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What should I include as my city of birth on a Thai Visa application to ensure it matches my passport?
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Apr 30, 2025
a year ago
Nick ***********
ORIGINAL POSTERMy 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?
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?
TLDR : Answer Summary
The user experienced a denial of their DTV visa application at the Royal Thai Embassy due to inconsistencies between the application form and their passport. They specifically mentioned that while their application stated their city of birth, their passport only lists 'California, USA'. Comments suggest the importance of aligning all details exactly between documents and recommend using the state name as it appears on the passport for such fields. Many users shared similar experiences of strict document matching and the challenges faced while dealing with Thai visa applications.
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Wayne ********
If you put the city that you were born in instead of the state, that is why your application got rejected the application for the visa is misleading because nowhere on your passport bio page does it list a city of birth, only place of birth, which is the state/USA
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.
Christopher ***********
@William **********
Who knows? Could have been correctly filled out with city of birth but the passport processor inputted the State instead?Reply to
Christopher ***********
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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.
Bent *************
The problem is that Thais’ knowledge of English is very poor - even on embassies!
Davis ******
@Bent ************
the consular staff are all American local hiresNick ***********
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.Bent *************
@Davis *****
Oh my God, US citizens who don’t know that California is a state, not a city! 😂😂Reply to
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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.
Glenn *****
For those of you have not dealt with Thai forms. Get used to it or stay home
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..
Sally *******
The Thai embassy won't know that your city and state are seperate names. Just use what's on your passport.
Andy **********
"Califorrnia" is also the name of multiple towns in the US, not just a state.
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.
Jordi ********
@Rene *****************
Just without a DTV then?Damo ***********
@Jordi *******
her post didnt make sense… no need for visa application if only coming for a holiday and qualify for visa exemption 🙆🏼♂️😳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.Jordi ********
@Damo **********
No sense at all...Reply to
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William ***********
You should probably get a new passport with the correct information.
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 passportWilliam ***********
@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.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.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.Reply to
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Christopher ******
@John ******
in my US passport it’s just the state and USACarsten ************
@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.John *******
@Carsten ***********
That is incorrect. I just looked at mine to confirm, it says the state and then USA. The city is not listedCarsten ************
@John ******
i googeled pics of US Passports and all of them state: Place of birth. ALL of them!EDIT: That's the city.
Carsten ************
@John ******
Place of birth, as i told. That's not the country and not the state, thats's the city.Mark ******
Mark ******
@John ******
one of the photos you put on had ‘Califonia’ spelt thus.John *******
@Mark *****
I pulled from the first 3 photos Google showed. However, I am not showing you mine. Are you arguing that US passports do include city?John *******
@Carsten ***********
- Dude, you are wrong. Most (if not all) USA passports, for people born in the USA, shows state and country.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.
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 USACarsten ************
@John ******
I got it. Your "places of birth" are not wrong but short of the city.Mark ******
@John ******
California is spelt incorrectly lolol so obvs fakeJohn *******
@Carsten ***********
share them then? I literally have my passport here and every other American on here says otherwiseJack ********
@Carsten ***********
incorrect boyReply to
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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.
Sean **********
@Wais *********
that happened to me as well.Chang ******
@Wais *********
omg that's nonsense 🙄give him a brake.Colin *********
@Wais *********
I put none for the bit saying middle name ,ha,ha, not the same as the passport, paid againColin *********
@Wais *********
was i mistake so not bothered 😕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.Damo ***********
@Wais *********
human error = rejection… loss of fee unfortunately 🙆🏼♂️Reply to
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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. 😒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.Reply to
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