Hi guys

 

I know that its not the 'nicest' place to get a Single Entry visa, but circumstances will have me there in January.  Any member have a recent experience in KL?

 

Thanks

From what I have read, it is a bit of a crapshoot. If you catch them on the right day, or they like your face, you may be OK. On other days, they will torture you with document requests then turn you down.

I got a new non-B for employment from KL recently. Submitting the documents went smooth. I got to the embassy about 10 min before they opened and there was already a line of about 20 people. However, I was still done within an hour. One note is that I made sure all of the company documents were the original copies with the company seal stamp. I don't know if they would have accepted versions with copies of the company seal. The only hiccup was that it took 3 days to get the visa back and not the normal next day turn around. When they called, they said it was a problem with their systems that caused this; no idea if this was real and 1 day turn around is normal or just an excuse to be able to wait 3 days.

 

While waiting to submit, my main take-away from watching what was going on at the counters was that they were strict on the requirements. Couple a people were trying to get tourist visa without flight or hotel bookings, and that wasn't working.

 

The KL embassy has one of the better websites for listing the required documents:

http://www.thaiembassy.org/kualalumpur/th/services/4731

 

If you click through to the different visa types, there is a checklist of documents for each.

As long as you can provide what's asked for, and don't have a passport full of old tourist visas, you should have no problem getting a SETV in KL. If for any reason you do fail in KL you could make a quick trip to Penang where the requirements are far less and success all but certain, as long as you haven't had 3 or more from there already.