Hi, has anyone applied for a non-o Thai visa in Vientiane recently?

Last I knew you had to make an appointment, no walk-ins allowed. But when I click the link for the website it says the domain has expired.

But if you want to apply for an e-visa I understand you have to be in Laos when you apply and it can take 10-15 days.

I’m just curious what other people have done concerning this?

Also, when applying for a follower visa in Laos has the original marriage/birth certificate been enough or do you need any sort of other paperwork providing proof of relationship?

Thanks in advance for any help!

I just had a Freind arrive in Bangkok with a tourist e visa to be denied entry as it was not recognised She is from Tanzania and I think scammed by an agent how do you check if the visa is real or not

Hi guys…just want to confirm, now all visas be it tourist/business/study/non-o etc, are all e-visa??

We dont have to go to the Embassies to bring passport or any documents or pick up the visa when approve???? 😳

Yesterday my E-visa status went from "Pending document check" to "Pending approval". But today it went back to "pending document check" anyone know the reason for this?

Admin - I had to replace the original Pic in my post as it's revealed some personal information.

I am trying to apply for an E-Visa for a retirement visa type O.

1. What should I put in the "intended date of departure"? After all, I plan to retire and have no date for return.

2. What should I put in the date of arrival? I am not sure about the exact day; I just know an approximation. I am waiting for the visa first.

3. Accommodation: I plan to stay in a hotel for a week or two and hope in that time to find an apartment /condo. I haven't made a reservation yet, as I am waiting for my visa to be confirmed yet.

Should I put the name of that hotel?

4. What about the flight number? I don't plan to book a flight before I get the visa.

TIA

Anyone experienced this issue with a DTV visa?

I got my DTV visa six months ago and am about to do my first 180-day re-entry.

While in Thailand, I obtained a new passport and had my visa transferred to it. However, the visa stamp in my new passport only shows validity for six months, with no mention of the full five years.

My E-Visa states it expires in 2029, but it’s still linked to my old passport number. I’m concerned this might cause issues at immigration when re-entering Bangkok.

Has anyone dealt with this before? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Do you know if there is a risk of refusal if the period between the application date and the intended arrival date is too short for the visa to be issued? For example if I apply on Monday and write that I plan to return to Thailand on Friday, if the visa is not ready on Friday could the application be refused?

Hi all! Where in Vietnam can I apply for the DTV? I'm currently on Phu Quoc island, can I apply and get the DTV here? As far as I understand one must apply online, but where do they place the visa sticker in your passport?

I will stay here until end of April. Is it OK if I apply for and get the visa 2 months before I intend to go to Thailand, or should I wait and only apply closer to my travel date?

Thanks in advance!

I have some hesitations to fill out the online E-VISA form...

I have 3 first names and on my passport it appears as XXXXX XXXXX X.

So the last one is shortened with a period at the end but in the MRZ zone the period does not appear.

I think I will not write the period in the form, what do you think?

Another thing, on my passport under "Authority" there is the name of the city where the passport was issued, there is an apostrophe in the middle of the name XXXXX-X'XXXX and it is impossible to write an apostrophe in the online form.

Do you think that replacing the apostrophe with a space will not be a problem?

I just received my visa few minutes ago, here's my experience:

I have multiple source of income, but I applied with my company (owned 100% by me, I'm the only employee).

Status changes:

26/01/2025 (Sunday) - Application submitted

27/01/2025 (Monday) - Requested photo in better quality and a photo if my ID card

28/01/2025 (Tuesday) - Status moved to "Pending approval"

31/01/2025 (Friday) - Approved

Documents:

3. Proof of residence:

* Address card (in my country we have a dedicated card for your permanent address)

* Recent electricity bill

4. Proof of 500 000 THB:

* A signed statement from my bank in a different country that I have about 550 000 THB on my bank account.

Name, address, account number included. I had only 250 000 THB on my account, went to an ATM, deposit 300 000 THB to the same account, went inside the bank and requested the document. It's a very simple statement in English.

5. Information about my work:

* Cover letter - Briefly introduce the nature of my work, history and ownership of the company and the reason why I want to stay in Thailand.

* Business website - Exported the main screen of my website.

* Linkedin profile - Took a screenshot of the top part of my LinkedIn profile

* Client list - Made an excel about my most important clients in the past 5 years. Included the name of the company (if it was possible), industry, dates, country.

* Official, digitally signed company register extract

* Invoices+Bank statemens (3 months) - Uploaded my 3 recent invoices from my main client and the bank statemens where I received the payments (about 200 000 THB/payment). Invoices/Statements were not in English.

I merged all of the documents together and highlighted important details using Adobe Acrobat.

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Before I sent my application I spent time to analyze the ocntent of the approvied visas in the group. I think the structure what I posted above is more than enough. I want to mention that all of my clients were huge companies or government related organizations so I was not able to show any screenshots or other details of my work.

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One more thing: I didn't book a flight and I booked a refundable hotel for 3 months.