FLIGHTS AND HOTEL RESERVATIONS NOW MANDATORY
Stricter requirements for Tourist visa applicants
BANGKOK (thaivisa.com): -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bangkok has instructed the Thai Embassies and Consulates abroad to be stricter with requirements when applicants are applying for 60-days Tourist visas for Thailand.
The Royal Thai Embassies, Consulates and Consulates-General will from now require a confirmed airline ticket with flight numbers and date of entry/exit, plus confirmed hotel reservations with name and dates of checking in/out.
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Required documents are:
- One completed and signed application form
- One photo (colour, size 4 x 6 cm)
- Passport (valid for no less than 6 months)
- Hotel reservation in Thailand with name and dates of checking in/out
- Airline ticket or confirmation slip with flight number and date of entry/exit
Please note that
Consular officers reserve the rights to ask for additional documents as deemed necessary.
In the absence of a required document, a letter indicating the unavailability of such document must be provided.
A new item is added to the list: If a required document is missing, an explanation letter must be provided.
The new requirements have been confirmed by Thaivisa.com and are in effect immediately.
🤪 ceci vient du forum thai visa et non du gouvernement .. faut desfois faire attention qui écrit quoi... sur ce thaivisa forum ...
ce n est pas nouveau , qu il faut mentionner les réservations d hotels et les vols .. rien a changé ... et pour plus d info sur ce troll une enquète interne de nation est en court pour savoir exactement s il y a changement ou pas ..
La thailande a besoin de touristes plus que jamais ........ taksin ouvre meme les portes aus japonnais ; pas besoin de visa pour un long stay ......cause accident nucléaire .. venez en thaialnde etc ......
jumbo1 ne t en fais pas il n y a pas le feu ....mais je dois avouer que l embassade thai a paris fait des siennes et applique a la letre la loi existante sur les visas... il est beaucoup plus difficile d obtenir un touriste visa doubles entrées en france que dans d autres pays ...
Bonjour à toutes et à tous depuis la Suisse. Je voudrais savoir ce qu'il en est de cette modification (qui à mon avis n'en est pas une mais je n'en sais rien) et s'il faut effectivement comme auparavant donner un lieu de séjour (hôtel ou autre) confirmé par la personne qui nous reçoit (hôtel ou autre) car avant il fallait toujours donner le nom
(agence de voyage par exemple) qui est "responsable" pour nous en Thaïlande. Merci pour l'info qui comme d'habitude doit être de personnes qui connaissent la question et ne pas parler dans le vide, tout ceci étant profitable à tout le monde.
Merci pour toutes les réponses constructibles.
POUNPOUI
Ce qui est -oh combien- "constructif" dans la réponse de "thaiboss" c'est qu'il ne faut prendre
"au pied de la lettre" que les infos du consulat dont on dépend, et pas "thaivisa", aussi fourni
et réputé soit ce forum !
Une floppée de gens "brouillardisent" une situation déjà complexe pour la simple raison
qu'ils en vivent ici ...
🙂
Si vous avez compris tout ce que je viens de vous dire, c'est que j'ai dû faire une erreur quelque part. - Alan Greenspan
Science sans conscience n'est que ruine de l'âme - Rabelais
😕 oui , en plus , c est sous controle des jaunes militaires , les farangs qui y répondent sont minisieursement scutés , faut etre anti rouge , les posts pro rouge ne passe qu au compte goutte .....
pareils pour les posts sur les visas.... tu as raison mengwan il y en a qui en vivent ....ça doit etre les.. anglais ou américian du siam legal service qui vont a la chasse de clients sur le forum thaivisa ...
🤪 résumé des post d aujourdhui du thai visa forum......plus de 50% est biaisé , faux , propagante....
par pure expérience , les billions du miracle thailand ça n existe pas ..il n y a pas les billions ... mais bon c est comme cela chez eux ....
Allons allons, arrêtez la boisson (gros rouge qui tache ?), çà ne vous réussit pas !
😎
Si vous avez compris tout ce que je viens de vous dire, c'est que j'ai dû faire une erreur quelque part. - Alan Greenspan
Science sans conscience n'est que ruine de l'âme - Rabelais
Allons allons, arrêtez la boisson (gros rouge qui tache ?), çà ne vous réussit pas !
😉cela fait un bail , que mengwan avait écrit sur ce forum , d un thai qu il avait rencontré , il avait 90 ans et était en bonne forme comme un jeune de 60 ans , parcequ il buvait que du thé vert .....
Thaiboss a en mémoire ce post , car après .. thaiboss c est mis au thé vert ... plus d alcool 0.... pas d eau minéral non plus que du thé vert ... la derniere fois que j ai rencontré un vieux pot .. il ma dit ..ta une superbe mine ... je lui est dit que ça doit etre le thé vert ....et mes trucs a la chinoise que je bouffe ....
aller sur ça , je fais faire un tour des ...news rouges.. .comme cela on pourra faire la part des choses ... entre le thaivisa des jaunes 😏 et le thaivisa des rouges
oui , en plus , c est sous controle des jaunes militaires , les farangs qui y répondent sont minisieursement scutés , faut etre anti rouge , les posts pro rouge ne passe qu au compte goutte .....
Mouais, de toute façon les discussions de comptoir rouge-jaune entre farangs, c'est assez vite lassant. La plupart n'ont même pas le niveau en thaï pour lire un journal, suivre un débat télévisé ou simplement converser avec des Thaïs, mais ils ont quand même une opinion tranchée (souvent celle de leur femme, la seule qu'ils comprennent à peu près) qu'ils défendent bec et ongles.
Quant à thaivisa ce n'est pas "sous contrôle des jaunes militaires" mais simplement un business américain avec des sponsors spécialisés dans les services à destination des farangs (avocats, assurances et j'en passe). Ils ont donc tout intérêt à sensationnaliser le moindre début de mauvaise nouvelle, et c'est ce qu'ils font régulièrement.
Bonjour à toutes et à tous depuis la Suisse. Je voudrais savoir ce qu'il en est de cette modification (qui à mon avis n'en est pas une mais je n'en sais rien) et s'il faut effectivement comme auparavant donner un lieu de séjour (hôtel ou autre) confirmé par la personne qui nous reçoit (hôtel ou autre) car avant il fallait toujours donner le nom
(agence de voyage par exemple) qui est "responsable" pour nous en Thaïlande. Merci pour l'info qui comme d'habitude doit être de personnes qui connaissent la question et ne pas parler dans le vide, tout ceci étant profitable à tout le monde.
Merci pour toutes les réponses constructibles.
POUNPOUI
Le document sur lequel ThaiVisa s'appuie est issu du Consulat de Phnom Penh. Etrangement, le lien de la page a disparu du document de Thaivisa. Ce fait a été relevé par un internaute.
A ce jour, rien ne permet d'affirmer que ces "nouvelles" consignes sont généralisées aux autres Consulats. D'autre part, il est précisé que si on ne peut fournir un des documents demandés, il faut joindre une lettre en expliquant les raisons. On peut donc estimer qu'une lettre précisant par exemple qu'on est un voyageur itinérant pourrait suffire. La question de l'hébergement m'a d'ailleurs été posée oralement (et avec insistance) par un officier d'immigration de Suvarnabhumi il y a quelques années, donc on n'est pas exactement dans la nouveauté. D'ailleurs, c'est demandé sur la carte d'embarquement. 40% des hôtels ne signalent pas leurs clients, ça te donne une idée concrète de l'efficacité du système.
Dans quelques temps, on en saura un peu plus sur les pratiques du terrain, et de toute façon tout Consulat a toujours eu le droit de demander des documents supplémentaires.
Au sujet de l'utilisation politicienne faite de ces annonces, ça ne m'intéresse pas une seconde, mais je rappellerai par exemple que l'année dernière le gouvernement précédent a commencé à mettre en place l'informatisation de déclaration hôtelière, en indiquant les grandes difficultés rencontrées lors du tsunami de Phuket. Quand des mesures sont poursuivies par des gouvernements de couleurs différentes, en France on appelle ça simplement "continuité de l'Etat".
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It's an individual family trip.
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After that, I can apply for a 30-day extension at the immigration office.
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She plans to return to France on July 18th. According to the European Commission’s Schengen calculator, this new stay “may be authorized for a maximum of 90 days.” That’s not very clear ("may be," "for a maximum of").
The text of Article 6 of the European regulation (2016/399) states that for a stay planned in the territory of the Member States, not exceeding 90 days in any 180-day period, one must examine "the 180-day period preceding each day of the stay." That’s not very clear either.
My partner wants to return to France for a 90-day period starting on July 18th. Is this possible?
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1) The first day she spent in the Schengen Area was January 21st. That day will drop out of the calculation 180 days later, on July 20th.
From July 20th, she’ll get back 1 day of possible stay; on July 22nd, 2 days; and so on. All the days from her previous stay (January 21st–April 16th) need to be outside the 180-day rolling window.
The last day of her stay was April 16th. Looking 180 days ahead, that brings us to October 13th. From that date, she’ll be able to return for a full 90 days.
2) The number of allowed days is calculated for each day of the new stay. In other words: the 180-day window is recalculated every day, not fixed at the entry date.
If she re-enters France on July 18th, she’ll only have a “credit” of 4 days. But with each day of her new stay, one day from the previous stay (January–April) will drop out of the calculation. The rolling window allows her to “replace” days from the previous stay with those of the new stay, without ever exceeding 90 days in any 180-day period.
In this case, my partner could stay in France for 90 days starting on July 18th.
The Prefecture doesn’t provide any information, nor does Air France, and in the forums I’ve checked, opinions are divided. Thanks for any insights you can share!
Hello,
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Hello, HAPPY NEW YEAR 2026!
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