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What type of visa should I apply for a 27-day Yoga Teacher Training course in Thailand, and do I need to book return flights?

May 29, 2023
3 years ago
Zoe **********
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Hello, I have a Cypriot passport and planning to visit Thailand for a Yoga Teaching Training course in September that lasts 27 days, and i'm interested in staying for a few more days to explore Thailand. I would appreciate if you could please advise on the below:

1. Which type of Visa i should apply; Tourist Visa or Non Immigrant or other.

2. Also, I have read on some websites that in order to enter Thailand, i need to present a flight ticket to another country on the 15th day of my visit. Kindly advise if i need to interrupt the course and leave the country in order to re-enter and if a flight ticket needs to be prebooked.

3. In order to apply for a Visa do i need to have both entry and exit flight tickets booked?

4. Can i apply for a 60 day Visa directly or 30 day and then request an extension?

Thanks for considering my request!๐Ÿ™
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The user seeks guidance on the appropriate visa type for a 27-day Yoga Teacher Training course in Thailand, suggesting a single-entry Tourist visa would be suitable as it allows a 60-day stay with a possible 30-day extension. Additionally, they inquire about the need for a flight ticket to exit Thailand on the 15th day, the necessity of booking both entry and exit flights for the visa application, and whether itโ€™s possible to apply for a 60-day visa directly. Comments confirm that a Tourist visa is recommended and clarify the need for flight tickets when applying for a visa.
Tod *********
๐Ÿญ. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜๐˜†๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—ถ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜†; ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.

As a Cyprus passport holder if you don't BUY a visa before you come here you will get a 15 day Visa On Arrival for 2000baht and you will have to leave after that runs out

You can apply for a tourist visa from the eVisa website at thru the thai consulate in Rome

You want to apply for a single entry TOURIST visa. That will stamp you in for 60 days when you arrive, and you can extend that one time for 30 more days for 1900baht

๐Ÿฎ. ๐—”๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ, ๐—œ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ, ๐—ถ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜. ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐—ถ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.

you are highly unlikely to be able to get out and back on a visa on arrival.

๐Ÿฏ. ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ถ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ?

you go to the website and apply online you show flights to/from thailand when you apply and you upload that in the eVisa system

๐Ÿฐ. ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป? There is no 30 day visa, you apply for a single entry tourist visa ONLINE at the eVisa website thru the thai consulate in Rome, and as I said you can extend that one time for 30 more days at the immigration office once you're here

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Zoe **********
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Thanks a lot Tod! Much appreciated!!
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Tod *********
you want this choice for the single entry tourist visa
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