@Marc *******

- How do you know what your friend might of misunderstood. It is strange that it usually is 180 days in a 365 period (you say calendar now), but you then mention he has to leave by mid-April, which is 5 months and 2 weeks from today, crossing two calendar years though.

@Zay ************

- I assume they would let you. My partner is Thai and when we travel to Cambodia, he could enter for 14 days visa exempt because of ASEAN agreements. However, previously we purchase the visa on arrival for $25-$30 (dont remember price), which gave 30 days. I assume it is the same for Laos. Most other nationals dont have the exempt option, so have to pay for the visa at arrival, I assume if you are from one of the 163 countries, you could as well.

Instead of entering Laos on visa exempt, get a tourist visa on arrival (163 countries are eligible). If you get a visa on arrival, it gives you 30 days.

The Manila website says normal processing time is 10-15 business days if documents are complete. If request for additional documents are asked, it will add time, possibly resetting the clock

@Vesna *************************

wishing you luck. It will work out, just be patient.

@Vesna *************************

they can send a request for additional documents at any time and when they do, when you submit the new documents, it resets the clock to day zero.

@Vesna *************************

- to clarify, it is 5-10 business days and Monday was a Thai holiday, so unless you submitted last week, Monday doesn’t count and it has been 4 days since when they say 5-10

@Vesna *************************

So when you go to the website for the Thai embassy in Ankara, they say 5-10 days after last request for additional documents. How long has it been for you?

@Vesna *************************

the Thai E Visa Official Website is a central website used by all Thai embassies worldwide. One of the first questions you answer is where you are physically located. This directs your application to the Thai embassy in that country or the embassy in a neighboring country responsible for that country. Each embassy has a different processing time. For example, if I was in USA and selected Washington DC, that embassy would take about a month. However, if I was in Vietnam and selected Hanoi, it would be roughly a week.

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