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Just wondering if everyone here who submitted their passports got an e-mail from the embassy both when it arrived and when it got sent out? Tracking shows that mine arrived 2 weeks ago, but I never got an e-mail from the embassy saying they received it, so wondering if this is normal or not. 

All good. They delivered it the next day. I think it was because my office was closed.

I have a question about a failed delivery attempt from Thailandpost due to not being there while the delivery was being attempted. Will Thailandpost attempt to redeliver the package the next day or do I have to call them to ask them to redeliver.

Quite a strange situation because I live in a condo here in BKK and they always drop it off at the office, which was open today, so not sure what happened.

33 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Isnt that if you hand in your application in the afternoon and thus it gets treated  to a following day application  ?

   If you hand your application in in the morning , it should be ready the following day .

Good question. I just don't know how the rules have changed since pre-covid times. It's really hard for me to find the correction information, but Penang, Malaysia did change theirs to 2 days too, so I'm thinking the same goes for Vientiane now. 

4 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Isnt the "next day" two days ?

Like, today and tomorrow ?

I took a screenshot of what I found on their website. I underlined it in gold.

Does anybody here know if the processing time at the Vientiane Consulate is still next day service, or has it been changed to 2 days like they say on their website?

24 minutes ago, MarcelV said:

Everything like before.

Tomorrow the government should announce the extension of the Covid extensions by another month.

GOD willing, brother.  ????

31 minutes ago, BritTim said:

Tourist visas are certainly available from the Thai embassy in Vientiane. Assuming you do not have several other recent tourist visas in your passport, you can be quite confident that the visa will be issued.

Just been on the COVID extension stuff for the last 2 years. Will that be an issue?

Just wondering if anybody here has gone to Vientiane to obtain a SETV Thai Tourist Visa at the consulate? With all the current COVID situation still ongoing just wondering if there were any issues that may consider this a bad option at the moment.

On 7/23/2022 at 8:53 PM, audaciousnomad said:

Same.  they know me already after 2 years of this. The one stern lady there is firm in her demeanor, but not that nasty. I think it's helpful that I always arrived well-dressed and never displayed any emotional reactions to her.  I think it's a "territorial" thing. Once she knows that you acknowledge she's the "shot-caller", she doesn't huff and puff. It's the combative ones that fuel her fire and get grilled.  Anyway, just my theory.  Good luck everyone. Now that the program was extended only to August...our 60-day stamps will end with no ability to further apply for new ones.  It was good while it lasted, time to move on soon.

The state of emergency decree has been extended to September 30th, so anyone who applies on that date or a day before should be good until the end of November.

https://thethaiger.com/coronavirus/emergency-decree-extended-by-cabinet-until-end-of-september

I went today (22-JULY-2022) and they didn't ask me for any flight ticket going out. I've been here before the pandemic started and never left. Wondering if I got lucky?

6 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

You can stay until July 31st. No need to do anything at immigration.

Thanks UbonJoe! Much appreciated ????

My visa on arrival expired on March 25th but I extended for an additional 30 days at CW, so will my visa automatically be extended? 

I entered Thailand on February 24th and extended recently at immigration for another 30 days. Does anybody know if I'm eligible for this?

Sent you a PM. Check your inbox.

I don't find that strange at all. What's strange is that they have never asked for any of this in the 10 years you've been applying even once. You're lucky by the way. My local embassy asks for return tickets, bank account statements and a written letter as to why I want to visit Thailand. 

Thailand has changed a lot recently with requirements regarding many types of visas and you can see from other posters here on Thaivisa that the pain reaches far and wide. Big changes are coming to Thailand.

If your passport looks really clean then I think you'll be fine. 

1 minute ago, DMC1 said:

 

When you talk about '30 day tourist visa' are you referring to 30 day visa exempt as this is not really the same thing. If you continually enter on 30 day visa exempts then you have a higher chance of being pulled.

 

Yes sir. It was the 30 day exempt that got me in trouble. I had 2 of those back to back, but my passport was FULLLLLLL of tourist visas which caught the eye of the IO. That's when the trouble began.

10 minutes ago, JackThompson said:

Was this upon entry with a Tourist-Visa?  Please post the details to another thread, unless the reason given was "too many tourist visas."  If that was the reason, please provide the details here.

I was coming in on a 30 day visa on arrivals, BUT when they pulled me to their station an pulled up a history of my stay in Thailand, they saw that I had been living here on back to back tourist visa's for years. They then asked me to show them money, which I did ($1,500), then asked if I was working in Thailand, to which I was not. I showed them my bank statements from home where I pull money out every month and it still wasn't good enough for them. 

They called me a liar and said that I was trying to trick them and ended up denying me entry into Thailand. They told me that if I would need at least a Non-immigrant B visa if I wanted to come back soon and not a tourist visa. I was locked up at the airport jail for 2-3 days trying to get a flight back to America. Lots of airlines just didn't want to deal with a deportee. It was a mess. 

9 minutes ago, JackThompson said:

What 5-year alert?  You would go to another entry-point and try again - this time with more documents to support your situation.  I'd also wait a week first.  That visa is good for an entry up to 90-days after issuance.  Another person who was denied at an airport (for not having the 20K Baht cash) used his visa to enter somewhere else later.

Well I was denied entry to Thailand about 2 months ago. They forced me to come back to America and told me that I could only enter Thailand on a Business visa if I ever wanted to return in the near future. They told me that I would have some kind of record in the system for 5 years for all IO's to see. 

Is there anyway around this right now? I applied for a new passport for starters. 

If one were to get denied entry into Thailand due to too many tourist visa's, how could he/she be able to enter back into Thailand if they have their record is now tarnished with the 5 year alert on their file? 

Technically you're not working in Thailand. Working in Thailand means that you are making money within the Thai Economy. Since your the company you work for is overseas as well as the income you're making, then you are not working in Thailand.

Visa options include: (In order from the easiest to obtain)

Tourist Visa

Education Visa

Non-Imm Business Visa

Also but more expensive but worth it IMO:

Thai Elite Visa (500,000 Baht for 5 years)

If he flies tell him not to do it from Don Muang and back. They're really strict on people coming in to Don Muang. Savanaket should be easier. They don't really deny people there. Surprised that they denied him at Vientiane. Even if he had an ED visa prior to getting his new tourist visa, they should have not denied him.