Got the approval this morning. Thanks to everyone contributing to this posting for helping me to keep sane. Thanks to Thaivisa express for submitting the application.

Good luck "Retard". Enjoy your lives guys.

Eddie

What a relief that must be! Congratulations.

Wednesday for me

Is that a definate to pick up passport?

Keep us posted, hopefully it will be a yes.

Will get passport tomorrow (tuesday). Got lots contact today from VFS and the Embassy. Good service to be fair.

Will get passport tomorrow (tuesday). Got lots contact today from VFS and the Embassy. Good service to be fair.

What was the hold up if they processed it last week?

Well done Retard! Good luck! I'm so happy for you?

Got the approval this morning. Thanks to everyone contributing to this posting for helping me to keep sane. Thanks to Thaivisa express for submitting the application.

Good luck Chris.

They didn't give a reason for the hold up. I'm just waiting for the post now.

Had an e-mail from the Embassy this morning. They said they are finishing settlement applications well within the 12 weeks.

Had an e-mail from the Embassy this morning. They said they are finishing settlement applications well within the 12 weeks.

40 to 42 working days at present, 8 weeks calender weeks roughly.

They didn't give a reason for the hold up. I'm just waiting for the post now.

Are you still waiting for the post?

Finally ... got the visa! Submitted 16th March, notfied 18th May, received in post 23rd May 2012. Thanks everyone!

Same got the visa today!!! Dated 16th of March. Good luck everyone!

Same got the visa today!!! Dated 16th of March. Good luck everyone!

Well done Kim and simmsc

Kim, what date is your visa stamped from?

Edited May 23, 201214 yr by tribalfusion001

Update.

darrylcfc: submitted 23/2, no news reported yet by member.

jingjingna: submitted 12/3, passport recieved 16/5, visa issued.

retard: submitted 16/3, passport recieved 21/5, visa issued.

simmsc: submitted 16/3, passport recieved 23/5, visa issued.

chogiekim: submitted 16/3, passport recieved 23/5, visa issued.

dracos: submitted 16/3, notified passport sent back 18/5, no news of result reported yet by member

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rightontime: submitted 19/3, email from VFS 21/5, no news of result reported yet by member.*

jessicanguyenself: submitted 26/3 in Hanoi, still waiting.

tribalfusion001: submitted 27/3, still waiting.

farmerfred: submitted 16/4, still waiting.

arik: submitted 20/4, still waiting.

I make that about 9 weeks processing time at present.

Apologies to anyone I've missed.

Edited May 23, 201214 yr by 7by7
* See next 2 posts below

rightontime got an email on 21/05/2012 from VFS, not sure if processed.

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Thanks, list updated.

Good stuff 7by7!

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My visa has the 16th printed on it!

That's a week a go, I know you had it posted to you, but that's quite a delay. Hmmm, that's interesting, stamped on the 16th, 40 working days, maybe Monday for me.

That's a week a go, I know you had it posted to you, but that's quite a delay. Hmmm, that's interesting, stamped on the 16th, 40 working days, maybe Monday for me.

Yes, just checked ours again. Printed 16th, not 18th. The buggers were sitting on it!

They told me they are really serious who they let into the country now. They also said they have to check every case very closely now and make sure everything adds up. Just glad mine is finished now.

That's a week a go, I know you had it posted to you, but that's quite a delay. Hmmm, that's interesting, stamped on the 16th, 40 working days, maybe Monday for me.

I hope you will have yours soon then i will have mine beause i submitted mine one day before yours .

You submitted on 26th March jessicanguyenself?

I think the delay to chogiekim and retard was that the passport/documents were posted, rather than collected. No one on here has posted if they collected the passports which were submitted on 16th March, it looks like they were all processed on 16th May, so should have been available for collection the next day.

You submitted on 26th March jessicanguyenself?

You submitted on 26th March jessicanguyenself?

Yeah i did ... Good luck to us

I think Friday could be your day, maybe Monday for me. Are you collecting the passport/documents or courier?

I think Friday could be your day, maybe Monday for me. Are you collecting the passport/documents or courier?

I cant collect it at the embassy since i live ho chi minh city and the embassy is in hanoi , visa is processing in thailand . So they will send it to my office

We didn't have the SMS notification service (apparantly only available for True network?). As far as I'm aware she didn't pay for email service either but we still got email notification last Friday. Waited for the stated 1 working day in the email and picked up in person on Monday - no problems at all with the service.

Just for the record it was a successful application - all of the hours spent searching through this forum to get a complete application paid off! Can't help with the processing date though as we asked for ours to be post-dated to 1 June which they did.

Also as a side point if you submitted a large folder of original documents plus another folder of copies you will get 2 large folders back. I was very worried when my wife came back with the 2 folders that we submitted thinking they returned everything as application not successful! When we got home I realised that they just took the documents they wanted from the copies folder and gave everything else back.

No unsuccessful applications so far - looks like the ThaiVisa members are well versed on the information required. Good luck to those still waiting.