Applying For 2x Tourist Visa From Usa

[damian5000]

I will be applying for a double entry visa to Thailand. I have a couple of questions about the application form though (http://www.thaiembdc.org/forms/visa.pdf).

1)On the right side is "Official Visa" and "Courtesy Visa", I'm assuming I just check "Tourist Visa" on the left, and leave these alone, correct?

2)The application asks about "Place to stay" and I don't have any set place to stay. Will the city I plan on spending most of my time in suffice in answer to this question?

3)The application asks for "Reference person and address in Thailand" and I don't have any reference person. How should I go about answering this question?

4)In the directions it states "requires copy of airline ticket or itinerary". Can I send a copy of the one-way ticket I purchased, or do I HAVE to have a round-trip ticket?

Thanks in advance for the help...

- Damian

[Thaiquila]

I will be applying for a double entry visa to Thailand. I have a couple of questions about the application form though (http://www.thaiembdc.org/forms/visa.pdf).

2)The application asks about "Place to stay" and I don't have any set place to stay. Will the city I plan on spending most of my time in suffice in answer to this question?

Find the name of a hotel in Bangkok that you might stay at for your first nights and list the Hotel name and address.

3)The application asks for "Reference person and address in Thailand" and I don't have any reference person. How should I go about answering this question?

Good question. Have you been to Thailand before? Is there a farang you know there? Any name will do. If you can't come up with a name, I am guessing it might be OK to say "first time tourist, not applicable". Frankly, I think you could go online and find the name of a real estate agent or travel agent in Thailand, and email him about your interest in their services, and then put that name down. Don't leave it blank. They won't contact that person.

4)In the directions it states "requires copy of airline ticket or itinerary". Can I send a copy of the one-way ticket I purchased, or do I HAVE to have a round-trip ticket?

You need to ask the consulate. I am doing a visa soon on a one way ticket. My consulate will not issue a visa with a one way ticket. I also have to show a throw away one way ticket out to a neighboring country. Different consulates, different rules.

Thanks in advance for the help...

- Damian

Edited September 1, 2006 by Thaiquila

[dr_Pat_Pong]

Go to a different Consulate.

[scrunchielaura]

I will be applying for a double entry visa to Thailand. I have a couple of questions about the application form though (http://www.thaiembdc.org/forms/visa.pdf).

1)On the right side is "Official Visa" and "Courtesy Visa", I'm assuming I just check "Tourist Visa" on the left, and leave these alone, correct?

Correct. The choices on the right are simply additional visa types. They aren't variants of the ones on the left.

3)The application asks for "Reference person and address in Thailand" and I don't have any reference person. How should I go about answering this question?

I recently applied through the LA consulate. I left the reference person fields blank. They mailed my passport w/visa back two days after they received the passport.

I think the reference fields are for some of the other visa types.

[lopburi3]

1. Tourist visa (2)

2. Bangkok Hotel, Chiang Mai Hotel etc. No specific hotel is required.

3. US Embassy, Self or just leave blank.

4. Do not believe it is applicable to US citizens. I would not send a one way ticket on a tourist visa. If you need anything send an itinerary.

Above is what I would do but do not believe there is any fixed answer that they must see, especially if travel is on a US passport (home country).

[damian5000]

Perfect. Thanks for the help all.

- damian