Penang - same day tourist visa available

[falang07]

http://www.thaiembassy.org/penang/contents/files/news-20140312-140619-382939.pdf

[Maestro]

Good to know.

[Cypress Hill]

Isn't Penang one of those "difficult" embassies??

[falang07]

not for the tourist visa, I guess

[ubonjoe]

Isn't Penang one of those "difficult" embassies??

Penang is not an embassy it is a consulate. The embassy is in KL.

Dependent upon what visa you want it can be very friendly

[spacebass]

Jim in Chulia Street visa agent posted on his facebook now 2 days.

[keestha]

Very good news. Even in the good old "easy visa" days, you always had to wait 1 day in Penang.

[PosterBoy]

The memo dated March 14th 2014 isn't up to date. I am in Penang now waiting for my tourist visa. I turned in the application yesterday, so turn around is 1 day.

[ubonjoe]

They have done tourist visas on the same day for some time now. But you have to get your application in early to get the service.

[4evermaat]

I reported this a while back. Tourist Visa is Same day service, Non-imm is Next day service. They seem to be very efficient as you will notice even with the non-immvisa it will often have the date issued = date applied, even though it is promised the next day.

[JesusLopez]

got it