@Greg *******

I wouldn't really complain if they would give me 6 months visa for 5months of MuayThai training.

From the point of the embassy employee it makes sense and most likely he thought it is sufficient. I don't think he did it with bad intentions... Also understand that the Anonymous author expected something else. Still it is far cheaper option than ED visa. Good luck next time.

There are many things we dont know, left unanswered or unclear.

They gave you tourist visa instead of DTV soft power, thats actually quite common if your course or treatment is for 6 months or less.

It would be more helpful If you could answer all Tim's questions

Yes, heard about the same process like Johan described.

@John *********

still, they may not process applications that day.

Thats good, they asked 100.000 half year ago 😅

@John *********

it depends, they may follow both holidays.

If they need some input from TH government agency/ministry (that is located in TH), there might be delays.🤞

#Embassy #exteritoriality

In my case Revolut was O.K. (EU national), but I sent them a bank statement from different bank too.

@Steve ******

Time to learn. How they can make a life decisions (e.g. like going to Thailand for 5 years) if they are not capable to open a google results 🤷. No one has to teach them, its a common sense. ...At least show minimum effort.

For the consulate is important that you are NOT in Thailand.

Check the visa requirements at the Thai consulate/embassy website.

@Steve ******

Thats too much work! ...Didn't even bother to open some of the search results.

First AI generated answer is enough for him...