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Thai Visa requirements inquiry
This coming Christmas vacation is something I’ve been looking forward to. All of my bros and sis will be here, yey! As with all travels, it’s best to be prepared with the necessary documents months ahead before the trip. I think my big sis in Finland is the most prepared of them all. They even have a Boracay reservation awaiting them. But my cutie sis who’s the least prepared will be arriving anytime soon. Thanks to last minute flight deals and speedy passport processing.
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How about the Thailand bunch? The other day, SIL requested me to call up the Thai Embassy in Manila to inquire about the following: 1. What are the requirements for Dependent Visa Type O under husband with Visa Type F? 2. How many days is the visa processing? 3. How much is the visa application fee? |
After browsing over the net, we found out that there’s no official website for the Thai Embassy in the Philippines, we only got some contact numbers from the many information websites about embassies around the world. SIL already sent an email to two addresses but her emails bounced back. I tried calling these numbers - +63 2 8154219 to 20 – and got routed to a voice recorded message giving me options to press this and that number. After going through with trying the right number to press for my SIL’s inquiry, I got through local 102, which is the number for visa related concerns other than what’s on their options list. The staff who answered gave me these two websites:
http://immigration.go.th
http://consular.go.th
I thought these two sites would be helpful to my SIL’s inquiries, but I found out these are Thailand-based websites and even the fees are in Thai Baht. I clicked on almost all the links and found nothing helpful for my SIL’s inquiries. sigh. Even the second url given was not working. What we need is a Philippine based website of the Thai Embassy in Makati, what are the visa requirements, fees, office hours, downloadable forms and other important information.
Anyway, I’ll be calling up the staff again and get the requirements directly from him. I can just compare my browsing experience with the Philippine Czech Embassy website where everything is already provided and the site is very organized, including the visa application form to be filled up, the guidelines for filling up the form, and other necessary information.
UPDATE: Requirements for Thai Dependent Visa (Type O) application at Thai Embassy in Manila
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a local website for Royal Thai Embassy in the Philippines would really be a big help for visa applicants like me… hopefully they could provide online information soon.
Posted by leen on November 20 2008 @ 4:29 pm
I heard that the Thai Embassy in Philippines will only issue a Non Immigrant B Visa for 90 days only even though you will have the completed documents from a company in Thailand. Pls confirm if it is true. Thank you very much.
Posted by Eddy on January 8 2009 @ 5:51 pm
Hi Eddy, the 90 days could be the initial visa expiry date, then the company takes care of the visa extension based on the employee’s contract. This is what my SIL got for her non-immigrant visa type O. It could be the same case for non-immigrant visa Type B, though I suggest you better contact the Philippine Thai Embassy at +63 2 8154219 to 20 local 102 to be sure.
Posted by happysteps on January 10 2009 @ 1:12 am