Thai Tourist Visa For Chinese ?

[aisling]

which documents is needed for a Chinese passport holder to get a one month visa ? where in China is it better to apply ?

I read this from Thai embassy in Beijing :

"a letter of recommendation from the applicant's company or employer to confirm that the applicant is an employee who will be traveling to Thailand and will resume his/her work after returning from Thailand"

But the applicant wants to quit her job and travel for months in south east asia.

So, is it still possible to get the visa ?

Thank for help.

[LaoPo]

which documents is needed for a Chinese passport holder to get a one month visa ? where in China is it better to apply ?

I read this from Thai embassy in Beijing :

"a letter of recommendation from the applicant's company or employer to confirm that the applicant is an employee who will be traveling to Thailand and will resume his/her work after returning from Thailand"

But the applicant wants to quit her job and travel for months in south east asia.

So, is it still possible to get the visa ?

Thank for help.

YES, it's very easy and most people let a travel agent handle the tourist visa. They need the passport for that and it will be back in 3-5 days. You were probably looking in the business section for visa.

There is also a Thai Consulate in Shanghai and Guangzhou also I believe, who are giving out visa. One or 2 months is no problem but I think you have to show a return ticket or onward ticket to another destination.

Ask a travel agent in China, they know.

LaoPo

[jstumbo]

My Chinese wife has had a couple tourist visas to Thailand. She only needed a return ticket, pictures and copies. She got the visa at the Guangzhou consulate.

Most Chinese go on tour packages or have a travel agent get the visa for them. When my wife got a tourist visa a couple of weeks ago, we showed up a little early to pick it up. Visa agents pick up the visas between 4pm and 4:30pm, single people get them 4:30-5pm. I saw several agents there picking up hundreds and hundreds of passports each. I only saw two people that looked Chinese that were picking up their own passport, the rest looked like they were from Africa.

[chinadarling]

It is a comone problme that CG often wants stamp from employer. see if you can get aournd it at the embassy if not then y ou need someone with a company who will give a stamp& letter and then you need to owe them a favor...

which documents is needed for a Chinese passport holder to get a one month visa ? where in China is it better to apply ?

I read this from Thai embassy in Beijing :

"a letter of recommendation from the applicant's company or employer to confirm that the applicant is an employee who will be traveling to Thailand and will resume his/her work after returning from Thailand"

But the applicant wants to quit her job and travel for months in south east asia.

So, is it still possible to get the visa ?

Thank for help.

[LaoPo]

It is a comone problme that CG often wants stamp from employer. see if you can get aournd it at the embassy if not then y ou need someone with a company who will give a stamp& letter and then you need to owe them a favor...

which documents is needed for a Chinese passport holder to get a one month visa ? where in China is it better to apply ?

I read this from Thai embassy in Beijing :

"a letter of recommendation from the applicant's company or employer to confirm that the applicant is an employee who will be traveling to Thailand and will resume his/her work after returning from Thailand"

But the applicant wants to quit her job and travel for months in south east asia.

So, is it still possible to get the visa ?

Thank for help.

Chinadarling: that's not required for a tourist visa to Thailand. Chinese tourists can also get a visa upon arrival in BKK airport. For 14 days; the point if that some Airline staff in China, often, do not know this and demand to have the visa IN the passport already, but it is not an obligation for Thailand arrival authorities.

LaoPo

[jstumbo]

Yes, Chinese people are allowed a visa on arrival. But do not rely on this. My Chinese wife, who also has US PR status, tried to board a flight on Thai Airways from Guangzhou to Bangkok. She planned to get a visa on arrival. Thai Airways would not allow her to check in because she did not have a visa for Thailand. She showed them that she had a US greencard, but still they would not let her check in. She told them that Chinese citizens can get a visa on arrival, but still they did not allow her to check in. The supervisor at the counter offered to have a friend provide her with a visa to Cambodia. He said that if she had the visa to Cambodia, that she could then change her flight to the later flight to Bangkok. They said that if she had a visa to Cambodia they would let her check in for a flight to Bangkok?

Thai Airways said they would not allow her to check in, because immigration would not allow her to leave without a visa.

When she went to the consulate, they said that she did not need a visa, but she got one anyway because Thai Airways would not allow her on the plane without one.

She had to come 2 days later, we lost the money on our flights to Phukett, we lost our money on our prepaid hotel in Phukett. When I complained to Thai Airways here, they said that according to their rules, a Chinese person does not need a visa. That they are allowed to get a visa on arrival, and that the check in counter at Guangzhou should have allowed her to board. They were going to investigate it and let me know what they found out. After about two months, I got an email that said that they were not responsible because immigration was the one that would not let my wife board, so they were not going to cover any of our loses. How immigration did not allow my wife to board, when Thai Airways would not allow her to check in is beyond me.

When my wife was able to board two days later, she asked the immigration guys if she would have been able to board without a visa and they said that because she had a greencard, they would have let her go.

This is crazy because China and Thailand have an agreement that Chinese citizens can get visa on arrival, but Chinese immigration will not allow its citizens to leave without the visa.

So the moral of the story, get a visa in China. Do not plan on a visa on arrival unless you are coming from a different country.

I will not fly Thai Airways again since they do not want to cover my loses because of their inability to follow their own rules. Blaming immigration is not right, because immigration would have let my wife leave. They did not even give immigration the chance to refuse her.

[LaoPo]

Yes, Chinese people are allowed a visa on arrival. But do not rely on this. My Chinese wife, who also has US PR status, tried to board a flight on Thai Airways from Guangzhou to Bangkok. She planned to get a visa on arrival. Thai Airways would not allow her to check in because she did not have a visa for Thailand. She showed them that she had a US greencard, but still they would not let her check in. She told them that Chinese citizens can get a visa on arrival, but still they did not allow her to check in. The supervisor at the counter offered to have a friend provide her with a visa to Cambodia. He said that if she had the visa to Cambodia, that she could then change her flight to the later flight to Bangkok. They said that if she had a visa to Cambodia they would let her check in for a flight to Bangkok?

Thai Airways said they would not allow her to check in, because immigration would not allow her to leave without a visa.

When she went to the consulate, they said that she did not need a visa, but she got one anyway because Thai Airways would not allow her on the plane without one.

She had to come 2 days later, we lost the money on our flights to Phukett, we lost our money on our prepaid hotel in Phukett. When I complained to Thai Airways here, they said that according to their rules, a Chinese person does not need a visa. That they are allowed to get a visa on arrival, and that the check in counter at Guangzhou should have allowed her to board. They were going to investigate it and let me know what they found out. After about two months, I got an email that said that they were not responsible because immigration was the one that would not let my wife board, so they were not going to cover any of our loses. How immigration did not allow my wife to board, when Thai Airways would not allow her to check in is beyond me.

When my wife was able to board two days later, she asked the immigration guys if she would have been able to board without a visa and they said that because she had a greencard, they would have let her go.

This is crazy because China and Thailand have an agreement that Chinese citizens can get visa on arrival, but Chinese immigration will not allow its citizens to leave without the visa.

So the moral of the story, get a visa in China. Do not plan on a visa on arrival unless you are coming from a different country.

I will not fly Thai Airways again since they do not want to cover my loses because of their inability to follow their own rules. Blaming immigration is not right, because immigration would have let my wife leave. They did not even give immigration the chance to refuse her.

I remember your story from before, jstumbo !

It's one of those absurd travel experience-stories which can drive a person insane.

In your case it had to do with a 'stubborn' local Chinese Thai Airways official (unless I'm wrong at it was a Thai; but, in fact the nationality doesn't matter) who did NOT know the visa-rules. (Not) Losing face was probably more important than facts. A frustrating experience and indeed, better have a visa done in China.

However, a Farang friend of mine travels up and down from China to Thailand with his Chinese lady-friend and they ALWAYS apply for her visa, once they arrive in BKK. But they don't stay longer than 14 days, except for last Xmas when they staid for 4 weeks but in that case they applied for the visa in GuangZhou.

LaoPo

[jstumbo]

From what the immigration guys in China told my wife it was only because she had a US greencard that they would have let her on the plane. If she did not have that or a visa, they would not have let her on the plane.

So while Thai Airways rules may say that they do not need a visa, it appears that the local staff (Chinese) in Guangzhou maybe have had problems with people being turned around by immigration without a visa.

[dr_Pat_Pong]

From what the immigration guys in China told my wife it was only because she had a US greencard that they would have let her on the plane. If she did not have that or a visa, they would not have let her on the plane.

So while Thai Airways rules may say that they do not need a visa, it appears that the local staff (Chinese) in Guangzhou maybe have had problems with people being turned around by immigration without a visa.

They make the rules as they go.

[frenchFARANGbkk]

Hi,

What kind of tourist visa can Chinese get ? Is a 2 months tourist visa to Thailand possible ?

Thanks.

[Maestro]

Yes. He must apply at a Thai consulate in his home country or his country of permanent residence.

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Maestro

[ssparks111]

Yes. He must apply at a Thai consulate in his home country or his country of permanent residence.

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Maestro

Are you sure about this? A chinese passport holder can get a 2 month tourist visa? I thought a one month visa was all they could get.

Also, if a chinese person arrives on a one month visa, can they extend it for one month, or can they only get 15 days?

[Mario2008]

As Maestro said, Chinese nationals can get a tourist visa for 60 days.

I'm not sure, but I don't see a reason why they couldn't get an extension of 30 days on a tourist visa.