AuthenticPassionfruit644 I offered to pay for an earlier appt and they said that isn't an option and did it for free. Whereas I agree with you re: se Asia corruption my experience in Laos has been quite the opposite.

One of the best things about SE Asia in the entire several years I've lived out here is politeness and good manners often go a very long way. UK would have been like "computer says no" 🤣🙏♥️

You can just walk across the border and back again lol the visa validity is five years with a requirement to exit every 6 months. You won't have to explain your reasons for re-entering if you have five year validity on the visa

Following a very polite request they were able to bring the date forwards to the 25th. 😁🙏🙂 I am very grateful for this. The embassy was very helpful and responded to me very quickly. I would now recommend Laos for dtv applications. ♥️🙏 Thankyou God, Buddha and life for granting me this wish today. I am very happy right now

AuthenticPassionfruit644 I think it's a lovely place. People are amazing and living is affordable. I just miss Thailand lol 🤣

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definitely worth the wait for a 5 year validity visa. No worries :)

Anonymous participant 127 thankyou, you have been very helpful and I appreciate you calming me down with this advice.

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Anonymous participant 127 10-15 days would have been somewhat desirable lol. No worries...will go stay in vang vieng while we wait now that we know when the interview is. Was just a bit of a shock to wake up to as keen to get home and have property to maintain etc.

Is what it is, not the end of the world and understand their busy.

I've sent them an email asking if there are any fast track options I could pay for but I'm assuming the answer to that is no lol

Get them to put it in your bank for three months then you meet criteria for the dtv visa

Anonymous participant no worries. David has a point however...this entire visa and change is aimed at rooting out low spenders and attracting high spenders so the more focus you can put into showing those funds the better. Your also going to get asked at airports to show it again when you enter Thailand and potentially every 6 months also. If you don't have that cash in an account go for an education visa, you can enter on a three month tourist visa then extend it by one month more to get 4 months. Give 50k baht (£1000-1500) to a reputable visa agent to set up the education visa for you and go for the Thai language course. That will give you a year without issues and youl learn the local language. You can also do Chinese, russian, german etc.

That's what I've done for a few years I'm only getting the DTV as it's five years and allows me to work for my UK company without issues