carlinternational Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Does anybody knows how much the volunteer visa used to cost before COVID? I was offered a 15 months (3+12) volunteer visa for 65000 (30000+35000). I wonder if they are charging much more now given the circumstances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacksSmirkingRevenge Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 2 hours ago, carlinternational said: Does anybody knows how much the volunteer visa used to cost before COVID? I was offered a 15 months (3+12) volunteer visa for 65000 (30000+35000). I wonder if they are charging much more now given the circumstances Probably about 70,000 now. That's a hefty bit of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingThai Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 2 hours ago, carlinternational said: Does anybody knows how much the volunteer visa used to cost before COVID? I was offered a 15 months (3+12) volunteer visa for 65000 (30000+35000). I wonder if they are charging much more now given the circumstances Depends on the location of the agents. Chiang Mai and Pattaya agents seemed to be cheaper between 40-55k for a 15 month without and re-entry permit. Bangkok agents were around 55-65k so they commanded a bit of a premium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlinternational Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, FlyingThai said: Depends on the location of the agents. Chiang Mai and Pattaya agents seemed to be cheaper between 40-55k for a 15 month without and re-entry permit. Bangkok agents were around 55-65k so they commanded a bit of a premium. 3 minutes ago, JacksSmirkingRevenge said: Probably about 70,000 now. That's a hefty bit of money. I understand that's right now. How much does this kind of visas used to cost before covid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohyesuare Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 7 hours ago, carlinternational said: I understand that's right now. How much does this kind of visas used to cost before covid? The volunteer visa didn't exist as a means to stay longer without actually volunteering before covid as far as I know so you'd just pay the normal visa fees, show proof/a letter of invitation from the organization that you'll be volunteering with etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post simon43 Posted September 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 21, 2020 To the OP: Which organisation are you volunteering with? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patient37 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 (edited) Back in Jan before any of this covid stuff was confirmed I got a quote from TVC for the 15 month for 60,000. The prices started to go up after the 15th of Sept. So it would seem that prices only went up recently because of how late everyone is, and some agents can't even submit for the 3 month volunteer and only a yearly extension. Also before this whole amnesty thing you would usually need 20 days on your existing visa to even apply for the 3 month non-immigrant visa, no exceptions. So amnesty does allow some additional flexibility, but if you leave an agent 4-10 days to complete something that is supposed to take 15 days min... Expect to be charged for it. Edited September 21, 2020 by patient37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patient37 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 8 hours ago, JacksSmirkingRevenge said: Probably about 70,000 now. That's a hefty bit of money. That price sounds about right from what i have been hearing, I mean you do have like only 5 days until your visa expires! People are lucky its even still an option this late in the game. I expected it to not be possible a few weeks ago, which is why i pulled the trigger last month to avoid the surge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonga80 Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Thai Visa Centre offered me Volunteer Visa 3 months 25k and one year 35k, that was 2 months ago. But maybe now is more expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingThai Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 43 minutes ago, jonga80 said: Thai Visa Centre offered me Volunteer Visa 3 months 25k and one year 35k, that was 2 months ago. But maybe now is more expensive. The 1 year option is only available if you currently have a Non-Imm visa in your passport. Otherwise (like from an Exempt Stamp on Amnesty) they can only do the 15 month one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukKrueng Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 On 9/21/2020 at 9:58 PM, carlinternational said: Does anybody knows how much the volunteer visa used to cost before COVID? I was offered a 15 months (3+12) volunteer visa for 65000 (30000+35000). I wonder if they are charging much more now given the circumstances Does it make any difference what the price was 6 months ago? Do you think you can bargain it down by saying that was the price before? I'm pretty sure building a time machine will cost more than the asked price now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 14 hours ago, FlyingThai said: The 1 year option is only available if you currently have a Non-Imm visa in your passport. Otherwise (like from an Exempt Stamp on Amnesty) they can only do the 15 month one. Which is a 3 month Visa plus 12 months extension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJack54 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 16 hours ago, FlyingThai said: The 1 year option is only available if you currently have a Non-Imm visa in your passport. Otherwise (like from an Exempt Stamp on Amnesty) they can only do the 15 month one. Not so sure. Mate of mine obtained extension based on volunteering. He arrived on METV. Obtained few weeks back 12 months for 49k. Attached is reply I obtained for someone else from agent in Pattaya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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