My daughter (22), a dual Thai and Australian citizen will be graduating about this time next year (2026) from an Australian University.

To attend the ceremony, we would need a visa for my Thai wife (we are all permanent residents since 2010 in Japan, legally married for 25 years).

People (former colleagues from my employment before I retired) with Thai wives, were telling me it may take months to get a visa for my wife (she has never been to Australia). We would need a 2 weeks visa for her, I have Australian passport.

About cover letter : several applicants mention submitting a cover letter. For soft power, where exactly can we upload the cover letter? In the 'Supporting documents' page you can upload only evidence for 3.current location, 4 financial evidence and 5.proof of confirmation to attend the activity; there is no field where you can add a cover letter.

Hi everyone, I need some advice about the Thai visa.

I applied for a visa back in August ( in Paris ) but my trip is only from December 13 (I already included my flight ticket and hotel bookings for those dates in my application).

Since the application was made more than 3 months before my trip, I’m worried that if the visa is approved, it will start from the date of approval and may not cover my travel period in December.

Has anyone experienced this situation? Do they issue the visa starting from the approval date, or do they take into account the travel dates shown in the application?

Thanks a lot for your help!

Problems recognizing the passport with VISA

I have problems with the passport photo, it is always rejected. Does anyone have any tips on what I need to look out for?

Paris - France

Wanted to hear about recent experiences applying in France in the past few months. How long did it take? Did they ask for further documentation?

Thanks a lot! Merci! 🙏🏼

How can i void my old visa ? Do I have to back to Tokyo ? I’m in Ho Chi Minh now .

I submitted my application at the Ho Chi Minh Embassy in Vietnam, but I only had 14 days visa there - my documents still haven’t been processed, so I had to go to Kuala Lumpur—Im here now. Can I reapply here even though my previous application is still pending?

submitted my application in Jakarta and uploaded all the required documents, including:

Scanned copies of every page of my passport

Employment certificate issued by my company

Work contract

Bank statements (with monthly salary transactions)

Proof of deposit (balance meeting 500,000 THB requirement)

Jakarta entry stamp

Hotel booking confirmation

Location screenshots

But despite all this, my application was still rejected.

I carefully checked everything and made sure there were no mistakes in my submission.

The rejection came so unexpectedly, leaving me completely unprepared.

One item that was new to me on my approved DTV application in Philippines, I do have a shared checking account and I was advised by the agency to have double the base baht in there.

So 1 million baht + a little as the balance.

I had also seen another post suggesting a letter from everyone on the account was a good idea to include but I didn't do that.

Has anyone got this message from Bangkok Bank ? If so what does this exactly mean ?