Thailand Visa (Indian Passport Holder)

[bobby_kvisa 7]

Because of the long wait between initial I130 application and actual approval - I want to take a trip with my wife somewhere. I posted about going to Europe, but if that does not work out I am eyeing Thailand. For this we need to get her a tourist visa for Thailand.

Has anyone here applied for a Thailand tourist visa for their beneficiary's Indian passport?

What was the process like? How did you go about satisfying the financial requirements for the visa (this seems to be pretty important)?

Was the Thailand visa awarded to the applicant in the end or were they denied?

If anyone here has any experience or thoughts on this, I would like to hear any advice or cautions or another form of input.

Thanks !

[trinket 30]

From my understanding for Thailand an Indian citizen can get the visa on arrival. Check this wiki entry.

Also if you are planning to stay more than 15 days, then look through this vfs-thailand site.

[rsn 135]

Because of the long wait between initial I130 application and actual approval - I want to take a trip with my wife somewhere. I posted about going to Europe, but if that does not work out I am eyeing Thailand. For this we need to get her a tourist visa for Thailand.

Has anyone here applied for a Thailand tourist visa for their beneficiary's Indian passport?

What was the process like? How did you go about satisfying the financial requirements for the visa (this seems to be pretty important)?

Was the Thailand visa awarded to the applicant in the end or were they denied?

If anyone here has any experience or thoughts on this, I would like to hear any advice or cautions or another form of input.

Thanks !

Looks like Indian citizens do qualify for a visa on arrival, but only a 15-day one. If you want to stay longer, you will either need to apply for a tourist visa at your nearest Thai embassy or do a "border run" once inside Thailand soon before your visa expires (which will give you another 15 days).

Visa on arrival info: http://www.thaivisa.com/479.0.html

Border runs: You can find a border run company in most major cities in Thailand. You pay them to feed you and transport you across the nearest border. Upon re-entering Thailand, they stamp your passport for another 15 days.

Tourist visa at nearest Thai embassy: Last time I did this, it was a 60-day visa.

[sachinky 465]

I've had about five Thailand visas -- my mom loves Thailand and Singapore -- there was a point when we went there every summer. We always did our visas through a travel agency so I've no personal experience of the process. Our visas were always approved, no issues and we had a great time, every single time. Great food, great beaches, lovely people and amazing shopping steals! What's there not to love?

You have to go to Phuket, Chiang Mai, Krabi Island as well!

Have a great trip!

[bobby_kvisa 7]

Ok thanks guys for pointing out the details - I did not realize we could get visa on arrival !

I honestly was a little concerned about the risk of applying for a Visa and possibly getting denied [which I think there is always a chance of].

The 15-day option on arrival is perfect and uncomplicated way to travel - no worry about applying for the Visa, which I really wanted to avoid while the CR-1 petition is ongoing.

Thanks again for the help all of you !