I don’t know why Thailand bothers with these baffling visa rules. It’d be easier & Thailand would make more money if they just charged everyone on entry a certain amount. ie say a 1000 per month, the longer you stay the more you pay. It makes sense to me 😎

Does anyone know why the visa fee is 12,500 baht (600aud) and not 10,000 as advised?

Applied 10/6 through Issacompass.

Paid roughly $1400 for visa fees and muai the courses.

Uploaded my documents, everything handled through them.

Approved 10/14. 8 working days through Chicago consulate.

All in all I highly recommend their services and the application went smoothly.

Before people get in the comments yapping about how you don’t need an agent etc, I was rejected the first time and applied using an agent for peace of mind.

Can’t wait to see Bangkok!!

please HELP

currently i am trying to apply for myself and my daughter DTV under my husband approved DTV

the system shows 340$ for each of us which according to my research is not the current amount. chat GPT says it should show me single entry option which im also confused about. do I get only single entry? anyway its asking for $680 total for both of us. I sent an email to the embassy but im not sure of they answer. anyone has any experience with it? do i need to pay this much again for both of us?

thank you

Hi guys, I just received a response to my application that is as follows:

“We are unable to proceed further with your application as you input GBR in country of the authority that issued your passport which is not match. Your application will be cancelled and you need to reapply. All visa fees are not refundable.”

This is just not true as this is not the information I entered.

Has anyone else encountered this?

For additional context, it is a Nigerian passport, but my last renewal was done at the embassy in Vilnius, so I put in Lithuania as the place of issue as it appears on the passport. Now I wonder if I’m supposed to have typed in Nigeria. This part is always confusing. I applied from London as I live here now.

Anyone who applied recently or just about to apply can kindly provide info on what are the ways of paying visa fee online apart from visa and mastercard? (interested in HCMC specifically but I assume it’s the same everywhere).

Hello. Are there anyone who recently renewed their thai retirement visa?

My mom’s 15-month retirement visa will expire soon and she wants to renew for another one year. What are the recently updated required documents? She’ll have to renew it in Bangkok Chaeng Wattana Immigration..

We already have all other documents (financial proof and the rental contract, etc) that meets the requirements, except for the health insurance.. Is health insurance certificate required for visa renewal?

And also, what’s the visa renewal fee and the multiple re entry fee?

Thank you in advance.

DTV Remote Worker Visa Approved Vientiane, Laos. No problems.

Arrived - 02/09/25

Submitted Application - 03/09/25

6 months bank statements (My 500,000THB had only been in my bank since the 01/09/25)

Laos entry stamp in passport

Invoices

Work contracts off clients

Went to embassy and paid visa fee in cash with QR code (10,000 baht) - 04/09/25

Recieved Date for interview - 04/09/25

Attended interview - 10.00am on 15/09/25

Visa Approved 02.15pm on 15/09/25

If the embassy decides to give a 6 month visa instead of 5 year DTV cuz they seem it's a better fit for the person, shouldn't they basically refund the rest of the fees cuz that's what they will tag it as in the government portal?

Hello I'm a 61 year old male in Canada .I'm thinking about getting a DTV visa and want to verify that all is needed is 10,000 baht for the visa and if I get a 180 day extension it's 1900 baht. This visa last 5 years. Any idea how long it could take to get this ?