@Rob ********

Sorry, should have been more clear: The Thai embassy in my home country. So it was Thailand and not my country which obviously has nothing to do with it. 😛 So it seems (like I said) that your chosen embassy is more strict and that it depends on the embassy.

@Rob ********

Actually I even asked my embassy for their opinion on having stocks and not cash as assets and they told me explicitly that this is not a problem. Seems to depend on the country.

@Tod ********

Not really. I'm going back to my home country soon and planned to apply there. Now that I heard about the online option I thought: Maybe I could get it sooner. I don't need it soon as we have 60 days exempt but I was interested to see if I can get it done now. So no, I would not have walked in and travelled to HCM or Hanoi solely for that purpose.

Thanks for the tip. I prefer Pepsi but you do you.

@Tod ********

Ok. I emailed both embassies just in case. Will update once I get a response.

@Tod ********

The problem is I'm not quite interested in wasting $340 😅 I will contact the embassy via email and see what they say. Thank you for your input!

@Tod ********

I know that and this is why I started thinking about it today and not earlier. Unfortunately it is during the last couple of days for me in Vietnam. So I will be going to Thailand on Saturday on visa exempt. And I'm sure they will not have it processed by then. So that's why I'm asking...I will most probably be in Thailand DURING the process but right now I'm outside Thailand...which is my point and question.

@Tod ********

Currently in Vietnam. Not close to any embassy though and therefore need the process to be online only.

So is it necessary to be in Germany at the time or would it work to be in a different country (maybe other than Thailand) and receive everything online? Because when I enter for example Vietnam in the list of compatible countries it says it does not work. I was wondering how that would get checked. Thanks!

@Andi **********

Oh, really? Interesting. Never thought about that. Is that possible online after the first report or is it always in person?