In the UK you either HAVE to apply online to the Embassy or apply in person to a consulate. Consulates don't do a postal service

You will need to provide one of these

If employed, a letter from employer confirming that you are employed by them.

or

If self-employed, copy of your HMRC SA100 or SA105 Self Assessment Tax Form for the latest tax year.

or

If retired (at any age) and receiving a State or Private Pension, confirmation of receiving such pension by providing a copy of the Pension Statement or similar which must bear the applicant’s name and address.

@Tod ********

I think it's still a pile of rubble

@Tod ********

beat me too it 😉

Because it's only a single entry...it's used.

@Robert ******

the idea is that it is Global. No matter where I log in and at what embassy, you enter the global website based in Bangkok. The embassy themselves do not recieve the confirmation or deal directly with the application.

At this time only 3 country's are online. If you watch the video it explains how this global system is eventually too work.

Right now,as a UK citizen, I could be in china or France on holiday and then going directly to Thailand and would, in some cases require a visa.

I log in, it checks my country and asks where I want the request sent too. I apply and pay then print off the slip and bar code. Once I get confirmation, i can then visit that embassy with my documents and bar code slip and collect my visa which is sitting on the system having been approved.

Because its not 'Embassy specific' and the requirements are 100% exactly the same no matter what passport you hold or where you apply to collect the visa as long as your country of passport is online to the system, the old days of needing different documents or the need of being able to apply for this visa at this embassy or that embassy with different documents are coming to an end.

With that end, the system has stopped issuing all ME non O visas except O-A and Non b.

The system and requirements are the same no matter who or where you apply.

It won't be too long and all Thai Embassys and consulates will be using it.

You won't need to make the requirements to apply to collect in china for instance. It will be the same requirements worldwide.

What's more it is truly Global. You can choose where to collect the visa from the list of participating embassys and consulates. I chose to apply as a UK passport holder and collect a Non O single entry in Beijing. The system accepted my choice all the way until I would need to actually send the application. Now, whether after I actually pay and send it they would reject it, I cannot say. I'm not wasting money just to test it.

It certainly seems that the system does what it says it will do. Apply anywhere in the world and collect the visa anywhere in the world that is linked up too online application.

Not sure if anybody has noticed but once you have an account, you can log on from any Embassy website that is taking part in online application. Whether you log in via Beijing, London or Paris, it's the exact same web based server with the same choices.

The ability to not be able to get the Multiple entry Non O visa any longer other than the O-A and Non B is not just limited to London. It is exactly the same for any country taking part in online application.

Basically, no matter where you log in, you end up in the exact same place.

Paulene Polly Anne Okeefe you need to register on the Embassy website via the online application link and simply work your way through the menu and attach what they ask for. Once complete, you pay the fee and send it all electronically. Once the visa is agreed, you then make arrangements to visit the embassy taking all the hard copys you uploaded and your passport to get the visa inserted.

Or, you can post everythìng once the visa is agreed and include cash or a postal order (No cheques or card payments are accepted) for £10 which covers the return postage for it all to be sent back to you with the visa in your passport.