Ok so I had my pet flight Covid test, here in the U.S. it states PCR POCT, which is the same test as the RT PCR, however it does not state RT, will this be an issue? Freaking out a bit as clinic said same test, just worried about immigration..,.

I received an email from the Jakarta Thai Embassy that due to unforeseen technical issues the launch of the Evisa system has been delayed. They cannot confirm when the launch date will take place at the moment and to check updates from their facebook page/website.

Here comes the much-anticipated travel tax

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I know that this is not about a Thai visa, but it might be of interest to anyone who had bought a visa to enter Laos in order to renew their Thai visas there. I just received an email from the Laotian consular services to inform me that my evisa, which expires on the 15th of May, has been extended until the 31st of December. They even included my new evisa with the mail. So a bit of good news for those who thought they had lost a few Baht.

My experience of getting METV e-visa at Royal Thai Embassy in Copenhagen.

Submitted documents, made a payment and got confirmation email with a visa on the next business day.

Flying on this coming Tuesday and CoE awaiting approval from the Thai Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Just two official days left to get the approval and bit worried now. Applied on 24 March, did this happen to anyone?.

Hey guys, last question here: I booked a PCR test on the 23rd 15:20 - my flight arrives in BKK 26th 15:00 would that be ok? I did not manage to book other test time cuz of Christmas! Does it matter since I'll have to do a new test on arrival?

Here. Flying out next Wednesday but embassy hasn't approved (final) COE yet. I called yesterday, was asked when is my flight and if I uploaded all the docs. I said yes, submitted Sunday night and flying Wednesday. They just told me to wait for it'll (approval) come through over the weekend and hung up on me. Is this normal? Coming from PH. Thanks

Hello! Arriving on Friday for 3 months. We will probably purchase e-sims at the airport. Do you know if any of the major carriers offer 90 day plans? We are mainly concerned about data and not too much with phone calls. Also, will it work with an Apple watch and is something you need to pay extra for? Thanks!

Vientiane Laos 🇱🇦 DTV Experience

Got lucky and found an appointment today 4 days ago so I booked everything and came. If you check the website often you can get a last minute appointment if there are any cancellations

Arrived at the Embassy 9am straight from the airport. Can take the airport bus 🚌 in town then scooter taxi. Or can negotiate with airport taxis. There is no Grab or Bolt here just so you know. Was seen at 9:30am it moves very fast if you come early. There were about maybe 30-40 cued after me when finished so it’s good to come early.

LLC Business Bank account proof of funds was not accepted. They want the funds sitting in a personal savings account. Thankfully the agents spoke good English and were helpful. Bit stressful running around to print off last minute documents but made it work in the end.

There are loads of print shops nearby and make shift shops (people with umbrellas ☔️ set up and a laptop and scanner/printer 🖨️). Charge about 10 baht/$0.30 usd a page 📄 so good to plan ahead and only use if you’re in a pickle and need last minute pages printed.

They seemed to be solely focused on the proof of funds didn’t look at my other documents much. Even after showing a balance over 500k Thai Baht for 6 months he still made me print off a screenshot of the current balance as of today’s date with recent transactions. Had to log into my bank app as well and show it’s mine/real.

TLDR. Print off anything and everything…way more than you expect. Then can always take back the documents they don’t want. I read this group for a while before going and I thought I was well prepared and got wrecked 😅

Wait time is 2 days after they accept your application. Fingers crossed 🤞 it’s accepted