ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS

Filling out eVisa online applications at Thai Consulates for visas

A LOT of people get their application cancelled once they apply due to a data 'mis-match'. ☹️ This happens because they either keyed in the wrong info on one of the fields

OR

what most often happens IS when you scan the MRZ (Machine Readable Zone) on the data page of your passport and the system auto fills there's a mistake between what was filled in and what is actually on the passport.

People don't bother checking that all the fields are correct and submit the application.

Sadly for them, as soon as the embassy catches the mis-match in data from the actual passport image and the application they cancel the visa and you lose the application fee. 😲

Some tips:

* Go SLOW <- it's not a race to see who can get it done the fastest

* Recheck the data entry portion of the application for errors before you submit the application..

It should be noted that IF you correct an error on the application in the MRZ auto-fill area and save that application in your profile (to submit when you get to the country you're going to apply thru) many times the information goes back to what was auto-filled and the correction is erased, so check it one last time before you submit the application..

Remember EVERY thai consulate in the world now uses eVisa online application system. There is no "walk up and apply" consulates.

There are "walk up and pay" ones, where you apply online for the visa, get a QR code and show up at the consulate to pay (the two thai consulates in Vientiane and Savannakhet Lao)

and

there is at least one consulate where you need to make an appointment to show up and pay in person after you applied online for the visa (the consulate in Yangon Burma). Most of the other consulates that I am aware of are all pay online ones.

Also you can only upload ONE file per section (where an upload is required) so find a 'file merging' free program on the inter-web and combine the bank statements into one file, marriage documents, etc into one file (watch the file size) so that you can get everything uploaded that is required

Many times if you are sent a request for additional documentation it "resets" the processing time (not always though) so if you can fill out the application without then sending a request for additional documents you're ahead of the curve 👍

The eVisa online application portal is not brain science or rocket surgery. In fact for a website here in thailand it's a pretty user friendly one 🙂 All too often the problems people experience are "self inflicted" (caused by going too fast thru the application process)

Sincerely best of luck with your eVisa application process.

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Hi all! I'm planning on getting a DTV visa for muay thai.

I just went to the Thai consolate in Los Angeles, and they told me they don't handle anything to do with visas, and that I need to do it online.

Everything I've read and watched says you have to do it at an embassy. So what gives? Can I really apply for the DTV online?

Q about eVisa application from the UK - Non-Immigrant Visa Category "O" (Retirement) type.

On the section of Proof of Accommodation - I have put the address of the Senior Living complex I am staying at.

Do I need to have some sort of formal letter from them with their address about the booking or is it sufficient to put their full address. It is 30 mins outside Chiang Mai. Thanks.

SETV single entry tourist visa..?

I would like to avoid uncertainty and possible Denied entry via exempt stamp, is this website to apply just via my local government/Thai embassy site? (UK if anyone has the official link 🙏🏼)

Is it all done via online now then? I haven’t needed a tourist visa since the days of going into the office in person.

I was planning to come for roughly an 8 week holiday and have my return flight and some flights to island trips if need to show a long with addresses.

I was last in bkk, December 2025.

Thank you

ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS

What to do if you get a "bad" entry stamp?

"Bad Stamped" <- getting stamped in to thailand on an entry stamp that is wrong, (as in wrong entry/visa code, or for the wrong amount of time)

Surprisingly (or not) people get "bad stamped" into the country all the time.

This happens for a variety of reasons,

BUT

100% it's due to people not checking their passport before they walk away from passport control. 🙁

Now a couple things about bad stamps.

First; Immigration offices inside the country are NOT obligated to correct a bad entry stamp, although they sometimes will correct a bad air entry stamp, they will almost always decline to correct a bad land entry and instead send you to the border you stamped in at to get the stamp corrected.

Good news is; if you get bad stamped in from an air entry and you go back to the airport you can get the stamp corrected in a matter of minutes. Go to the customer service counter and they'll page an immigration officer to come up.

Second if you are bad stamped in for longer than you should have been stamped in for you are not allowed to stay that length of time.

Just because the stamp was wrong doesn't mean you get to stay if they gave you more time than you were supposed to get. You will get caught out and fined for overstay when you stamp out.

It is the responsibility of the passport holder to know how long they'll get stamped in for and to check that they got the correct entry stamp when they stamp in

If you have an eVisa from a thai consulate, we recommend you print out the PDF that they emailed you when they approved the visa <- that PDF actually IS your visa..

Hand it and your passport to the officer at passport control when you stamp in.

AND

check your entry stamp when they hand the passport back to you..

The time to correct bad stamps is when you're still standing at the stamp in counter in front of passport control rather than a couple weeks later when you finally notice you got stamped in wrong😲

Best of luck and safe travels to everyone 👍

Confusion

Hi all, I have applied for a Non-immigrant O visa . They have come back and said they want bank statements for 3 months showing income which I have but they are asking again. I’m applying using the e visa here in Australia. I cannot for the life of me download that bank statement again on there system. Nor is it possible to speak to anyone at the embassy. Anyone else had this problem. I’m leaving in the 22/4. Do I just forget this application and do a tourist visa 90 days and then have another crack while I’m there. Basically it seems I cannot edit anything in my recent application.

Cheers.

If 60-day Visa exemption is reduced to 30-day...

Then does it mean that today's 60-Day Tourist eVisa will also be cut off to 30-Day? Or has it always worth 60-day of stay since forever ago?

I know my flight to Thailand is still months ahead, December to be precise. We will stay for 51 days. I've posted this once, and Tod was greatly advicing me to get an eVisa for Tourist instead of relying on political uncertainty, ease of mind rather than going through all these months in anxiety. -- i'm the type who cant have peace of mind unless everything is done and ready perfectly with all "IFs" eliminated

(And yes, i rather not wasting all day to queue at Bkk immigration office close to new year eve! Been there, done that and it was HORRIBLE!)

Lastly, how far ahead can you apply for Tourist eVisa? Considering the "possibility" of 60-Day Tourist eVisa gets slashed off to 30-Day (that means i really cant avoid visiting immigration office by the end of year), can i technically apply for Thailand Tourist eVisa this month and succesfully get it now? Or will my online application be flat-out rejected for the obvious reason that i still have 8 months to go.

Thanks.

Just need some advice on what you would do in this situation, I went to do my second non o extension but a couple of things went wrong, the bank letter for one was in AU dollars not Baht but my bank statement was in Baht, not accepted, they wanted 12 months of bank statements didn't have the required 800k amount for that time as i changed banks, thinking i would need only 2 months of the money being in the bank before my extension was done, not accepted, biggest problem now is im out of Thailand for 3 months and now i will have to do another non o visa so i just asking would you do an eVISA online or just get an visa exempt come back and get an agent to do the both the visa & the extension

I submitted a visitor visa 24 Feb and still processing

I sent an email to the consulate to inquire but no response.

Please anyone can guide??

Any latest news regarding 60-day visa exemption being cut off?

It's been about 3 weeks since i have not seen nor read anything new about the scheme to revert back 60 days to 30 days (which is quite a good news for me, less anxiety). Like literally no coverage about it at all since the Iran vs US/Israel broke out. What are the chances Thailand REALLY slash off the 60 days visa exemption before end of this year? I myself come from Visa Exempted country, already booked my plane for early December 2026 and fly out of Thailand in 6 weeks later. I really dont wanna bother myself to apply for eVisa Tourist if not necessary at all.