New visa fees!

[george]

The visa fees will soon increase, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

The Thai consular visa fees has been unchanged for over 17 years, last changed in 1986.

The Ministry of Foregin Affairs of Thailand, who controls the Thai Consulates and Embassies, have been critised by their foreign offices, and will very soon adjust the Thai visa fees, a secure source to Thaivisa.com are told.

Thaivisa.com source says that the fees for both Tourist- and Non-Immigrant visas will sky rocket shortly.

An exact date for the consular visa fee rise is not set, but according to our source it is emerging, as the Thai consulates and Embassies generate most of their revenue from visa fees, Thai passport extra pages and Thai passport extensions.

For the moment a Tourist visa costs USD 15 or equivalent at a Thai post abroad. The new fee will propably be USD 30-35 per entry.

The Non-Immigrant Visa fee, now USD 20, also unchanged for 17 years, will rise to approximately USD 50 USD for a single entry, and USD 90-100 for a double or multiple entry visa.

Most other countries visa fees has raised the past two years.

In September, 2002, the Thai Labour Depatment raised the Work permit fees with 1,000%, from 300 Baht to 3,000 Baht.

[Herbie]

Shit.

I have to go to Penang next week. How much will that be in Malaysian Ringgit for a double NON-Business "B"??  

300 RM ??

[snap]

That visa fees increase after 17 years-yes, but not 100% .

This is just a slap in the face for the farangs working here,

and for our tourists that stay longer than a month.

But Herbie will most probably not suffer from that, beginning

of the year I got myself a 1 year non-immigrant B multiple entry in Penang, at the Thai embassy direct it was 110,- RM,

at N.J.Books Centre, next to Swiss Hotel in Lebhu Chulia,

they charge for the same 140,- RM, and for the express service (passport  back the same day at 4 pm) they charged me 70,- RM on top. That was ok for me , cause I saved a night in Town House Hotel for 60,- RM.

1 RM was worth 12 B around that time.

Visa fees also differ from countries, in germany that visa costs

more than double as in Penang!

The work-perm-fees didn't hit me as bad as George,with

my accountng office it went up from 700,- to 1.450,-B

[george]

The new visa fees are now announced!  

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