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Anyone been to minstry of foreign affairs in Laksi last few days? I hear reports it's been affected by the earthquake. If that's the case, is it anywhere else you can get papers translated and the legalized stamp?

TIA 🙏

FYI...

Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is still deliberating the possibility of reducing the visa-free period for foreign tourists from 60 days to 30 days, with no decision made thus far.

Ministry spokesman Nikorndej Balankura reassured that no new visa regulations are currently in place, so tourists visiting Thailand remain unaffected for now.

Since a policy change in July 2024, passport holders from 93 countries have enjoyed entry into Thailand for up to 60 days without a visa, with the potential to extend their stay to 90 days.

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Trying to obtain the Non O dependent visa as my husband has a valid workpermit and VISA.

Everytime the officer gets our papers he wants more documents or stamps. By now all documents are stamped for verification by German embassy in BKK.

No we need another stamp from ministry of foreign affairs 😵‍💫 on the same documents 😒

Did anyone get this stamp ? Does it mean another trip to Bkk or can it be done by mail ? Any insights 😏 ???

Learn Thai with the Rapid Method and be eligible for a DTV?

Canaan Foundation for Education would like to offer the one-year Rapid Learn Thai course as part of their DTV "soft power" program.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs won't say specifically in advance whether it will be approved or not. In fact, they're very vague in general.

So if one person is prepared to take a chance on testing the eligibility then I'm prepared to give away the self-study Rapid Read Thai course (worth ฿12,000) in return.

If your application is successful then there will be a fee for the tutor to guide you through the course and/or follow up with the first-year University of Washington conversational course, Everyday Thai for Beginners.

Any takers?

www.rapidlearnthai.com/erin

FAO Admin.....before I scribe a post with possible typo etc I wanted to check if it's suitable for this group as I known sometimes people on here are very agreeable and helpful but I also know sometimes people are aggressively nasty in their comments to OP or others.

I am getting married in Surin and have just completed the first 3 stages as a UK citizen on a 60day tourist visa issued by the Thai embassy London vi's E visa online.

Stage 1 British Embassy Bangkok issue docs

Stage 2 translation and notorised of docs

Stage 3 Ministry of Foreign Affairs approve both 1&2 docs above and legalised the Embassy issued docs.

Stage 4 is to visit the Amphur (for me in Surin) for actual marriage ceremony and legalisation (seperate to the wedding in the family home) neither of which I have completed yet.

All 3 stages done without an agent and has been a journey of discovery in the process that I feel may help someone else.....I have more words to say on each stage obviously....especially how to find the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 6th floor of centralwOrld in Bangkok 🤣

If you approve this post subject I'll write a little more detail on the stages and hope it can help someone who doesn't need to pay agents fees for the process.

TIA 🙏🇬🇧🇹🇭

Hello all I’ve got a affirmation to marry document in the uk. Where can I go to get it translated into Thai please.

Hello everyone! A few days ago I received my first one-year Extension of Stay Permit (EOS) from my immigration office. I had my salary certificate certified by my embassy in Bangkok. My immigration told me that I actually have to have this certified certificate certified again in Bangkok by a Thai authority. (over-authentication).

What is the name of this authority in Bangkok?

And where is this authority located?

Because it is my first EOS, my immigration has kindly stamped the EOS in my passport without this additional authentication just for this time.

Thank you for your answers!

Is an appointment required or are walk ins ok at the ministry of foreign affairs in pattaya

Hello!

I wanted to apply for the DTV visa by getting physiotherapy treatments in a clinic in Bangkok… I messaged a few clinics about it and some told me they could write a treatment plan, but one told me they couldn’t give me a letter for immigration because they are a private clinic and not a big hospital.

Is there any truth to this? Have there been cases of people getting refused for the DTV visa for not having their treatments scheduled at a big hospital?

Thank you!

I successfully applied for the DTV in Taipei and have the visa in my passport. However, I just noticed that they have listed “TWN” (Taiwanese) as my nationality, which is incorrect. I have already left Taiwan. Can this be fixed in Thailand? I would prefer not to have to travel back to Taiwan just for this.