Questioner: Enough
I had to leave Thailand in January for medical reasons, when I wanted to travel back again in mid-June, I couldn't enter the country anymore. Now I want to apply for an STV, but I have a number of questions about it.
- Can I apply for this visa by uploading everything or do I have to make a physical appointment at the embassy first?
- Read a post on this blog by an experience expert in which he says, booked an ASQ hotel and paid five thousand first and the rest on arrival. But on the website of the embassy it says that you have to upload the bill which is paid in full. Would it be nice, after down payment, to pay the rest upon arrival, to exclude risks as much as possible, such as the Netherlands or Thailand no longer allowing flight movements.
- Can an expert recommend Thai insurance to me? I am and will remain insured in the Netherlands (Menzis), so preferably as cheaply as possible, but one that is accepted. Same for $100.000 covid-19 insurance.
- Unfortunately, the Declaration of Behavior is not in English, but a leaflet has been added in English, is this sufficient for the Thai embassy?
Thank you in advance to those who take the time to answer my questions.
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Just follow the link and it will explain itself I think. If you are asked to upload documents, do so, otherwise go to the embassy with your documents at the time of the appointment.
“To apply for a visa at Royal Thai Embassy, The Hague, please prepare all required documents and make an appointment here (prior appointment required) hague.thaiembassy.org/th/content/118896-measures-to-control-the-spread-of-covid-19
I'll leave the other questions to those who have had to deal with it recently.
Very easy to apply for your visa for 60 days and possibly extend it on site to 90 days
Apply for your CoE after obtaining the visa, they speak of 3 days but take into account 14 days to obtain it
Hotel booking, 135 hotels in bangkok and some demand immediate payment, some pay in advance and pay afterwards, some agree to change the date afterwards, difference from hotel to hotel, cost for 15 nights is 700 euros to 4000 euros
axa no problem for covid 19 insurance certificate, euro assistance also for 120 euros
You also have to book a flight, here are also options that differ from company, cost about 500 euros
It's about an STV, not a SETV. Are not the same visas or visa conditions.
You don't have to go to the embassy at all. You can arrange everything via the website where you apply for the COE. If something you upload there is not in order, you will be told and you can add or correct it. As far as payment is concerned: you have to arrange that with the Hotel. That is not the same for all ASQ hotels. But in my case I had agreed with the Hotel that the amount would only be debited from my credit card after arrival. However, the Hotel has made a reservation on my credit card, on the basis of which they have confirmed the booking. This (unpaid) confirmation has been uploaded to the COE circuit as proof of Hotel Booking and has been accepted without further ado.
Is your Menzis insurance not valid for Thailand? (I don't know anything about the health care law, maybe a stupid question) Furthermore, it is not necessary to have Thai insurance. Any insurance that is valid during your stay in Thailand is sufficient provided it meets the applicable coverage conditions. For example, I have a continuous international insurance policy from Europe (which also provides coverage in Thailand) and that was accepted without question. The proof of insurance did not mention COVID coverage, but before that a copy of an email from the insurer stating that it was covered for COVID was accepted without question.
He still needs a visa and I wonder why it says that you have to make an appointment with day and time if you don't have to go to the embassy? How does the visa get into the passport?
It's not about applying for a CoE.
Not a stupid question. With Menzis I am insured in Thailand, but the Thais want 400.000 for the hospital and 40.000 for day treatment on paper and my insurance refuses that.
my original plan was also with an STV, but since last week the visa exemption is possible again.
With the great advantage of less hassle and time savings.
I had approved my first phase CoE within 12 hours.
my ONVZ coverage confirmation has been approved.
the length of stay has become 45 days (of which 15 Quarantine), which is exactly enough for me
good luck, Jan
He doesn't go for 45 days.
With the STV he can stay 3 x 90 days
Don't understand your response (and Ton's) regarding the mention of USD 100.000 minimum coverage Covid-19. This must, yes really this is required by the Thai government, must be stated on an insurance statement. And then sweat it out on arrival in Thailand and maybe the chance that you can go back on the plane immediately because you do not meet this requirement. Now the embassy can approve the COE, but if you have to show this at check-in and the staff refuses to let you board because you do not meet the conditions of the Thai government, or else the same on arrival in Bangkok where every document is meticulously checked, as was shown in several responses. Nice gambling instead of taking out the security of an extra policy, well for me security comes first
I'm not a fan of gambling, expect three bumps, at the embassy, check-in and the last one when I land, indeed don't want to be in suspense all those times.
Dear enough,
What I did was ideal. Because I had never had anything to do with the embassy!
I called VisumService in The Hague for info.
They told me what I needed and gave me the necessary forms and necessary additions.
I gave them my passport and they arranged everything for me.
I was rid of a lot of red tape.
Before I had my visa, I took out a temporary travel arrangement with OOM, with the necessary information regarding Covid-19 and the impatient and outpatient amounts. So I also quickly had my COE.
Did a Covid-3 test 19 days before my 'planned' flight, and received my Fit to Travel statement through Medimar.
Then booked ASQ hotel and flight and off you go: on the plane.
All that took 5 weeks, but that also included the holidays.
I'm now in an ASQ hotel in BKK, 7 more days.
welcome to thailand
With a stamp on arrival you do not have to go to the embassy.
Most hotels want full payment but do have the option to change the date due to calamities.
Insurance cheap through AA insurance
You do not need a statement of behavior for stamp on arrival.
And what if he wants to stay for 6 or 7 months? There's a reason he's asking STV that.
By the way, it is Visa exemption and not stamp on arrival….
Want to stay longer than three months.
One of the biggest hurdles with regard to the STV (“Special Tourist Visa” is this condition:
“Proof of payment (paid in full) for the accommodation in Thailand for the whole period of intended stay (within the initially permitted 90-day stay) OR proof of ownership of a condominium in Thailand”.
So you must provide proof that you have booked an accommodation/multiple accommodations (paid in full) for the entire period you intend to stay in Thailand.
How do others do this?
Within the first 90 days.
Personally I think that's a bit exaggerated but well...
That STV is actually a visa that was drawn up especially for stays in Thailand during the corona era. Therefore, it is likely that you will also have to prove that entire first period. At the time, when this visa was introduced, there were travel restrictions, among other things. Maybe that's why. I therefore suspect that with the two extensions of 90 days you will have to prove that again and again.
Please note that this is a temporary visa which will normally expire on September 21 and will only allow you to stay in Thailand until the end of September 21.
In other words, if you apply for it in April, you will never get your 2 extensions of 90 days.
“The maximum stay in total, therefore, shall NOT exceed 270 days including the quarantine period and shall NOT exceed 30 September 2021 which is the current end date of the STV scheme.”
Or they have to decide that the STV will continue to exist as a visa afterwards. For a certain period or permanently. That will tell the future.
I'm renting a house, I've been living there with my girlfriend for over a year and a half, have a rental contract in English for the coming months, until June 1st. Hope they're happy with that.
Do you have to submit a statement of good behavior for STV? Is that right? And this also applies to applications for other visas such as Visa O or Visa O Multy entry. Or visa OA?
But just check the conditions on the website of the embassy.
You can read everything there. Also regarding those other visas
https://hague.thaiembassy.org/
For an STV it says:
“A Certificate of Good Conduct (Certificate of Conduct) issued by the competent authority of the country of his or her nationality or residence stating that the applicant has no criminal record (the certificate shall be valid for not more than three months and must be legalized by MinBuZa)”
https://hague.thaiembassy.org/th/publicservice/special-tourist-visa-stv
I would like to thank everyone who has responded and will report how I have fared when I have met the conditions, regarding the embassy and also the next two thresholds.