How long does it take to get a Thai visa?

3-5 working days. If you go to a travel agency, the travel agency generally needs 2 working days to prepare for the operation. If the departure time is less than a week away, it is recommended to apply for a Thailand visa on arrival.

At present, the Thai Embassy needs 12-15 working days to complete the review, but the working days do not include holidays and weekends, but you can choose to expedite the application for a Thai visa. Yes, after expediting, it will take the applicant 7 working days at the earliest to get the visa.

Because it takes a certain amount of time to apply for a Thai visa, applicants need to apply for a visa at least one month in advance.

However, not all applicants can get their visas within 7 days. If there are problems in getting the materials submitted by the applicants, it will delay the review time. Of course, if there are holidays and peak hours, Issues, system maintenance failures, etc. may extend the visa time or even delay the applicant's itinerary plan.

Thailand visas applied in advance are valid for 3 months, and the maximum one-time stay is 1 month.

But if you apply for a visa on arrival, it is only valid for 15 days.

So if you want to stay longer, you should go to a travel agency to apply for a visa in advance instead of applying for a visa on arrival.

The conditions for applying for a visa on arrival are your return ticket, your passport, a US$25 visa fee and a 2-inch personal bareheaded photo with a white background. Receive the form, fill in your personal information, submit the materials at the window, get your number and wait for the visa to be issued.

According to relevant regulations, you need to pay a tourist visa on arrival fee each time you enter Thailand, which is 1,000 baht per person (only Thai currency is accepted). When applying for a visa on arrival, travelers must have sufficient living expenses during their stay in Thailand, which is equivalent to at least 10,000 baht per person or 20,000 baht per family in Thai currency.

Legal basis:

"Management Regulations on the Use of Visa Specialist Cards of Outbound Tour Group Agencies" Article 2 The term "Visa Specialist Card" as mentioned in these regulations refers to the visa specialization officer card in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations of our country. Bilateral travel agreements signed by countries and regions, in order to facilitate outbound travel agencies to apply for outbound travel group visas from the embassies and consulates of the outbound travel destination countries and regions in China, printed by the Bureau of International Exchange and Cooperation of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, for Documents proving to the embassy and consulates in China the identity of the person who handles the outbound travel group tourist visa (hereinafter referred to as the "Visa Specialist").