Where can I change my visa with kids in a kid-friendly and inexpensive location from Northern Thailand?

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May 10, 2018

7 years ago

Jessica ********

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I’m after some suggestions of where to go to change visas. We have 5 young kids so somewhere kid friendly, inexpensive and a good Embassy. Leaving from Northern Thailand. Thanks 🙂

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The user is seeking suggestions for kid-friendly and inexpensive locations to change their visa while traveling with five young children, starting from Northern Thailand. Responses highlight the Thai consulate in Vientiane, Laos, as a suitable option due to its accessibility and user-friendliness. There's also discussion about different visa types, including the Non-O visa for volunteering, and considerations regarding turnaround times for visa processing. Other locations mentioned include the potential for travel to Vietnam or Singapore, though Singapore is noted to be quite expensive.

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Jessica ********

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Cool thanks for that!! Is it always a 2 day turn around time for visas? Or should we allow for longer? The foundation we are volunteering with have done heaps of these applications so confident we will have all we need

7 years ago

Jessica ********

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Great thanks 🙂

7 years ago

Tod *********

most consulates you apply in the morning one day and you pick up your passport with the visa in it the afternoon of the next day.

Keep in mind the consulate closures Monday next week ;)

7 years ago

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Tod *********

As long as the place you're volunteering for has given you the correct documentation almost any nearby consulate will work

7 years ago

Jessica ********

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Non o -volunteer

7 years ago

Tod *********

How about saying what visas you're going to apply for?

7 years ago

Tod *********

The thai consulate in Vientiane is a user friendly Thai consulate.

7 years ago

Liam *****

Vietnam usually requires a visa in advance (depends where you're from), and you'd have to go to BKK and fly there

7 years ago

Liam *****

@Jessica *******

If you're leaving fro Northern Thailand I would second

@Tod ********

' advice and head to Laos (presumably Vientiane). You can easily get visas on arrival, it's easy to get there, and while its hardly disneyland there's probably enough to keep your kids entertained for a night or two.

7 years ago

Jessica ********

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@Liam ****

yep...my friend just told me Singapore is crazy expensive. Lol. We clearly haven’t travelled much. Maybe Vietnam??

7 years ago

Liam *****

@Jessica *******

You said inexpensive...

7 years ago

Jessica ********

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