@Umberto **********

you misunderstand how it works

you are not getting ANY visa when you bounce out/back you you GOT the visa emailed to you once the consulate sent you the email saying the visa was approved.

You're ACTIVATING an entry from it so you get stamped in on it for 90 days

The visa is the PDF file that came in the approval email

You PRINT that out and you show the PDF with your passport when you go to stamp back in and they will stamp you IN to thailand for 90 days FROM that Non-B visa PDF print out you have

Now whether you can bounce out/back to activate that visa entry at the Ranong border by water with Burma would be totally up to the passport control officers at the border when you go to stamp out of thailand. You should be able to

@Verkpink *****

Go to Vientiane or Savannakhet,

make SURE you have the correct documentation from your school to upload, apply online, go pay in person at the consulate and you should be approved in a day or two after that

those are the two fastest consulates in S/E Asia for "regular" Non-Imm visas (B, O, ED)

also ONLY fill out the fields that have the red asterisks <- those are the only mandatory ones

you do NOT need to put visa number, etc

Yes, you have to fiile a TDAC

You can do it from 3 days before you arrival date right down until the date you arrive

BUT

You won't get stamped IN to thailand without having done it (they have kiosks at the airports for people who didn't do it in advance 🙂 )

Here's the official website

@Brock ********

yep, when they scan your passport it shows on their screen wither you filed a TDAC or not

@Ja***

BUT it will let you get almost 9 months of stay without being hassled by immigrations rather than bouncing out and back to milk free stamp entries and run the risk of denial of entry after one or two 🙂

@Mohit *********************

that is nothing

@Tony ********

SOME entry points want to see the QR code (I was told but can't verify)

They don't want to see it and you don't have to print it out, as soon as they scan your passport into the system they can see whether you filed or not on their screen.

Thanx for the update,

So what it sounds like is you went to Penang and applied online thru the eVisa website, (which you say you didn't know had switched to the eVisa online system BUT they did that back on October 8, 2025 🙁 )

BUT

you couldn't stay there until the visa was approved and came back to thailand NOT on a tourist visa, not on any visa at all, just on a free stamp entry for 60 days

THEN

you got a request for more documentation, which you uploaded

BUT

The good news is that your eVisa was approved (y)

You can now print out the PDF from the email they sent you OR go back to the eVisa website and find that application, then print the visa.

Now that you have that Non-B visa you just have to exit/re-enter the country. (you aren't getting ANY visa at the border, you HAVE the visa its that PDF file)

You need go to the border, stamp OUT of thailand, stamp in and out of Malaysia, then show the PDF of the Non-B eVisa when you stamp back in at the thai border and you'll be stamped in for 90 days

Glad you got the visa, it is valid for 3 months from the date it was issued <- meaning you have 3 months to ENTER thailand on that visa and get a 90 day entry stamp. So there's no hurry to run to the border because you're on a 60 day free stamp right now and can use that time to plan a border bounce

Good luck with it, sorry you had issues, but sounds like it worked out