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?

I am an American who has applied for the 90-day Non-O visa with the intention of applying for Retirement visa when in Thailand.

The morning of February 14th, I submitted my application through the consulate in Chicago. I still see the submission in the "Processing Pending Document Check (1)" state. My flight is booked for March 26th and I am concerned about not having the visa in time.

I believe the website says usual processing time is 10 days. Are my expectations unrealistic? What wait time should I expect through the Chicago consulate?

Hi there! I applied for eVisa but so far no answer. I’m wondering if they don’t reply in time or they reject my visa before I leave (I have my flight on 12 February), the VOA is only for 15 days and can’t be extended? (I’m romanian)

I applied for an online visa on October 27, and my flight is scheduled for December 2nd. I have attempted to reach out to them via email and phone calls, but I have not received a response. What should I do in this situation?