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On Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 11:03 AM, MaksimMislavsky said:

Maybe you can apply from a third country? Say, go to Malaysia first and apply to Thai consulte in Penang...

Or, well, is Thailand really worth the trouble? There are many other destinations around.

thanks for the guidance. ill keep you folks posted incase i find my way in.

On Saturday, April 22, 2017 at 6:19 AM, ubonjoe said:

In India you cannot apply directly with the embassy or one of the consulates. It goes through a contracted visa application center  (VFS is one of the 2). They accept the application, collect the fee and send it to the embassy or consulate for approval. If not approved they do the visa sticker and stamp it void as a record of the application being processed. There have been many reports of this happening. I suspect many are accepted by the visa centers that don't meet the requirements when they are sent the embassy or consulate.

All that can be done is to try again by applying and paying the fee.

Yes  an update.... i asked my agent , if i could apply from another city in india . It isnt allowed , since my passport was issued in bhopal ( central city in india ) . Bhopal comes under the New Delhi jurisdiction of all applications of visa processing . Sheer  Bad luck.. this means if i reapply   i will have to go through the  same embassy that rejected me in new delhi..., i cant apply from a friendly consulate , i thought might have existed in another city.  We as applicants dont have a choice of choosing the thai embassy that are located in different states. 

5 minutes ago, thecyclist said:

Happens regularly in Phnom Penh:The Cambodian embassy clerks, who are paid by the agencies,attach the visa sticker.The Thai consul when signing them picks a few passport to revoke and cancel/void the visa. 

I agree with some poster having a Thai woman as a guarantor-unless that lady is some kind of high so influential person-might have done more harm than good. 

Get a new passport and try again.

Thanks. I find this answer very convincing and closest to chances of refusal . i will attach my void visa soon for all to see. you are so right . the visa actually came through. and clearly shows the expiry date of 3 months. som eofficer at the end of the line , put a void seal. Thanks again ..you really did hit the nail on the head.

3 hours ago, KhonKaenKowboy said:

Yes, I think so too.  Might have even got a loan from the agent to top up the balance.

Nobody is kind enough top off anybody's bank balance. Had I known bank transactions would create an issue, I would have presented a different bank showing regular transactions.  I guess everybody has more than 1 personal savings  bank account .

4 hours ago, MaksimMislavsky said:

I would suggest there should be no mention of thai female friend in application papers whatsoever. Just applying indepentently as a normal tourist (tickets, funds, hotel booking - can be cancelled later) could probably work out better... 

I think this is one perfect answer, closest to the actual reason for rejection . Thanks. Next time will be careful and remind myself , a Thai tourist visa of 60 days does not come easy .

16 hours ago, JackThompson said:

The lower-level person at the consulate/embassy put the visa in his passport.  A supervisor voided it.  Others have had this experience at other consulates.  I recall someone trying to get a 4th TR visa in the same passport from Cambodia had this happen (non-Cambodians only get 3 there max per-passport).

 

I thought folks in India had to use a "Visa Service" called "VFS Global" that handles all Thai visas for the country?  Can he apply directly, instead?

Yes I got to learn today. Indians cannot approach the Thai embassy directly. We have to go through a channel , and VFS global handles this. Thanks for throwing light on this .

3 hours ago, dentonian said:

I think therein lies the reason of refusal.

Bank statements averaging just above the minimum the bank requires, 1,500 rupees = 797 baht.

 

Although you supplied further evidence of 200,000 rupees, they were suspicious of how you obtained the extra funds, especially when supplying a tax return showing an annual income of only 240,000 rupees.

Perhaps working from home you only deposit the minimum required to avoid tax, the remainder in cash.

That unfortunately works against you when apply for Visas.

Thankyou for your concern and reply . Well if this could be one of the may reasons pointed out here , I will retry for a Thailand tourist visa after a 6 month break.  And this time around will show a 6 month bank statement that shows adequate funds,  much greater than the minimum balance. Hope it works . I was sceptical showing off adequate funds , because this would raise double the alarm that I might end up doing business in Thailand . so stuck to the lowest bank record. (  its been a few years since ive started working from home.school children don't pay through cheque . it is small amount ,accepted in cash, and not deposited in the bank account. Previously , I worked for a company and all my salary would be credited to the bank account. However that was years ago, and does not fall into their 6 month bank statement requirement . 

1 minute ago, SicTransit said:

I wonder what is this void stamp. A visa not issued cannot be void. What else is on this stamp?


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Hi Void on a visa granted simply means Not valid. May be some good soul at the embassy passed the visa , and the last officer out of sheer disregard or a personal hate attack,  stamped the VOID seal on it. please come back to this forum in 2 days. I will get my passport back . will attach the void seal. Thanks.

1 minute ago, BritTim said:

Your experience is most unfortunate. There have been reports of others from India having problems getting Thai tourist visas, and even in isolated cases experiencing problems entering when a visa has been granted. I really do not know why those from India seem to experience such issues. I guess racism could be a contributing factor. I think, also, that many from India carry on business in Thailand without appropriate company registration and work permits. Perhaps, that also makes immigration strict on Indian nationals. Anyway, you have my sympathy. Hopefully, someone will be able to suggest a way for you to overcome this.

Thank You Sir for your Honest and very transparent answer..  You lighten my worry.  Yes you are absolutely correct. I have heard of many Indians going to thailand with the intention of only a tour, and end up sticking on , working there and extending stays, and hooking up with thai women for purpose of marriage and visa. this could be the real reason too..Thanks again.

My nationality is Indian. Applied for Thailand tourist visa ( 60 days)  for the first time in April 2017. Got back my passport, with a void stamp . I have a close friend in Thailand, she is Thai national. Using her reference had submitted all required documents - My travel agent in Jabalpur submitted the following documents to delhi office who then submitted to Royal thai embassy in delhi.  The story below takes places in a span of 7-10 days.
( to give you a clear picture, i had not presented any hotel bookings and itinerary, since i would be residing with my friend below , for which the proof of address was attached)
1) Her Passport copy with signature.
2) Her proof of address
3) Her employment certificate ( she has been working in the same company 10 years. has a a great track record)
4) My passport 
5) My desired passport photographs 
6) My  employment certificate
7) My bank statement ( initially submitted 3 months statement, later was asked to submit 6 months statement. I used this bank account to do very small amount transactions, like sometimes 1000 rs or sometimes go upto 20,000 rs. just maintained the minimum balance of 1500 rs every month, that the bank requires.. Finally presented a closing balance of 200,000 INR ( indian rupees)  The thai requirement of closing balance was only 40,000 Indian rupees. I presented 160,000 indian rupees extra.
8) My income tax returns ( This again , was asked to submit later on by the agent , which was the requirement of  the thai embassy at that moment. I  work privately from home, so dont make much money. Hence, dont pay income tax, make less than 2,40,000 rs annually.
9) My return ticket to thailand.( clearly under the 60 days duration. had booked return for 55 days )
10) Letter of invitation duly signed and my relation with invitee, a close friend.

The application was submitted after songkran festival ( big festival of Thais 13 apr- 16 april. ) 
on 17th april the agent at delhi submitted all documents to Royal thai embassy . and on 20th morning i got the news - MY THAI VISA IS VOID !!!!.

This is terrible..
i just want to know what you guys think about all this ?
am i the victim of racism ? 
If all my documentation is authentic and duly submitted whatever the thai embassy asked for , what influenced their minds to VOID MY THAI TOURIST VISA.
what is their psyche here? what were they thinking ? why did they reject my 60 day thai tourist visa?
note ---- i wasnt interested in the 15 days visa on arrival. since 15 days is too little to trip and cover most places in Thialand . i didnt want rush and wind up my trip early.. so i opted for 60 days visa.

( is this racism , or is the embassy biased about something ? why are so many complaints rising and indian forums coming up, with the same issue of being denied thai tourist visa , deeming our visa as VOID )..

hope someone here has the RIGHT answer to my question.

I would not take any chances of trying for a thailand tourist visa again. read some place , some unlucky ones ,  got 2 voids stamps.... how stained !!!

IS THE  INDIAN TRAVEL AGENT TO BLAME ?  A LAPSE ON THEIR PART ? OR IS IT JUST A  WICKED GAME OF THE ROYAL THAI EMBASSY FOR DENYING INDIANS TOURIST VISAS  ?

THE WORST PART IS  ---- THE ROYAL THAI EMBASSY AT DELHI DOES NOT GIVE ANY REASON FOR REJECTION ... LEAVES US WONDERING , WHERE DID WE GO WRONG ??????