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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

My Laos evisa definitely asked for a printout as you can see and I know Cambodia needs 2 printouts though they were just tourist visas. The Thai evisa just says that airlines may ask for a printout.

So it is an electronic/paper visa. Australia has had e visas for at least 10 years. Everything is on computer and with automated gates. I think even tourists do not need to deal with people. It kind of makes it more complicated with print outs. In the past you left your passport and form at the embassy then collected it and went straight to the border. Now you need to drive around town looking for a print shop. Typical of Cambodia and Laos but you would hope not for Thailand. Where I live it is a 5 km motorbike ride to a print shop.

Ok. I would have printed but did not get it organised before I left Laos. I did queue at the printing station but as I said, somebody told me not to bother.b

I know both Cambodia(2 copies) and Laos(1 copy) request printed copies of their evisa but I could find no request for it on the Thai evisa site or on the visa approval letter. It is meant to be an electronic visa so the idea of needing a print out is strange. I know many people are held up at Cambodian borders to do printing as they assume an evisa is what it is called-an evisa and not an evisa in paper form. The Cambodians actually keep one copy and the second is stapled to your passport for exit which seems quite unnecessary. There was a printer near immigration but it was quite busy with Laos people printing paperwork and a Thai girl there said don't bother and just go to the desk.

Sorry. This was meant to be a reply to @Rob Browder's post

Hi. I made the report about the non o at Vientiane. I have the phone number of the agent if anyone wants to pm me.

Yes. 1 day. Tod Daniels on Facebook Thai visa said he had heard of people getting their visa on the way back from making payment. I had 400,000 b in a Thai bank but had only recently deposited it. I had a bank letter and a statement but you could only upload one document so I chose the statement.

I know Vientiane is in Laos but I meant I have used evisa for entry to Cambodia and Laos and both require paper copies. I went to the desk and showed him the visa on the phone but he was not interested in the phone and would not take it. He just said "Passport". I had done a DTAC and had put the visa number on that as required so it does make some sense that once the IO inputs the passport number he would have access to the visa number etc. I did leave Laos 3 days after the visa was granted.

I was saying you do not need to print a hard copy of the Thai evisa( unlike Cambodia, and Laos). The IO just has it on his computer. I entered Thailand using the non o (90 day entry). Yes. Received the visa the next day(26 hours later). Surprisingly on a Saturday.

I went to Vientiane to get a new non -o married to a Thai, visa last week. I flew into Udon Thani and then caught a van to the Friendship Bridge. The IO started asking questions and looking through my passport- how long in Thailand, how long in Laos- but then saw my last non-o(expired) and seemed happy that I was married to a Thai. I think he initially thought I was doing a visa run. I did the evisa which took a few tries till I worked out how to do it correctly. There did not seem an obvious part where it said to upload my passport photo but maybe that was my fault. On Friday morning I caught a tuk tuk to the embassy from the riverside for 100,000 kip (around 175 b) but was probably ripped off because the journey back was only 50,000. The touts immediately jumped me when I arrived. I think they were trying to tell me I needed an appointment. The guy at the desk was selling somebody a same day visa return service for 5000 baht. I didn't wait around and went inside and queued for about 5 minutes and then paid with no questions asked. I talked to the visa agent on the way out and he gave me his card. He said I should pay him and he would get me the visa immediately but I said I was in no hurry. He was really friendly but tried to tell me it might take 10 to 15 days to arrive. Since it was Friday I expected to wait at least till Tuesday but said if I did not get it on Tuesday I might come and see him. The visa arrived in my email at about 2.30 pm on Saturday. I forgot to print it out but the IO at the Friendship Bridge did not care and just took my passport with no paper copy needed.

Yeah. A bit strange.

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I went today. Went early and it was actually pretty quiet. Went mainly by win bikes and there seems an unwritten law to not splash them -I doubt they care about the passengers but the drivers are out all day. It was after 1pm when I left and not actually that crazy but mainly stayed away from the beach.

Thanks. I guess not going then. Will wait a few days

I want to go to the bank at Central by baht bus from Naklua. Can anyone tell me how crazy it is out there(more than usual, I mean).