Before Christmas (and the latest U.K. full lockdown / Thai outbreak) I applied for the STV. Passport has come back but two questions...

 

1) It appears to be a normal tourist visa not the STV - category shown is TR. Can anyone confirm what the differences look like?

 

2) Valid until is April 2021. Does that mean I can arrive any time from now until April and then get 60 / 90 days from when I arrive or I have to return to U.K. by April?  
 

Thanks for your help! No covering note in with my passport or email or anything.

1. I have nevers seen a STV visa sticker. Perhaps take a photo or a scan of it, redact your personal info and post it.

What was the fee you paid?

2. You will get a 60 or 90 day permit to to stay if you enter the country on or before the day it is valid to.

 

On the USA site, I am no longer seeing STV.

Thanks UbonJoe. 
1) There really isn’t any extra information 

- Place of issue - London

- valid from / until dates

- type of visa - Tourist

- category - TR

- no of entry - Single

- my personal information (name, DOB, passport no., gender) 

- remarks - employment prohibited

 

2) Thanks for confirming. I’ll see what the situation is in a month or two. I’ve previously only breezed in/out on a visa exempt as a cheap base for work in Singapore, Korea or whatever.

9 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

1. I have nevers seen a STV visa sticker.

 

Issued in Denmark:

 

That confirms 1) - it isn’t an STV. Thank you!

 

Frustrating that they ignored my cover letter, didn’t contact me, didn’t explain what the visa was for, why STV rejected, etc.

 

Not unexpected though, if Thai bureaucrats were efficient it might not be a third world country and so cheap!

Probably should have included a 1000baht note in the envelope ????

3 hours ago, Chalky0w said:

Frustrating that they ignored my cover letter, didn’t contact me, didn’t explain what the visa was for, why STV rejected, etc.

When you applied for the visa online were you able to select the special tourist visa (STV) on the website?

Did you pay a fee equal to about 2000 baht for the visa or 1000 baht that is the fee for a single entry tourist visa?

Did you submit proof of 40/400k baht of medical insurance?

 

No specific option to select an STV on the website. I’d queried this via email and embassy said to enter duration of stay as 90 days (which I did).

 

Fee was £30 so closer to 1000 baht than 2000.

 

Didn’t require details for insurance (that’s next step for COE).

 

 

8 minutes ago, Chalky0w said:

No specific option to select an STV on the website. I’d queried this via email and embassy said to enter duration of stay as 90 days (which I did).

Fee was £30 so closer to 1000 baht than 2000.

Didn’t require details for insurance (that’s next step for COE).

It appears you only applied for single entry tourist visa. I could not find the fees on the London embassy website but if recall correctly it was 25 pounds for a single entry. The STV is double the single entry tourist visa fee.

The 40/400k baht insurance is required for the visa application not the COE.

The STV requirements are at the bottom of this webpage. https://london.thaiembassy.org/en/publicservice/119247-requirements-for-certificate-of-entry-during-travel-restriction?page=5d6636cd15e39c3bd00072dd&menu=5f4b6eb3f6ae4b2369

 

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6. Copy of health insurance policy which covers medical expenses in Thailand for outpatient not less than 40,000 Baht and for inpatient not less than 400,000 Baht, and COVID-19 related medical expenses no less than 100,000 USD for the whole period of your stay in Thailand --  Please check < http://longstay.tgia.org> for more information regarding the insurance requirement.

 

The recent developments at both ends suggest that you will never get to use it now anyway

On 1/6/2021 at 3:47 PM, sudsy said:

On the USA site, I am no longer seeing STV.

STV is still listed in the USA as of today

Kind of irrelevant now but:

- what should I have selected to apply for an STV on the website when there is no option for this? As mentioned, embassy confirmed there is no separate option.
- where should I have listed insurance details when no field for it?

- how could I have paid a higher fee when asked for £30? 

Has anyone been successful in getting an STV from U.K.? 

1 hour ago, Chalky0w said:

where should I have listed insurance details when no field for it?

I assume you could send it with your passport and etc to the embassy to have your visa finalized.

1 hour ago, Chalky0w said:

how could I have paid a higher fee when asked for £30?

I don't know.