Wongkitlo

No. The evisa site does not tell you to print it. It says you 'can' print it. Unlike some other countries it does not say it is a requirement.

Yes. It is a pity about the M.E visa. It made it easy if you moved around a lot. No need to change immigration offices. Hard to have a home visit if you are not always at the same home .

Evisas only (no paper visa from the embassy /consulate)have just been introduced this year. Otherwise I would have gone to Savanakhet for a multi entry one which was much easier for me.

Yes. Definitely. I was sitting at his table as he sold one to somebody who was unaware of the turnover time and was flying out the next day. I have his card but probably better if people PM me to save him trouble. He was a nice guy apart from his scam.

Since the printing has become such a topic of conversation it could allow further discussion. Naturally for this kind of visa the main local sources are Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam (have heard Malaysia is impossible). Entry from Vietnam is by air only leaving Laos and Cambodia as the land entries. Both require visas printed and both also use evisas and traditional stickers which generate paperwork for IO's. I am sure if the IO has paperwork for printed visas they need for the evisas as well. Their borders are also notoriously corrupt with IO's charging extortionate amounts for visas, extra charge for forgotten photos, fake health checks and overpriced printouts. In Thailand, unlike their neighbours, they have introduced a totally electronic visa. Hopefully it is some move towards a non corruptible, paper gree system with no fines from IO's for not having a printout etc and piles of paperwork like @Rob Browder has highlghted. Posters have mentioned the website says that people 'can' printout but maybe this is to cater for the people who do not use smartphones and difficult airport workers. I do doubt that anybody is going to arrive at Swampy and be sent back to their home country because they have not printed their visa. The papers would be full of it especially since Thailand is pushing people to easily get visas instead of turning up visa exempt and jumping across borders. I could introduce another thing. We now have a DTAC system instead of running around borrowing pens when you arrive and carrying an easily lost exit form which you pay a fine to replace. Is anybody suggesting we should print out the DTAC form. Naturally not because the IO has it on his computer immediately you fill it out at the airport.

I just found his manner slightly confronting. Tod Daniels had advised me on another page that he had heard other reports of quick service.

Thanks for advice and help.

Thanks. I have lived in Thailand for nearly 10 years, have been on the forum for over 6 years compared to your 1 year. If you bothered reading the original post you would see I went to the Thai Embassy in Vientiane. Do you really think you get a visa on arrival from an Embassy. I put up the report to help other people, not for you to troll me. Next time I might think twice before doing so.

I think the reality is that they have it all on their computer and paper copies are unnecessary. Even if some countries still have paper visas it is a thing of the past and, even though I I know that Thailand likes collecting paper copies of everything, maybe in this regard they are catching up to the rest of the world.

I am not at home at the moment but definitely can when I arrive😉

Well the only negative of not having a printout would be you would need to walk 10 metres to the print station near the Thai Immigration at the Friendship bridge and wait in a queue to get a print out

There is a difference between the Laos evisa email and the Thai evisa email. The Laos one definitely requests a print out of the visa but the Thai one does not. In my report I detailed my entry to Laos( the Thai IO initially thought I was a border runner) and then my journey to the embassy in Vientiane. It is pretty obvious I am talking about a Thai visa particularly as the picture I attached says 'Thai E-Visa'

Why is that? It is similar to what Tod Daniels has said on Facebook but his reports were even quicker

Yes. Next day. There was also an agent there saying he would get it for me immediately if I paid him 5000 b

Yes. Tod told me to go there on the Thai visa Fbook site.

Yes. From time of payment at the Thai embassy in Vientiane

You need to read the initial report. It became a bit waylaid with whether you need to print a copy or not

Not sure why ambiguous. I wrote I paid on Friday morning and received approval on Saturday afternoon. About 26 hours.

No. I was replying that it seems to me that you do not need printed copies of your evisa if crossing by land into Thailand. I posted the Laos visa notification requesting you print out the approval letter and the Thai one which has no mention of needing a printed copy unless you are flying and need it for your airline. I did think the Thai approval email would be of interest to some as it is just newly introduced.

I am curious where you did your printing when you were there? I usually leave for the hot season. I keep replying because you guys think 'i did get away with it's but I think it is more likely that it is not required at land borders anymore.

Obviously most consulates have printing shops outside. I used the one at Vientiane to print the invoice for the payment. That wasn't difficult either.

Are you saying you have been to Vientiane lately to do printing? It is close to 40 degrees outside and not the easiest city to find your way around. I preferred to sit by the pool thinking if I really needed it I would get it at the border. If I had found somewhere I would have printed but did not and am glad because you did not need it at the border. As I said in another post I asked at the hotel and he said he did not know how to do it.

Have you actually done this? With everywhere using phones internet shops are a thing of the past. Printing facilities are hard to find. They are a thing of the past and relatively obsolete. I asked my hotel if there was an internet cafe close to do the visa application. They said no. The tuk tuk driver charged me 350 baht to go to an internet cafe with no printer. It was just for games. I went to an expensive hotel and asked if they had a business centre and they said no. I asked at my other hotel if he could print it and he said no. It is not an easy thing to find print shops anymore. They have become obsolete because everything is online and internet cafes/print shops have largely closed down because everybody uses their phones. I could have walked around in the tropical heat to try and find a print shop but took my chances at the border and had no problem. I actually congratulate Thailand for introducing a modern system which does not require paper. I have actually been at an Australian airport and they asked for a return ticket proof so I showed them on my phone. I doubt any reasonable airline would refuse to accept electronic visa on a phone I still say it makes no sense to have an evisa if it is actually still a paper visa needing printing.

I have included the visa app screenshots for your interest