Tourist visa application cancelled

[Leon1980]

Hi.

    I had applied 5 days ago for a tourist visa and just received an auto reply saying it had been cancelled with no further information.

 

I did everything right and sent bank statement, copy of flights, decoration form, photos. 

They have not given me a reason and I have no idea what to do.

 

Has anyone else experienced this and what did they do?

 

Thanks in advance

 

[ttkeric]

If you provide more details, I'm sure someone would enlighten you.

 

Where are you from? Are you applying in your country or another? Your age? Have you been here before? Have you overstayed? Etc. 

[Leon1980]

Ok great.

 

I'm an Irish citizen. I applied through the Thai e visa online to the UK embassy. 

 

I have never overstayed. I am 41. My most recent visit was with a tourist visa and although I did get covid extensions I left in February, one month before my visa was due to expire. 

 

I emailed the embassy before I applied and they told me everything required and I did all that, bank statements, flights , decoration form, photo and photo me with passport.

 

Thanks

 

 

[Caldera]

They said "canceled", not "denied", so to me that indicates that the application process might not have been completed. 

 

Did you make the payment for the visa fee and check if the payment actually went through? That might sound like a silly question, but a friend of mine noticed after a few days that his payment hadn't gone through.

[thonglorjimmy]

5 minutes ago, Leon1980 said:

I'm an Irish citizen. I applied through the Thai e visa online to the UK embassy. 

I'm assuming that's a typo, I don't think the UK Embassy process visas to Thailand

[Leon1980]

Yes I paid in full. The money has been taken from my account by kasikorn bank.

 

The UK embassy in London processes the visa applications for the UK and Ireland.

[BritTim]

4 hours ago, thonglorjimmy said:

I'm assuming that's a typo, I don't think the UK Embassy process visas to Thailand

Presumably, the meaning is the Royal Thai Embassy in London (that represents Thailand in the UK and Ireland).

[Upnotover]

As you seem to have been in email contact with the Embassy I would forward this cancellation email to them for their comment.  Is the sending address for the email credible?  When you sign in to your evisa account does the application still appear or has it vanished?

[howerde]

On the evisa site was there not an email to contact with any issues, like www. xxxxxLON4. co .th  or Lon5  , i had an issue a while ago,   and the email addresses for help were not the ones on the embassy website.

[Leon1980]

Thanks for replies. The visa says "finished" on the e visa website. But they have cancelled according to the email and there is no attachment to download. 

 

I've been looking into it and I'm not the only one. Many people have had visa application cancelled for no apparent reason.

 

Because of this I have just moved my flight from may 30 to June 13 to give extra time.

 

I'm not sure what to do next as they don't reply to emails. I gave everything requested and more.

[Caldera]

Once again, they've put a hopelessly broken process in place; just reading the instructions is mind-boggling.

 

I guess it's okay when it works (and surely people will come along saying it worked for them), but when it doesn't, what a mess!

[Mac Mickmanus]

3 hours ago, BritTim said:

Presumably, the meaning is the Royal Thai Embassy in London (that represents Thailand in the UK and Ireland).

Aren't Visas for Thailand processed inside Thailand and just issued at Embassys ?

[ubonjoe]

4 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Aren't Visas for Thailand processed inside Thailand and just issued at Embassys ?

They are processed by the embassy or official consulate where you apply for a visa.

[Leon1980]

I looked at the reviews of the embassy and they don't care one bit. They don't answer calls or emails. I will have to travel without visa

[Alidiver]

Just a thought. Bank Statements have to be verified by the bank and contain your home address and name. Downloads from mobile banking are not accepted. 

 

 

 

 

[Mac Mickmanus]

1 hour ago, Leon1980 said:

I looked at the reviews of the embassy and they don't care one bit. They don't answer calls or emails. I will have to travel without visa

How long did you state that you would like to stay in Thailand for ?

[Pmbkk]

10 hours ago, Leon1980 said:

Ok great.

 

I'm an Irish citizen. I applied through the Thai e visa online to the UK embassy. 

 

I have never overstayed. I am 41. My most recent visit was with a tourist visa and although I did get covid extensions I left in February, one month before my visa was due to expire. 

 

I emailed the embassy before I applied and they told me everything required and I did all that, bank statements, flights , decoration form, photo and photo me with passport.

 

Thanks

 

 

 

How long were you in Thailand before and on what visa & which visa did you apply for this time ?

Maybe that plays a part.

 

It's only May 11th - if email isn't working why not write a quick letter asking them to reply via email, they'll have it in a day or two - maybe worth a try and will cost the price of a stamp - esp' if you register it.

 

[bbko]

10 hours ago, Leon1980 said:

I did get covid extensions

How many?

[BangkokReady]

Can you print everything out and go in person?

[Boyn]

Back in the day the Thai consulate in Hull would answer the phone straight away,issue visas really quickly without any hassle and were just damn helpful ,i miss those days cos the embassy in London is hopeless.

[The Hammer2021]

2 minutes ago, Boyn said:

Back in the day the Thai consulate in Hull would answer the phone straight away,issue visas really quickly without any hassle and were just damn helpful ,i miss those days cos the embassy in London is hopeless.

Not just hopeless but a tad acerbic!

[BritTim]

13 minutes ago, Boyn said:

Back in the day the Thai consulate in Hull would answer the phone straight away,issue visas really quickly without any hassle and were just damn helpful ,i miss those days cos the embassy in London is hopeless.

Most of the honorary consulates were service minded, and often friendly. Their demise is very sad.

[Kalasin Jo]

12 hours ago, Leon1980 said:

Yes I paid in full. The money has been taken from my account by kasikorn bank.

 

The UK embassy in London processes the visa applications for the UK and Ireland.

You mean ,I'm sure, the Thai Embassy in the UK. Some here are being pedantic

[2008bangkok]

I think the clue is on the.email."auto.generated" which means you didn't provide the correct paperwork probably.missed.something.

 

You would think.(but this is Thailand) Nobody would.of actually.looked.at.your.paperwork and sent an auto generated.email.back

 

[Caldera]

3 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

Can you print everything out and go in person?

That's not an option anymore. Wherever the eVisa is introduced, it becomes the only option. 

[geisha]

Is it something to do with not able to have 2 visas within 6 months of the last .? Or refused because you stayed more than 180 days of your yearly quota. My excuse, I can’t remember the actual wording of what I read. It’s on the website rules somewhere. 

[geisha]

Anyhow, just go visa exempt and do the 30 day extension. You can then do a border hop. Very annoying tho that they don’t give a reason. I think you can email or call them in UK.

[Cabradelmar]

It's probably based on your prior history of coming to THA... It might appear to them you are living in Thailand (and doing so with multiple tourist visas and COVID extensions). Your best bet is to come in on 30 day VER (visa exempt), followed by a 30 day extension of stay, and then apply for the proper visa in county based on what you are really try to do (work, study, marry, having Thai children, retirement, etc )

[Cabradelmar]

On 5/11/2022 at 8:42 AM, Leon1980 said:

most recent visit was with a tourist visa and although I did get covid extensions I left in February, one month before my visa was due to expire. 

Why would you get a COVID extension if you where going to leave before your prior tourist visa expires? Remember, COVID extensions (which are not visas) are intended for those unable to travel due to covid. But then you leave before the COVID extension/current tourist visa  expires. There are a number of red flags here. Just a theory

[Sheryl]

46 minutes ago, Cabradelmar said:

It's probably based on your prior history of coming to THA... It might appear to them you are living in Thailand (and doing so with multiple tourist visas and COVID extensions).

 

If that were the issue I think the application would have been denied/rejected, not cancelled.

 

Cancelled implies something was missing or there was a glitch in the software.

 

OP if you cannot get hold of anyone to ask about this, you either could try reapplying, or else enter visa exempt - in either case cancel the payment made for the cancelled application first via your credit card