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What should I include as my city of birth on a Thai Visa application to ensure it matches my passport?

Thai visa application visa denial DTV visa city of birth passport requirements Thai embassy expat experiences immigration issues

Apr 30, 2025

20 hours ago

Nick ***********

ORIGINAL POSTER

My DTV visa request was denied at washington DC royal thai embassy because “the information in the form didn’t match my passport”. They wouldn’t give me any details other than that as far as what didn’t match. I checked everything muliple times.

One of the questions on the form is “city of birth”. I put the city but my passport only says “California, USA”.  Has anyone been denied for this before and for the next time should I put California for that question so it matches my passport?

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TLDR : Answer Summary

A user reported their DTV visa application was denied due to mismatched information between their application and passport, particularly regarding the 'city of birth' entry. They entered the specific city but their passport only mentioned 'California, USA'. Comments from the community suggested that all document information must match precisely, advising to simply reflect what's in the passport for future applications. Many shared experiences of similar issues with Thai visa applications, highlighting the challenges with clarity in form completion and the importance of adhering strictly to documentation details.

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William ***********

Man our government is a bunch of slackers. Letting so many clearly incorrectly filled out passport applications get thru the system. It clearly says on the application to name the city you were born in.

11 hours ago

Christopher ***********

@William **********

Who knows? Could have been correctly filled out with city of birth but the passport processor inputted the State instead?

9 hours ago

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Christopher ***********

Visa processing needs to be contracted out to people who understand the English language. Indians would know what writing ‘none’ or ‘N/A’ in your middle name field meant. No way applicants should lose $400 USD because of such.

11 hours ago

Bent *************

The problem is that Thais’ knowledge of English is very poor - even on embassies!

12 hours ago

Davis ******

@Bent ************

the consular staff are all American local hires

11 hours ago

Nick ***********

ORIGINAL POSTER

@Davis *****

the consultant said they can’t help answer any questions only the immigration officer can and they are only able to be contacted through email. Based on the emails we have sent back and forth they are definitely Thai and do not speak amazing English, so his comment could be valid.

10 hours ago

Bent *************

@Davis *****

Oh my God, US citizens who don’t know that California is a state, not a city! 😂😂

10 hours ago

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Bent *************

Alexandra *******

just put exactly what the passport shows bc they are very mechanical in document checking and only look for differences. pain in the boooootay, I know.

12 hours ago

Glenn *****

For those of you have not dealt with Thai forms. Get used to it or stay home

12 hours ago

Sally *******

I'm always confused when it asks for country as sometimes the drop down list has UK sometimes GB and sometimes England... such a faff to know what to write or where exactly.. using your common sense doesn't always work with Visas..

17 hours ago

Sally *******

The Thai embassy won't know that your city and state are seperate names. Just use what's on your passport.

18 hours ago

Andy **********

"Califorrnia" is also the name of multiple towns in the US, not just a state.

19 hours ago

Rene ******************

I had trouble with the system in January trying to fill it out for my son. I did it four times each time costing $40. I finally just said forget it. He got on the plane and flew to Bangkok and had no problem getting in without it.

20 hours ago

Jordi ********

@Rene *****************

Just without a DTV then?

18 hours ago

Damo ***********

@Jordi *******

her post didnt make sense… no need for visa application if only coming for a holiday and qualify for visa exemption 🙆🏼‍♂️😳

14 hours ago

Rene ******************

@Damo **********

Sorry it didn’t make any sense to you! But yes, he went over just on a passport. And he is still in there.

12 hours ago

Jordi ********

@Damo **********

No sense at all...

13 hours ago

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Jordi ********

William ***********

You should probably get a new passport with the correct information.

20 hours ago

John *******

@William **********

- His information is correct. US passports do not list city of birth but instead only list the state. However, the application asks for city. He is asking if he should list city as requested or instead list the state, as is on the passport

20 hours ago

William ***********

@John ******

wrong the application clearly states name the city you were born in. It has my city listed on my passport. They must just let incorrectly filled out forms to pass thru the system anyway.

11 hours ago

John *******

@William **********

- The comment relates to the fact that American passports don’t not include city of birth, but only the state. While the application for visa says city of birth, it is also required that the answers match up with what is in the passport. Therefore, the question was, should you actually enter the city name on the visa application, even though it is not on the passport or should you enter the state name, which is on the passport, but obviously isn’t the city of birth. I now see that you included a copy of the US passport application. Just because it is collected on the form, doesn’t mean it is included on the actual passport. Everything I find online says it isn’t included in the passport. Is it included on yours? Not sure why everyone would skip that question though, if your argument is correct.

9 hours ago

William ***********

11 hours ago

Nick ***********

ORIGINAL POSTER

@William **********

The application for a passport says that yes but on the Passport it only lists the state. The application I am referring to in the post is the one for the Thai DTV visa. Have you ever applied for a DTV Visa? If not your input on the posted subject is just a distraction.

10 hours ago

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Nick ***********

Christopher ******

@John ******

in my US passport it’s just the state and USA

17 hours ago

Carsten ************

@John ******

US Passports show the "place of birth". That's the city and maybe additionally the state, but not the state only. Therefore it's filled incorrect.

18 hours ago

John *******

@Carsten ***********

That is incorrect. I just looked at mine to confirm, it says the state and then USA. The city is not listed

17 hours ago

Carsten ************

@John ******

i googeled pics of US Passports and all of them state: Place of birth. ALL of them!

EDIT: That's the city.

John *******

John *******

Carsten ************

Place of birth, as i told. That's not the country and not the state, thats's the city.

16 hours ago

John *******

@Carsten ***********

- Dude, you are wrong. Most (if not all) USA passports, for people born in the USA, shows state and country.

16 hours ago

Carsten ************

@John ******

yes, but probably because the guys just are too dumb to fill the correct info. Why does anybody types US if it's a US Document? Place of birth is the City within the country.

EDIT: US you would type when asked for nationality or country.

16 hours ago

John *******

@Carsten ***********

Also, there are many Americans with US passports that were born outside the US. Therefore while it is a US document, there place of birth would not be USA

John *******

- here is mine.

Carsten ************

I got it. Your "places of birth" are not wrong but short of the city.

John *******

John *******

share them then? I literally have my passport here and every other American on here says otherwise

16 hours ago

Jack ********

@Carsten ***********

incorrect boy

18 hours ago

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Jack ********

Wais **********

You need everything to match on all your documents, word for word, letter to letter and number to number. Unfortunately I made a similar mistake and within a day I got the bad news. There is no refund of the fee and you have to start a new application.

20 hours ago

Chang ******

@Wais *********

omg that's nonsense 🙄give him a brake.

19 hours ago

Colin *********

@Wais *********

I put none for the bit saying middle name ,ha,ha, not the same as the passport, paid again

20 hours ago

Colin *********

@Wais *********

was i mistake so not bothered 😕

19 hours ago

Wais **********

@Colin ********

that is super ridiculous 😂 I am not sure if they’re intentionally trying to earn some money for Thai government by these non sense rejection or the operating system is not perfected yet.

19 hours ago

Damo ***********

@Wais *********

human error = rejection… loss of fee unfortunately 🙆🏼‍♂️

14 hours ago

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Damo ***********

Nick ***********

ORIGINAL POSTER

@Wais *********

yea it’s just crazy because the answer to the question is the city… not the state that’s listed on my passport. 😒

20 hours ago

Wais **********

@Nick **********

you might have got away with entering California as the city of birth. But there is too much inconsistencies that I see some people are getting approved in three hours by providing a litter that says “to whom it may concern, Mr. Patel got $50,000 in his checking account in Bank of America.” Signed by a bank manager and time stamped. Then others who actually upload official bank statements are rejected. For your next try it may be better to update your passport info and request a new one before applying again, or if you do want to try entering California as the city of birth hopefully the consulate staff will be an easy going person who will accept it as it is.

20 hours ago

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Wais **********

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