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Nothing wrong with your idea, but I personally disagree with it. I'm arriving in Thailand next month, staying for 57 days. I could have done as you suggest, entered visa-exempt and applied for an extension. However, I chose to get a Tourist Visa mainly because, once I figured the strange visa site out, it's all done from the comfort of my own home and now I don't need to mess about getting copies, filling in forms, going to Immigration, effectively wasting half a day of my holiday minimum. Plus its heaper - £30 for the visa, against 1900 Baht for an extension (approx £47.50). As ever with these things "YMMV"

Otherwise known as a Glasgow kiss ????

Ah....... the wonderful Jethro (RIP)

Why not. Ronald Reagan (a notoriously bad actor) made it. And...shouldn't it be obsession WITH celebrity? ????

Huh!! You should listen to (we) Brits talking about house prices..it never stops!!

Usually incorrectly pronounced by Americans as Orig-AN-Oh

Not quite sure how.... It would make more sense if people only quoted the full place if they were from one of the lesser-known ones, assuming California as a default. Same as if I mention Liverpool, I assume the city in the NW of England, but I actually have a picture of myself in Liverpool, Texas

Yes Yes Yes!!!! One of my pet hates! ???? Just like when Americans might say Los Angeles, California instead of just Los Angeles! I did go to school, you know!!

I choose to disagree Robin. All my effort has been made from the comfort of home and I've now got my visa for the duration of my trip without the irritation of going to Immigration. Having said that, this thread concerns TOURIST Visa applications and your ultimate purpose differs. I'll add that a friend used the eVisa system last year and from his description / experience, it does seem to have changed slightly....still MUCH room for improvement, IMO. Ultimately, as long as you got what you needed........

Good stuff - you too mate! ???????? In passing, the system does direct you to the appropriate Embassy / Consulate when you tell it your location - in my case the London Embassy.

The man was a genius! ????????????

I had that same thought, and clearly it's up to you but I stuck at it. Another way of submitting multiple JPEGs is to create a Word doc, copy/paste your JPEGs into it, then resize them within Word, save it as a PDF and submit the PDF - that's what I do - just a thought. Also in UK, the e - SETV is a flat £30. In Jomtien for example, an extension is 1900 Baht, presently approx £47.50, and you need to do several photocopies, get to Immigration, queue up for an unknown time - just a boring hassle. Basically i stuck at the online application to save a small amount of money but PRIMARILY to save a waste of time when I'm in Thailand - I can now just relax. As I said, your call - good luck whatever you decide.

Suggest you start a new thread - this one is about Tourist Visas and may not be looked at by those in the know about ED visas - they're above my pay grade ????

That website is appallingly put together...I used to work in IT and had trouble with the bloody thing! Q1 You don't...you upload a new page and it replaces the old one Q2 You don't...you need to do some nifty editing to get your content onto one page Q2 Yup! That declaration is pathetic but if you read it carefully you haven't actually given them anything pertaining to "race, political activities, .criminal record, and health record...." However, I did use a bank statement but just OBFUSCATED it by removing A/C number and Sort Code - accepted. Trust me, I've been to Immigration in Jomtien and been given sheets of paper containing someone else's data. Anyone would think it's a primitive country! I actually created this thread before i did mine, so you're not the only confused one! Good Luck!

That's what i did and they accepted it - I made a PDF containing the following: FAO Royal Thai Embassy, London. Please note that I, <full name>, Passport No <number> has undertaken NO international travel in the last 12 months. My signature here Dated 4th January 2023 I have my Tourist Visa ????

Likewise, SCB and AIS Thai phone with roaming activated. SMSs arrive free. Similar timescale to you. As for keeping the phone topped up I believe that using the SCB top-up is minimum 50Baht so I use https://www.ding.com/ which lets me add 10Baht to the phone balance, extending it by 30 days. That costs me £0.29 via my UK PayPal account. Rinse and repeat as needed.

I used Snipping Tool in Windows 10 to get a jpeg of each ticket. Pasted the jpegs into a Word doc. which I called "Tickets shown together" Then File > Save as - chose PDF (Office 2016) That served as sufficient for Item 4 "Travel booking confirmation" I'm not sure if there are "USA forms" - as it's an online application, I would have thought it was the same same world-wide??? Thanks for the good wishes - good luck and same to you ????

No...you will be ADVISED to get it....advice that you can decline! I hope i am stopped as it goes...I have the insurance anyway (my choice and arranged in UK) but I shall just say "No thanks" (politely) and walk on! If pressed, THEN I'll offer to show them my insurance...which i have in my hand-carry and on my phone! Bit of sport, methinks!

Was he vejazzelled?

I applied on 5th Jan - got an email dated 10th Jan "Your visa is approved" The email had an attached PDF with all the relevant details printed, and IMPORTANTLY a QR code. I've printed it (High Res!) and will present it to the airline on check-in and then to Immigration on arrival. I'm now covered for my trip - no need to get "onward" tickets, or to go to Immigration when in Thailand. Happy days ???? I don't know if a return ticket is REQUIRED, but as I have one, I submitted it anyway. (Actually 2 singles but I concatenated them into 1 PDF) Also, for a TV, a scan of my bank a/c (obfuscated, naturally) showing January 2023. I happen to have had about £9K in it at the time I scanned it it but I still don't know what sum is needed. For UK residency, obfuscated Council Tax bill I showed the emails between me and the hotel but not a specific booking. Thanks to those who offered advice. ???????? Parting thought: If only the instructions were less ambiguous, it would be less stressful!

Ah...the place they ruined, you mean?

You're right of course, but I don't think the status of "illegal" actually matters to (ahem) people of influence! ???? Anyway....an illegal is a sick bird!

I'm not allowed to post what i think the anti-vaxxers are (way too anatomical!) but I wouldn't insult the sheep!

In the UK it was 2 initial doses, then 2 boosters, given by the age of the patient (oldest first). My most recent one (Moderna) was 26 September 2022 - all 4 are shown on my NHS Covid Pass.