Hello

Due to a family situation i had to leave Thailand and couldn't come back before my visa expired.

So when I came back I had to restart the whole process.

I went to immigration on April 1st to apply for the 90 days Non immigrant O visa.

Handed over all the required documents (i had to go back to the bank for proof of international transfer )

They said to come back 15 days later.

I did came back after Sonkran. They said the visa was not ready.

Went back this morning and after a 1 hour wait, they said it was still not ready and that we should come back next friday.

I came back to Thailand on a 60 days exemption visa.

It expired today.

They said that since I was applying for a new visa it wouldn't be a problem.

But what if my visa is declined ?

Is the delay normal ? (considering it was Sonkran )

Should i be worried ?

Advise please! We are a family who are in HCMC in Vietnam and applying for DTVs. My husband had his approved on the 4th March and we submitted mine and our kids as dependents after that. We were asked for additional documents on the 10th and uploaded those that same day. We have been here now for 4 weeks and our kids are going a bit crazy. The consulate doesn’t pick up the phone and we’ve emailed but no replies. Any advice on how we can check what timeframe we might be looking at or any suggestions for what else we can do to find out? P.s. I know it can take time, so only helpful or supportive comments please! 🙏

Update: Visa Received today at 5:00 pm :)

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Hi All, need some clarity if anyone else has gone through this at HCMC, Vietnam.

My application is for dependent DTV’s for me and my son. My wife already has her DTV since November 2025.

24/02/26 - Application Submitted

02/03/26 - 1st Additional Request for documents

- Full Passport Scan

- DTV visa for my wife (This had already been shared)

- Birth Certificate of my son (This had already been shared)

- Current location (This also had already been shared)

(Requested documents submitted on same day)

09/03/26 - 2nd Additional Request for documents.

- Full Passport Scan (They say take a photo of every page with timestamps & not a scan, really random to be honest. I had shared all hotel bookings, visa stamps, photos, boarding pass etc in the initial application itself)

- DTV visa for my wife again & employment details( she is on soft power and all this was already clearly shared in the initial application along with stable THB 2M+ bank savings and deposits, we gave 6 months of statements with THB 2M+ consistent)

- Birth Certificate of my son (This had already been shared, so random)

- Current location (This also had already been shared twice)

It’s been a total of 17 days and it’s still stuck in Processing Pending Document Check (1).

We need to leave the country on March 15 as my e-visa will expire. What do you suggest that we do? just write an email to the Embassy to expedite because calling them has been useless as nobody picks up the calls?

Honestly, I thought the dependent visa will be simple as the documentation is pretty straightforward and everything has been given on the initial application date itself.

Applied for a DTV visa from London Embassy, am currently on ‘pending approval’ stage. Have been for 5 days so far. Would love to speak to someone at the embassy as flight is quickly approaching. Has anyone had any luck with phone calls/replying to emails?

We applied for our visa in Jakarta, and the application started on December 1st.

On December 12th, we were requested to submit all passport pages, which we have already uploaded.

As of December 17th, there has been no further update, and the status is still showing “Pending Document Check”.

So far, it has been 14 working days in this status.

I would like to ask others who applied in Jakarta:

• How long did your DTV (Workcation) visa processing take?

• Is this delay normal?

My current visa in Jakarta expires on December 26th.

Once my visa is approved, I plan to apply for my wife as a dependent.

Do you think it is realistic for both of us to receive the visas before December 26th?

If not, would it be necessary for us to do a same-day exit and re-entry via Kuala Lumpur?

Also, once my visa is approved, would you recommend sending an email to request urgent processing for my wife’s dependent visa?

If anyone has applied recently, please share:

• Did your application also take this long?

• How many days did it stay under “Pending Document Check”?

Thank you in advance for your advice and shared experiences.

I’m a British passport holder. I applied for a single entry tourist visa at thaievisa.go.th in early October. Having done this in 2022 I expected it to take a matter of days. I submitted the last of the requested documents towards the end of Oct but still today my application was pending in the system. All research suggested waiting for 30 days before getting worried, but I emailed visa.lon@mfa.go.th this morning and got the visa approved this afternoon.

Just wanted to share the benefit of emailing the embassy should you have any concerns.

I'm new here. On September 16th 2025, I applied for a Non Immigrant Business (B) Visa, to attend and present at a conference in BKK. Till date, my application is stuck at Pending Approval. Any idea what could be the cause of the delay?

Travel date is Oct 24th, 2025

The application for my kids is taking a long time. Submitted ok the 14th and still pending document check.

We were supposed to fly back to Thailand this Saturday, so I need to change our flight to a later date.

Would it be wise to extend for a week or would 2 weeks be better just to be safe?

Hello,

I submitted my dtv application to the LA embassy on 5/3 (Saturday). It's now 5/15 (8 working days later) and my application is still "pending document check." At which point is it reasonable to contact them and ask for an update? Thanks

Malaysia-KUL.

Applied last Monday 9 December, but still silence. Anyone waiting too?