True! Also, if rejected when applying for one reason e.g. a cookery course, you can’t then switch the reason to an application based on a medical appointment (for example) for the same application. Your fee is already lost and you must submit a fresh application.
If online application you pay in advance so fee is lost. Some people have reported that if you apply in person you don’t pay unless approved. Others say you pay in advance, sometimes being asked to sign a form to the effect of ‘no refund if application is rejected’.
Either the check-in agent didn’t understand (or didn’t care). I was once permitted to board using a one way ticket because the agent didn’t think it was fair that if she had been checking me in for another airline it wouldn’t have been an issue. Unfortunately, that didn’t stop the airline deboarding me at my first transit stop.
Would agree Charles. There has been a report of DTV granted for one dental appointment. Sounds tempting but do you want to risk losing your fee if rejected?
Depends what suits you. If no current desire to exit Thailand, you live in the centre of the country and it would cost $40 or $52 USD to enter Laos (for example), a 180 day extension for 1,900 baht from your local Immigration Office may be preferable.
Thanks for your input! That being the case they really shouldn’t have said ‘looks OK’ unless the person accepting payment was the one who actually approves/rejects?
Appears to be contrary to what has previously been posted. Online applications pay in advance and risk losing the fee. In person not paying until application granted.