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What should I do if my visa application status is pending document check for an extended period?

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Hi All,

Following is the timeline of my application, still under pending document check.

Oct 17, Submitted online,

Oct 20, DD Submitted at Royal Thai Consulate Mumbai.

Oct 22, Asked for more documents including photo, all pages of passport etc.

Oct 22, Submitted all documents.

Status is pending documents check ever since. Not moving further.

What should I do ?
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The user reports their visa application is currently under pending document check since October 22, after submitting additional documents requested by the Royal Thai Consulate in Mumbai. Comments suggest that applicants should be patient, as processing times can vary, especially during peak seasons. It is also noted that additional document requests can reset the application processing timeline, and applicants are advised to check the consulate's website for accurate information regarding processing times.
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Henrik *****
Henrik *****
Those status messages doesn’t tell you anything useable about when you get your application approved/rejected, and they can move both ways.

You have to read the Embassy website thoroughly and take into account the right now is high season for visa applications.

Most Embassy website gives a very thorough information about processing time.

Additional Documents reset the time counting back to 0, at the day the documents are submitted, so you should count from oct 22 ( and not oct 17 )

Some Embassies process according to travel date ( to the bennefit of the applicant) rathed than application date.

You just have to wait patiently.

Leaving the country where the application was made, is reason to be rejected, and thereby loose the 10.000 Baht visafee.
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Anonymous *************
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@Henrik ****
Still nothing. People are getting approved within 4 days. I feel stuck
Henrik *****
Henrik *****
Do not compare with others applying at other Embassies, than the one you applied at.
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Anonymous *************
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@Henrik ****
I am putting off travel plans as of now
Anonymous ******************
Anonymous ******************
no need to do anything. Nothing you do will expedite visa processing.
Anonymous *************
Anonymous *************
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Anonymous participant 656 I was hoping to take a quick trip to Phillipines before I venture to Thailand for longer. Kind of stuck...The website says can't travel outside country if DTV is pending
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DTV_Be*******
Anonymous participant it has only been two weeks. Some embassies take 6+ weeks. Which did you apply via?
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