What embassy do you recommend in this situation:

- Family of 4, Dutch nationality, already in Thailand for almost 6 months. We want to apply for DTV in the next few weeks. Somewhere in Asia, doesn’t really matter where…but we think chances are better in a embassy, not with e-visa.

- Long term rental contract available until 15th January (extendable).

- We are both business owners (not freelance) and can work fully remote. We have invoices, client contracts, notary approved documents of the founding of our companies (both 50/50 owners). We can provide any document with company stamp, etc.

Also company balances available with over €100k in reserves.

- Only thing is: we do not have bank statements with 500.000 Baht for longer than 1 month. Both parents have the 500.000 Baht in their private accounts, but it is there for around 3-6 weeks. We keep our reserves not on our checking accounts but invest or keep in our companies. I know they do not approve crypto, but we can also provide a substantial amount in crypto portfolios.

We can provide bank statements for 6 months showing what we paid for during our travels in Thailand. We spend about €5000-€6000 a month on rent, shopping, hotels, groceries in Thailand.

We are thinking about going to Taipei because the processing seems quick. Would you recommend both parents apply for the DTV at once? Or one parent gets the DTV and other parent and kids apply later as dependents?

Thanks for tips and suggestions!

If I plan on coming mid May. When should I start planning my flight, paperwork and Asq?

Hi, I have to travel from Koh Phangan soon to visit an embassy to renew my 1yr business visa. What embassies are people recommending these days? Looking for someone fairly easy to reach.

Short version: What are the current recommendations on local embassies/consulates that will process Non Imm B visas with minimum hassle/fuss and what documents do they require for a teacher?

Long Version: Just had Pathum Thani immigration deny to process a Non Imm B for an employee. When we checked with them last week they said he needed translated and certified diplomas. This week when we went to submit they added translated and certified transcripts to the requirements. Our guy doesn't have enough time left on his visa to get these and still have the Non Imm B processed here. P.T. Immigration suggested doing a land border hop to Cambodia to get 30 days and then they can process it - but I've heard Cambodia is difficult now and I'm worried the requirements could change again and don't want to get burned twice. So now I'm planning to send our employee to one of the area embassies and have the Non Imm B done there. I know Vientiane used to be the go to place but it sounds like things have gotten to be more of a hassle there. Where is the new place to go? Savannakhet? Vietnam? Burma?

Hi,

I am a South African teacher. I recently changed schools and therefore have to get a new non. My question is where is the best embassy to go to and conversely where is the most difficult?

I would like to ask if there are any differences or bigger/smaller difficulties when applying for Non-Immigrant B visa (as MD of a new company in Thailand) in following embassies: Hanoi, Phnom Phen, Penang and Vientiane. Could anyone, from their personal experience, either recommend or not which would be the easiest one? Or are they all the same in case I will have all the required documents? Thank you for advice!

Last time I entered Thailand they informed me I should get a visa if I plan to come back to Thailand. I said yes I plan to go to Bangkok and apply for a visa. I made an ED visa and flew to KL to do the paperwork. On pickup day they informed me that I had stayed in Thailand too long already. She said better to try another embassy 🤨.

Any recommendations on which embassy to use?

Hello!

I am planning to apply for a non imm. B visa and a non imm. O visa for myself and my wife in Cambodia. My employer has arranged all the paperwork for us.

I have read some posts in this forum to avoid the embassy in Phnom Penh, is this still the case for all visas or just for tourist visas?

Should we allow extra time for the processing or is the three day turn around time accurate?

Thanks for your help in advance!

Hi Folks, please offer your advice on our situation. We need to buy more time to find work here in Phuket. Been on 2 exempt stamps plus extensions already.

We are on South Africa passports and I also hold a Dutch passport.

Our plan next was either to get a year Edu visa until work came along...(but school is asking for 15000 baht each for paperwork(payable throughout the year)3000 for visa, 5000 at immigration every 3months...)

Or we go to Cambodia or somewhere else to apply for a 2month tourist visa pls extension which will give us 3 months to try find work.

If we go that route, which embassy do you recommend that asks for the least paperwork(as we don’t want to have to show flight tickets/accommodation/etc).

Thank you in advance for your advice and time.