Friendly Honorary Consulates In Canada?

[ricklev]

A friend of mine is in Canada and needs a one year multiple B with minimal docs. Any suggestions? Will Denver mail to Canada? What about Hull mailing outside of England?

Thanks for your help!

[ubonjoe]

The following is link to Ottawa consulate if you scroll down the page you will find sevral consulates listed. Ottawa and Vancouver are listed on the Ministry of Forign Affairs website so they are probably official consulates. The rest may be honarary consulates. Your friend should try calling the others to feel them out.

http://www.magma.ca/~thaiott/visa3.htm

Don't know the answer to question about Denver. Use pull down menu at top of page for list of honarary consulates in US. Another phone call or email would answer question for any of them.

http://www.thaiembdc.org/AboutEmb/EmbDirect.aspx

Hope this helps.

[ricklev]

Thanks for the information.

Any recent experiences out there?

[blakegeee]

I am a Canadian in Canada wondering what the best/easiest place is to apply for a Thai visa? All I "need" is a 60 day tourist visa and then I will be getting officially married in Thailand and changing it to a Non-imm visa later. BUT, it would be nice to get a bit longer visa so I have a little more time as things don't always happen that quickly in Thailand. A double-entry visa would certainly be more convenient. I am much too young to get a retirement visa so thats out of the question.

So the main question is, which embassy or consulate is the easiest in Canada? Or would I be best to send my passport to Hull or somewhere known for handing these things out easily?

Thanks!

[ubonjoe]

I don't know the answer to your question about consulates but if you look a couple of posts back you will see a post where I posted a link and explained which ones I think are honarary conulates.

A single entry tourist would give you 90 days if you get a 30 day extension at immigration. After you get married if you don't have everything yet for a one year extension you can get a 60 extension to visit your wife also. The two together would give you almost 5 months.

Tourist visas are easy to get. You should have no problem getting it in Canada.

[blakegeee]

I don't know the answer to your question about consulates but if you look a couple of posts back you will see a post where I posted a link and explained which ones I think are honarary conulates.

A single entry tourist would give you 90 days if you get a 30 day extension at immigration. After you get married if you don't have everything yet for a one year extension you can get a 60 extension to visit your wife also. The two together would give you almost 5 months.

Tourist visas are easy to get. You should have no problem getting it in Canada.

I have extended the 60 days to 90 several times before, but I didn't know it can be extended additionally for "visiting my wife". You are sure about that? I think I will apply for a double-entry tourist visa but I see one consulate allows multi-entry tourist visas and another offers double entry tourist visa maximum. So I think I know which one is more easy-going than.

[Mario2008]

Yes, you can get a 60 day extension for the resason of visiting your Thai wife or child.

[ubonjoe]

I have extended the 60 days to 90 several times before, but I didn't know it can be extended additionally for "visiting my wife". You are sure about that? I think I will apply for a double-entry tourist visa but I see one consulate allows multi-entry tourist visas and another offers double entry tourist visa maximum. So I think I know which one is more easy-going than.

Look at page 11. 7.23 gives requirements for this extension. Page 8 7.17 has info for 1 year extension.

Link to police order: http://www.immigration.go.th/nov2004/2notice/rtp606EN.pdf

[blakegeee]

I have extended the 60 days to 90 several times before, but I didn't know it can be extended additionally for "visiting my wife". You are sure about that? I think I will apply for a double-entry tourist visa but I see one consulate allows multi-entry tourist visas and another offers double entry tourist visa maximum. So I think I know which one is more easy-going than.

Look at page 11. 7.23 gives requirements for this extension. Page 8 7.17 has info for 1 year extension.

Link to police order: http://www.immigration.go.th/nov2004/2notice/rtp606EN.pdf

Thats great, thanks for the info. And obviously this extension can be done after I have already extended the same visa 30 days? The link isn't working for me at the moment but I will try again later.

Thanks again!

[ubonjoe]

Yes can be done after extending tourist visa.

Link is working now. (immigration website was down earlier when I tried to use it)

Glad to help.

Good luck.

Joe

[blakegeee]

Yes can be done after extending tourist visa.

Link is working now. (immigration website was down earlier when I tried to use it)

Glad to help.

Good luck.

Joe

Do you know how much this "visiting Thai wife" extension costs? I know that the regular 30 day one is about 1000b. So if it is also about this price, than I might as well just get a double entry tourist visa here in Canada. If it is about the same price than it gives me more time and is simpler. Again, thanks for the good info.

Also, if anyone knows what Canadian embassy or consulate gives out double entry tourist visa without any hassle, I'd like to know. And how long does it usually take them to give the visa and send back the passport to me?

[ubonjoe]

Any extension is now 1900 baht.

You shoud be able to get a 2 entry tourist visa at any consulate without a problem.

The 60 day extension could be used at the end of any of your entries/extensions.

[blakegeee]

Any extension is now 1900 baht.

You shoud be able to get a 2 entry tourist visa at any consulate without a problem.

The 60 day extension could be used at the end of any of your entries/extensions.

Wow 1900 baht now! So its considerably cheaper to get a double entry for $70 instead of a single for $35 plus extensions. That makes my decision quite easy now. Thanks again!