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Home » Reader question » Reader question: No Thai embassy where I stay, how do I arrange a visa now?
My Ladies and Gentlemen,
I always read the stories and reactions on Thailandblog with great interest.
Now I have a number of questions that I cannot resolve. I currently live in the Dominican Republic, but I would like to move to Thailand. I am 63 years old, have a WIA benefit and pre-pension, so I have monthly income and the UWV also makes no problem. I also plan to learn Thai, so I'm still full of ambitions.
The problem I have is how do I arrange a Visa? Preferably for a longer period of time. There is no Thai embassy or consulate here in the Dominican Republic and I prefer to fly directly from the Dominican to Thailand, much cheaper and not nearly as cumbersome. I asked the airline for a one way ticket and that was no problem at all. I just don't know how to go about that with that Visa, I read something on the site that you could do it at Bangkok airport, I really have no idea.
I hope you can help me because I want to get my affairs in order. Many thanks in advance for the effort taken.
Yours faithfully,
Rob
Dear Rob, don't make it more difficult than it is, but as easy as you think it is, you can forget that!
1) The airline is lying because there is no direct flight from any airport on the Dominican Republic to Bangkok. 1 to 2 stops and quite expensive! Of course I checked before writing this! So you will have to google the cheapest solution, but think that first flying to America and from there to Bangkok is the best solution. Miami, for example, is very close. Then you enter Bangkok and you have a 30 day visa on arrival. I would then take a look at accommodation and book a return ticket with Air Asia to, for example, Cambodia (Phnom Penh), Laos (Vientiane, can also be done by night train) and go to the Thai embassy there and apply for a visa. I have had multiple visas in both countries as I am only in my forties, other people here on the blog can certainly tell you which visa is most attractive to you as they have experience with it (thought they were always talking about a non o have? ) I'm talking about 50+ and pensioners. In any case, it will cost you some work, that's for sure!
An OA visa is the most attractive for a 50-year-old, then you do not have to leave Thailand every 3 months for a foreign visit. You must meet the income conditions of or 800.000, earn thb per year or less is also possible, but in combination with a savings account or only a savings account with the said amount is also possible, elsewhere this is described in detail here on thailand blog.
If the embassies in Thailand's neighboring countries follow the same policy as in the Netherlands, it is impossible to obtain the OA there, because you will not be able to provide the requested documents.
It is best to first apply for an O visa of 3 months in a country where there is a Thai embassy and which you can possibly best combine with your flight to Bangkok. Then to an immigration office in Thailand with an annual statement / income statement that you must first have signed at the Dutch embassy in Bangkok, and apply for an OA visa at the immigration.
Don't ask me why, but at the Thai emigration you don't have to hand over as much as at the embassies.
Please let us know with which airline you will fly to Bangkok and which route. I want to go to Brazil and/or Florida from Bangkok next year.
In any case, wish you good luck, especially that you want to learn to speak the language, Spanish is a lot easier than Thai.
I actually assumed that there is indeed no direct flight from the Dominican Republic to Bangkok, I couldn't find one either.
If that is the case then the option of Mathias is also not wrong, from Thailand to neighboring countries is relatively fast and cheap, but does mean an extra trip.
As bangkok not direct, I think via malasia a good alternative
I really do not understand why the editors do not refer our Dutch questioner directly to the excellent article by Ronny Mergits 'Thai visa, 16 questions and answers', because then he would already know from the first question that he does not need a visa to enter Thailand. (because the Dutch and Belgians have a 'Visa Exemption' after all), and in or from Thailand the next steps to arrange a longer stay are not too difficult.
At the very least, a standard link to this 'bible' could be placed directly under each visa question, but this link is missing. Did Ronny work for nothing?
Dear Mathias, Hans K and Martin B. Thank you for your quick and expert response and advice.
regarding Mathias' comment, that is correct that there is no direct flight from the Dominican Republic to Thailand. I actually meant directly to Thailand and not with stays of 2 or 3 days in America or the Netherlands to go to the Thai embassy there I have now contacted accommodation in Cha-am and Hua Hin, I think it would be nice there, maybe someone has another idea? As for the flight, I found the following: with Delta Airlines from Santo Domingo to New York (1.43 hours waiting time) on to Tokyo (2.35 hours waiting time) then to Bangkok. all together 29.30 hours on the road for the price of 910 Us dollars. one way. I checked with Delta Airlines and went to Delta at the airport yesterday, and they confirmed to me that a one-way ticket was no problem at all. Incidentally, I have flown with Jetair for years from Dominican to Belgium and always with one-way tickets. Iberia BV only issues returns. could get, does anyone have experience with that? Martin I have now read that article Ronny Mergits, it will indeed make you wiser. Thanks everyone for all the effort. I will certainly take advantage of it.