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What is the easiest and fastest place to get a Non-Immigrant Visa for a British passport holder?

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Jan 16, 2018

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Sarah ****************

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Can anyone advise the easiest & fastest place to get a non-immigrant visa on a Brritish passport please? Just tried in Beijing but it was an administrative disaster & after saying it would take 4 days then changed to next Tuesday before it could be issued. Thanks in advance.

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A British passport holder is inquiring about the quickest and most efficient location to obtain a Non-Immigrant visa after encountering issues at the Beijing consulate. Comments suggest that with the right documentation, other Thai consulates in Southeast Asia might be easier, and there's also a question about obtaining a visa in Laos.

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Sarah ****************

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Another question as we need to be in HK on

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for business but invitation letter expires before. Any idea if it will be possible/easy to obtain in Laos or Vientiane?

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Sarah ****************

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@Paul *********

Thanks.👍🏼

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Paul **********

Yes. That is correct.

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Sarah ****************

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The agent has said we need the non-immigrant visa in order to then be issued with work permit (sorry my error there) once back in Bangkok. Does that make sense?

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Tod *********

, there is no such thing as work visa :/

The 90 day Non-Immigrant Type B <-(business) visa IS what you need along with a work "permit" to work in thailand.

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Paul **********

90 day Non B is good for that.

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Sarah ****************

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It is the visa you need in order to be able to be issued work visa in Bkk.

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Paul **********

Please Note: 90 day Non B only, not the 1 year.

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Sarah ****************

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Thank you.

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Paul **********

Vientiane. As long as all your papers are in order. Go as early as possible. They're open 8:30am to 11:30am for visa applications. Collect your passport the next day at 1:30pm. They accept Thai Baht.

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Okay, so you're wanting a 90 day Non-Immigrant Type B <- (business) visa so you can work here.

I'd say IF you have all the documentation required from the company you're going to be working for almost any other thai consulate in S/E Asia would probably work.

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Sarah ****************

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Thank you both. Hong Kong it is then.

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Tod *********

, I googled around and couldn't find ANYTHING positive about the thai consulates in china :O :/

I think Harry, is right, you should try Hong Kong.

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Sarah ****************

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Thanks. So Beijing was a bad choice?

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Tod *********

how about stating what type of Non-Immigrant Visa you're wanting and what the reason you'd qualify for it?

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Sarah ****************

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Oops. Sorry. It is in order to obtain a work visa. Already approved by company but need to get this visa & then they said work visa could be issued in Thailand in 3-4 days.

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