I originally posted this video in November, 2023 when the new evisa application became available. In that video I suggested that there were three alternatives for the ticket you could submit for an METV:
1. one-way ticket from your home country to Thailand (or a sequence of tickets from your home country to Thailand if you are making stops before you arrive in Thailand).
OR
2. round-trip ticket from your home country to Thailand and return from Thailand for your home country
OR
3. one-way ticket from your home country to Thailand plus an onward ticket from Thailand to another country.
Since publishing that video, I have gotten a number of comments from people who used alternatives 2 and 3 and had their visas denied. These people were asked by immigration to submit additional tickets.
I have concluded that alternative 1 is what Thai immigration wants. So, in this revised video, I state clearly that you should provide ONLY a one-way ticket (or sequence of tickets) from your home country to Thailand. It is risky to use alternative 2 or 3. I felt that this information is important enough to warrant a new version of the video.
And here is an important WARNING:
Viewer AIMasterClass told me that he applied to the Thai embassy in Vienna, Austria. He supplied only a one-way ticket to Thailand as I recommend in this video. The embassy sent an email asking for an additional ticket for his SECOND entry into into Thailand and for bank statements. I thought this was very strange, but you should be aware that SOME embassies may ask for more than a one-way ticket to Thailand and they MAY ask for bank statements (although this does not appear in the eVisa application). If this happens to you, please comment below. I will probably make a video about this.
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Without any announcement that I know of, Thai immigration has introduced a significantly simplified evisa application. Not only is this application simpler, but is also appears that the same application is now being used by all of the embassies/consulates, which was not the case in the past.
Please comment if you find any errors in the video.
FOR FAMILIES:
For families, each member of the family must fill out a separate application and obtain a separate visa. For item 3 of the supporting documents section, children don't have a drivers license, so, according to the NY Consulate, you can upload your drivers license instead.
Here are some useful links:
Countries for which evisa is supported:
[ Ссылка ] (I can't guarantee the correctness of this list)
Countries for which visa exemption and visa-on-arrival are supported:
[ Ссылка ]
Apply for e-visa: [ Ссылка ]
Apply for visa extension: [ Ссылка ]
Get a cheap throwaway onward ticket: [ Ссылка ]
Stay in Thailand for almost 9 months on an METV: [ Ссылка ]
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