S/E Asian Thai Consulates going to eVisa online system effective Tuesday Oct 8th

[Tod Daniels]

ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS;

 

The following Thai consulates in S/E Asia will go to online eVisa applications ONLY starting the 8th of Oct. They will discontinue any walk up/in person visa applications at that time.

Actually some of them stopped accepting in person applications already and have consular services closed until they open on the eVisa system on Tuesday

Vietnam - Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City

Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Kota Bharu

Cambodia - Phnom Penh

 

The follow consulates are still walk up consulates (they will not be changing to eVisa at this time) BUT you need to book an appt online to get in the gate

Lao - Vientiane, Savannakhet

Burma - Yangon

 

The following consulates are walk up consulates no appt needed

Indonesia - Jakarta

Taiwan - Taipei

Philippines - Manila

 

You have to physically be IN the country whose thai consulate you are using on the eVisa system. 

Also the consulates that used to sell year/multi-Non-O's will no longer be able to seeing as that is NOT a choice on the eVisa system (so anyone thinking of going to HCMC year/multi Non-O think again 😕 )
For that year long multi-entry Non-O visa based on marriage you use Savannakhet or Yangon (where reports are that it's issued) 

Edited 13 hours ago by Tod Daniels

[Upnotover]

2 minutes ago, Tod Daniels said:

Also the consulates that used to sell year/multi-Non-O's will no longer be able to seeing as that is NOT a choice on the eVisa system (so anyone thinking of going to HCMC or Savannakhet for year/multi Non-O think again 😕 )

But Savannakhet isn't going e-visa (yet) - did they stop multi's anyway?

[Tod Daniels]

24 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

But Savannakhet isn't going e-visa (yet) -

well spotted 😄
I edited the post to reflect that savannakhet and yangon will be about the only two 'walk up' consulates to get year/multi Non-O's from
 

People said they got them in Vientiane too but I can't find anyone who did it this year so dunno

[DrJack54]

Excellent update @Tod Daniels

Any idea if Laos eg Savannakhet etc will follow suit with eVisa 

 

[Liquorice]

5 hours ago, Tod Daniels said:

I edited the post to reflect that savannakhet and yangon will be about the only two 'walk up' consulates to get year/multi Non-O's from

Savannahket and Yangon are by appointment, not walk up.

 

Surely you meant the below are still 'walk up'.

Indonesia - Jakarta

Taiwan - Taipei

Philippines - Manila

[Tod Daniels]

8 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Any idea if Laos eg Savannakhet etc will follow suit with eVisa 

I think we will eventually see ALL the consulates switch over to the eVisa web portal, we can only watch the f/b pages and websites for any announcements

[Denim]

All these changes are not going to benefit the applicants.  Better for the consular staff as the net end result will be less work for them since people will see less advantage in going to these places.

[DrJack54]

8 minutes ago, Denim said:

All these changes are not going to benefit the applicants. 

Quite the opposite.

 

[Liquorice]

10 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Any idea if Laos eg Savannakhet etc will follow suit with eVisa 

In June, the MFA announced plans for all Thai Embassies to switch to the e-visa system by the end of December.
Let's wait and see.