difficult for them 😎Ryder ***********
@Andreas ********
yea, 3 counties use the imperial system. Look them up and then have a good laugh.Reply to
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Miguel *************
@Andrew **********
that was nice of you. 🥲Reply to
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Christopher ***********
Shouldn’t be permitted to reject any application for such reason.
Jj ****
@Christopher **********
their rules... Explicitly written. It seems unfair but that's their system, their country. You don't have to go there. Getting a US visa is very expensive and tough too!Vitaly ********
@Jj ***
US visas are piece of cake compared to Schengen ones. Speaking of "their rules" - in my experience about a third of Thai-produced papers I get have serious typos and still get mai-pen-rai'ed through. Most recent examples: a school letter required to transfer Non-ED and -O had my name prefixed with "Mrs" and my daughter's name misspelled - the school refused to re-do the letter and was absolutely right as the immigration couldn't care less and accepted the letter as is; another one is a building ownership title from the land office: for some unknown reason they dropped the mooban number from the address, making it ambiguous (we have 4 moobans in our tambon) - the lawyer says it's obviously wrong, but as long as the paper was issued by the land office itself, it's sort of okJj ****
@Vitaly *******
haha 😅Reply to
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Myles *******
@Christopher **********
why not if somebody is too lazy to check they input their info correctly?Luit *****************
@Christopher **********
It is not the fault of the embassy people don't read the warnings and don't check what they entered and what the app made as a resultIf they do not reject, you will have an invalid visa which might refuse entrance in the country.
There is no other possibility than rejecting.
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