Why are Thai visa fees in New Zealand significantly higher than in other countries?

Why get it at home?

They are terrified you will go, see how great it is compared to the NZ shit hole and not come back. Price is the best destroyer.

Multi entry thai tourist visa might be a cheaper option

You can apply for a 60 day visa on the Thai e-Visa Portal for $180 then extend it once in Thailand for another 30 days giving you 90 days

Because your kiwi's and no one wants you

Yes, especially nowadays that all Thai Embassies and Thai Consulates around the world all use the same Thai eVisa Website and issue Thai E–Visa PDF Files

The most egregious examples are the Thai Tourist E–Visa's, both Single Entry Tourist E–Visa (SETV) and Multiple Entry Tourist E–Visa (METV) Fees at the Thai Embassy in Wellington, which, honestly, have no rational basis to Thai legal documents (Gazetted in the Thai Royal Gazette), regardless of actual costs on the ground at the Thai Embassy in Wellington

Also, for the remainder of this year ( 5 July 2026 to 31 December 2026 ), the Thai Embassy in Wellington is offering a "Discount" on their Thai E–Visa Fees, which only underscore the immediate need for the Thai Embassy in Wellington to permanently revise all of their Thai E–Visa Fees to be in line with the rest of the world and all the other Thai Embassies and Thai Consulates around the world

Also, payment for Thai E–Visa Fees for the Thai Embassy in Wellington is also done via the Thai eVisa Website, so another inexplicable reason why their prices are so different from all the other Thai Embassies and Thai Consulates around the world

Thailand is embracing its inner “Sales prevention program!”

NZ Passport NZ$247

AU passport A$422

Don't complain 😞

We normally go for 60 -90 days over the NZ winter .. might need to do the 30 days on arival, 3 weeks vietnam then fly back for 30 days on arrival Thailand again, then fly back to NZ

High rent, the Embassy in Wellington is about as big as the US. On the flipside, a Thai can get a 1 year METV to NZ for $450.

Crazy price in NZ. Why not plan a vacation in Vietnam (or one of the other neighbouring countries), get your non-O there and then get a cheap flight to Thailand.

WOW. Maybe they don't need you there for 60 days

You might as well apply for DTV or something else for that price

I was amazed at how cheap the visa was in Thailand and other countries. NZ Thai visa's are way over priced with no valid reason 🤔

Cheap ticket to aus, apply from there then head to Thailand.

Why don't you contact the MFA in Thailand and ask them?

It's commonly known as greed

I hold a NZ passport and applied for the Non O from Brisbane, 1900 baht, sounds cheaper to just grab a cheap flight across the ditch and do it there $800 is just ridiculous

What about getting a retirement visa? Wouldn't that be more cost effective and allow for more freedom with regards to how long you could stay?

That a shocker

How long you coming for

How many times have you been in Thailand in the last 12 months ?

I payed 35 euros for a single entry 60 day tourist visa.

Fly to another country and apply is possible.

Yeah I wanted 90 days but wow....I got told we the worst here in NZ..🙄

Every consulate is free to set their own prices, the NZ consulate is by far the most expensive.