hi all

my wife has an appointment at VFS on friday for a tourist visa application.

i have all the information ready .

a friend is telling us the payment for the visa cannot be made in cash. i cannot see anything on there website nor the appointment letter saying this ?

From the UKBA website;

Paying your visa application fee

You can pay your visa application fee in three different ways:

• You can pay by visiting any of the 25 selected branches of Bank of Ayudhya Branches - you can download this from the right side of this page, and obtain a cashier cheque made payable to ''The British Embassy, Bangkok''. There is no charge for this payment service. You should bring the cashier cheque with you to the visa application centre when you submit your visa application.
  
• If your bank account is held at a bank outside Bangkok, you can pay the visa application fee by Bank draft from any bank made payable to ''The British Embassy, Bangkok''. Bank charges for this service may vary. You should bring your bank draft with you when you visit the visa application centre to submit your visa application.
  
• If your bank account is held at a bank in Bangkok, you can pay the visa application fee by ''cashier's cheque'' or ''bank draft'' from any bank made payable to ''The British Embassy, Bangkok''. Bank charges for this service may vary. You should bring your bank draft or cashier's cheque with you when you visit the visa application centre to submit your application
  

From the UKBA website;

Paying your visa application fee

You can pay your visa application fee in three different ways:

• You can pay by visiting any of the 25 selected branches of Bank of Ayudhya Branches - you can download this from the right side of this page, and obtain a cashier cheque made payable to ''The British Embassy, Bangkok''. There is no charge for this payment service. You should bring the cashier cheque with you to the visa application centre when you submit your visa application.
  
• If your bank account is held at a bank outside Bangkok, you can pay the visa application fee by Bank draft from any bank made payable to ''The British Embassy, Bangkok''. Bank charges for this service may vary. You should bring your bank draft with you when you visit the visa application centre to submit your visa application.
  
• If your bank account is held at a bank in Bangkok, you can pay the visa application fee by ''cashier's cheque'' or ''bank draft'' from any bank made payable to ''The British Embassy, Bangkok''. Bank charges for this service may vary. You should bring your bank draft or cashier's cheque with you when you visit the visa application centre to submit your application
  

ty .. had just found that myself also

No panic...

There is a bank in foyer of Regent house where you can get a cashier check. They are aware of the fees and the payee requirements

we took a cheque from SCB with us and all was well

we had worries though

the online visa app form stated a fee of 4056baht when printed out!@ ..

the website said 3900.. so we phoned vfs and they confirmed 3900.. totally puzzled as to where 4056 came from

but the lady at vfs answered my query to quickly so could be a bug in the online app they are aware of

Personally, I've always just used the bank in the building. I'm there anyway, and they do it so often, they know who to make the cheque payable to with no hassles, and know the usual fee.

Its good advice to use the bank in regent house.

Kind regards

The cost of the cheque was about 40baht, the last time i got one from the Bank in Regent house,

No panic...

There is a bank in foyer of Regent house where you can get a cashier check. They are aware of the fees and the payee requirements

I was advised of this option.

I think it should be added to the website.