Anonymous participant Bloody hell. I knew Bangkok was the slowest but that is crazy. Longest I took at Jomtien was 30 minutes. Just did my first at Chiang Mai and it took about 5 mins at the counter- no queue. You might want to look at agent if you need to do in Bangkok. I think they charge 650 THB and save you time and travel.

I have not been there but other offices I have used I arrived early ie 8am or 8:30 am. Get in before the big queues.

I would estimate non-Thai bank accounts used for DTVs applications are 97+%. Most use non-Thai bank accounts. You will be fine with non-Thai bank account.

You border runs should have no effect on your DTV

It depends which office. They often have different requirements. Jomtien requirements in the pic. In Chiang Mai all you need is passport and TM47 which you can get at the office.

@Shash ********

Given that statement you should be happy they are thoroughly assessing your application 5555. Maybe write them a strongly worded letter informing them they are upsetting your plans and your parents vacation. That should do the trick :-)

Search through this group. I am sure there was a post of someone in your exact situation. They entered Thailand on the DTV no issue

@Amber ******

I have heard they are strict too but no direct experience. Is it a British passport? I asked last week about a new one and was told around 3 week turnaround from VFS in Thailand.

@Wesley *******

Apart from one-way travel home, some countries do let you in for specific reasons. A family of 4 lost their UK passports in Cambodia in the first few weeks of their round-the-world trip. They thought they would have to get back to UK to apply again (No VFS in Cambodia then. The Brit Embassy issued the ETD for them, which allowed a TR from Thai Embassy in PP. They travelled to Bangkok and applied for new passports here at VFS - major inconvenience avoided.

@Wesley *******

An ETD is no good for this case though is it - be absolutely no fecking use at all.