Double Entry Tourist Visa - "Date of Issue"

[bbi1]

Is the Date of Issue always the same date you submit your application? Eg. Friday you submit your application which is the same "Date of Issue" on the Visa they issue, then you pick it up 2 business days later on Tuesday, therefore you will lose a 5 days from your Visa as it's only got a 3 month validity

So the reality is there is no way you can really get the full 180 days on this visa.

[ubonjoe]

Where are applying that issues the visa 2 days business days after application?

I would avoid applying on a Friday.

How long you can get from the visa really depends upon how soon you use the visa to enter the country after it is issued, Some people loose a lot of days because the get them to early before they plan on entering the country.

[bbi1]

Sydney. Apply Friday get it Tuesday. Apply Monday get it Wednesday. Etc.

Also, do they stamp or write anything on the Visa the 1st time you enter Thailand or not?

The "Date of Issue" date is exactly the same date as you apply. Is that the same with all other places around the world? Obviously you won't be able to enter on the "Date of Issue" as it's the date you apply & you collect your passport 2 working days after, so the earliest you could realistically enter Thailand is 3 days after the "Date of Issue"/application date. Enter Before date is 3 months after the "Date of Issue"/application date.

[Suradit69]

Sydney. Apply Friday get it Tuesday. Apply Monday get it Wednesday. Etc.

Also, do they stamp or write anything on the Visa the 1st time you enter Thailand or not?

The "Date of Issue" date is exactly the same date as you apply. Is that the same with all other places around the world? Obviously you won't be able to enter on the "Date of Issue" as it's the date you apply & you collect your passport 2 working days after, so the earliest you could realistically enter Thailand is 3 days after the "Date of Issue"/application date. Enter Before date is 3 months after the "Date of Issue"/application date.

"Also, do they stamp or write anything on the Visa the 1st time you enter Thailand or not?"

The hand stamp you get when entering at the airport is your permission to stay. It shows the day you entered (which is Day #1 when counting the length of your stay) and the day by which you must leave or get an extension of your stay at immigrations.

If you get a two entry tourist visa, the second entry must be made on or before the "use by" dated printed on the visa sticker. Once you have made the second entry, it doesn't matter when the visa expires. The visa validity is only important for entering the country. Your length of legal stay in Thailand is solely determined by the permission to stay stamp given you by immigrations.

So (for example) if the "use by" date on the 2 entry tourist visa is August 1 and you enter Thailand for the second time July 31, you will still be given a 60 day permission to stay in Thailand and that could be extended at immigrations for a further 30 days, even though the visa will have long been expired.

[ubonjoe]

Sydney. Apply Friday get it Tuesday. Apply Monday get it Wednesday. Etc.

Also, do they stamp or write anything on the Visa the 1st time you enter Thailand or not?

The "Date of Issue" date is exactly the same date as you apply. Is that the same with all other places around the world? Obviously you won't be able to enter on the "Date of Issue" as it's the date you apply & you collect your passport 2 working days after, so the earliest you could realistically enter Thailand is 3 days after the "Date of Issue"/application date. Enter Before date is 3 months after the "Date of Issue"/application date.

They will write a one and stamp the date you used the first entry.

I think most locations do the issued date on the date you apply.

I cannot understand why they are only doing 3 months validity on 2 entry visas there. Most embassies and consulates issue them with 6 months validity.

[bbi1]

Sydney. Apply Friday get it Tuesday. Apply Monday get it Wednesday. Etc.

Also, do they stamp or write anything on the Visa the 1st time you enter Thailand or not?

The "Date of Issue" date is exactly the same date as you apply. Is that the same with all other places around the world? Obviously you won't be able to enter on the "Date of Issue" as it's the date you apply & you collect your passport 2 working days after, so the earliest you could realistically enter Thailand is 3 days after the "Date of Issue"/application date. Enter Before date is 3 months after the "Date of Issue"/application date.

They will write a one and stamp the date you used the first entry.

I think most locations do the issued date on the date you apply.

I cannot understand why they are only doing 3 months validity on 2 entry visas there. Most embassies and consulates issue them with 6 months validity.

Thanks for both people's comments.

So they write a "1" and stamp the date on the Visa or just on the passport page & leave the visa as is?

I don't understand why it's 6 months only but the "Enter Before" date is 3 months after it's issued. Pretty silly imo for a double entry but that's the way it is.

[ubonjoe]

They stamp it on the visa to show that the first entry has been used. They may also write 2 on it as a place to stamp the date for the next entry.

Since it is a tourist visa they should do it based upon what a tourist might do. Many might spend 60 days then go out for a month or more and want to use the visa for their next entry to stay another 60 days or more.

[mxer90]

I've had 2 triples from the UK. As ubonjoe says on both visas they hand write 1, 2, 3 on the bottom of the actual visa at the consolute.

As you use each entry the IO will stamp the date you enter next to the entry. On the last entry they stamp across the visa with a large "USED" and the last entry date.

[sometimewoodworker]

Thanks for both people's comments.

So they write a "1" and stamp the date on the Visa or just on the passport page & leave the visa as is?

I don't understand why it's 6 months only but the "Enter Before" date is 3 months after it's issued. Pretty silly imo for a double entry but that's the way it is.

I'm not sure where you are getting the "6 months only" from

For a double entry visa to be valid for 3 months is sufficient as you will make the second entry on the day, or the day before, it expires. This will give you ( with 2 extensions) virtually 6 months. So not silly at all.

What is silly is to get a triple entry visa that is only valid for 3 months, as embassy's or consulates in a few nearby countries give. As the maximum possible time you can stay in that case is just under 6 months, making the 3rd entry virtually redundant.

[Maestro]

If you send a letter with your visa application giving a travel itinerary that shows the need for a visa validity longer than 90 days, eg an itinerary indicating the second trip to Thailand later than 90 days after the estimated issue date of the visa, and ask for your visa to be valid for six months, the Thai consulate in Sydney should have no problem granting your request.