I have a few staff who need to do a visa run next week to get a non-Imigrant visa.

My priorities are:

1) speed/comfort of visa run

2) ease of getting paperword done

3) cost

It seems we can get cheap AirAsia flights next week but the first flight to Singapore gets in at 10:30. A friend told me that the Thai embassy only accepts applications till 11:15 whereas I think it was 12:00 before. 45 minutes is really tight coming through immigration and getting to the Thai embassy but maybe doable.

For KL, the same problem in that the flight gets in earlier but it will surely take at least an hour to get downtown, or rather 90 minutes if I remember. So in both cases I presume we need to go down the night before, right?

KL is cheaper for hotels and food and the flight is shorter but I seem to remember them being tougher on paperwork.

Is it true that both embassies still accept visa applications in the morning and give them back the following afternoon?

Which is the best bet for a visa run?

Thx

Moved to the visas for Thailand sub-forum.

Scouse.

In both cases I would go the day before, 45 minutes to clear immigration and get to the embassy in Singapore sounds to be wishfull thinking.

Regarding KL, if flying air asia you'll be arriving at the low cost terminal, which is at least 90 minutes from KL downtown. There are busses to KL sentral, from there it's another 15 to 20 minutes to the Thai embassy. You could take a taxi to speed things up, or go to KLIA and get the train to KL sentral, which is much quicker, but in any case count on 90 minutes to get to the thai embassy, they won't allow applications after 11.30, and yes you do get back your visa the next day (between 11.30 and 12.30).

Send them to Singapore, got my visa there no problem and nice and helpfull staff in the embassy for a change !