Current Thai Visa Application Rules

[crazydrummerpauly]

Hi all.  Just browsing the Thai Embassy, London website to get up-to-date with the ever-changing visa rules for visiting Thailand, and guess what, i am pretty confused - what's new !  Ok, so this is from the introductory page - 

"How to apply visa by post

From 15 June 2019, visa applicants in the UK and Ireland have to apply online. In order to access online visa application, please go to https://thaievisa.go.th/Home

 

Applicants are required to set up an account and submit visa application online, and print out the completed visa application with bar code and submit it with your passport to the Embassy by post.

 

14 June 2019 will be the last day the Embassy will process visa application by post, submitted with the old visa application forms. Any old visa applications received after 14 June 2019 will be returned to the applicants.

 

So that says as i read it,  From June 15, online application, an account necessary, print-out the filled-in online form and "Submit to the Embassy by post."  But then, in the last paragraph there is a reference to 'old visa applications' being returned if they are posted in after June 14.  Ok, so i'm reading that as just a block on the old-style forms ?  So postal applications still accepted as long as the new online form used.  I am just trying to make sure i will NOT have to make the trip to London !  

 

If you click through the embassy site to get to the Non-Imm Visa section, there is this paragraph - 

Applicants are required to set up an account and submit visa applications as an individual, or apply through travel agencies as previously, where travel agencies will submit online applications on their behalf.  However, supporting documents have to be attached and payment has to be made online through secured portal.  Applicants can either book an appointment to submit their passports and visa applications in person at the Embassy, or submit them by post (for those who are eligible to do so).

 

Anybody have an understanding what 'those who are eligible to do so'  means ? 

 

Lastly, in the Non 'O-A' visa section - this - 

" 

• Financial evidence showing monthly income of not less than 65,000 THB (approx. £1,625) or having the current balance of 800,000 THB (approx. £20,000), e.g. bank statements, proof of earnings, for at least 1 month

 

As i have nowhere near that monthly income, (i wish!) i will need to show the 800,000 THB in the bank for at least 1 month - is it ok for that to be in a UK bank, or is it one of those deposits that has to be in a Thai bank ?

 

Thanks.

[steven100]

Ubonjoe is the master on your question …. he will answer for you.

[ubonjoe]

Most of the info for doing it by post you asked about can be found here.

 http://www.thaiembassy.org/london/en/services/7742/84397-How-to-apply-visa-by-post.html 

No need for a trip to the embassy.

 

The requirements for financial proof on the embassy website are not that clear. You can combine income and money in the bank to reach the equivalent of 800k baht. This from the online application site is clearer.

"3. Financial evidence : a guarantee letter from the bank and a copy of bank statement showing a deposit of the amount equal to and not less than 800,000 THB or an income certificate with a monthly income of not less than 65,000 THB or a deposit account plus a monthly income in total not less than 800,000 THB (Note: corrected typo to make it 800k baht instead of 80k baht)"

Source: https://thaievisa.go.th/Home/LongStay

All of the money in the bank can be in a UK bank.

[elviajero]

26 minutes ago, crazydrummerpauly said:

But then, in the last paragraph there is a reference to 'old visa applications' being returned if they are posted in after June 14.  Ok, so i'm reading that as just a block on the old-style forms ?  So postal applications still accepted as long as the new online form used.  I am just trying to make sure i will NOT have to make the trip to London !  

Yes, just the old style forms. You can still use the post and don’t need to visit London.

[crazydrummerpauly]

15 minutes ago, elviajero said:

Yes, just the old style forms. You can still use the post and don’t need to visit London.

Thank the lord for that !  Thanks for the reply as well ????

[crazydrummerpauly]

27 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Most of the info for doing it by post you asked about can be found here.

 http://www.thaiembassy.org/london/en/services/7742/84397-How-to-apply-visa-by-post.html 

No need for a trip to the embassy.

 

The requirements for financial proof on the embassy website are not that clear. You can combine income and money in the bank to reach the equivalent of 800k baht. This from the online application site is clearer.

"3. Financial evidence : a guarantee letter from the bank and a copy of bank statement showing a deposit of the amount equal to and not less than 800,000 THB or an income certificate with a monthly income of not less than 65,000 THB or a deposit account plus a monthly income in total not less than 800,000 THB (Note: corrected typo to make it 800k baht instead of 80k baht)"

Source: https://thaievisa.go.th/Home/LongStay

All of the money in the bank can be in a UK bank.

Many thanks Joe - long time no read - happy to see you are still here and hopefully in good shape ????  Do they mean that the 'combined sum' would come from : Monthly Income x 12,  added to whatever sum is on Deposit ? 

[crazydrummerpauly]

44 minutes ago, steven100 said:

Ubonjoe is the master on your question …. he will answer for you.

Yep - he has for many a year !  ????

[ubonjoe]

19 minutes ago, elviajero said:

Yes, just the old style forms. You can still use the post and don’t need to visit London.

Wrong info read the link I posted for mailed in reports. It has to be the online application form now.

[elviajero]

18 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Wrong info read the link I posted for mailed in reports. It has to be the online application form now.

No it’s not!

 

Read my post again, which was the correct answer to a question by the OP.

[crazydrummerpauly]

10 minutes ago, elviajero said:

No it’s not!

 

Read my post again, which was the correct answer to a question by the OP.

I'm assuming that what UbonJoe meant was that it is like the recently changed process for applying for a UK spouse visa inside the UK - filling it in Online, but then printing it off and posting it ?  (Now radically changed).  That's how i'm reading it.  A combination of online form completing on screen, and then posting in to the embassy.  Is that wrong ?  Thanks.

[ubonjoe]

33 minutes ago, elviajero said:

No it’s not!

 

Read my post again, which was the correct answer to a question by the OP.

You wrote this.

1 hour ago, elviajero said:

Yes, just the old style forms.

Since June 15 th all application have to be done online. From the page for applications by post.

"Printout of visa application form submitted online, with bar code"

 

[elviajero]

27 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

You wrote this.

1 hour ago, elviajero said:

Yes, just the old style forms.

Yes I did; in reply to this question by the OP.

Q - “Ok, so i'm reading that as just a block on the old-style forms ?“

 

A - “Yes, just the old style forms”