Visa for Thailand Trip.

If you are planing to visit Thailand most important part of your travel iternary is your travel Visa. Getting a travel visa for Thailand is not difficult. In this blog we have tried to explain what are the different Visa type and which documents you need  to get the Visa.

There are Two Types of tourist  Visa for Thailand 

   1-Visa on Arrival.

   2-Visa before Travel.

How to Apply for Tourist Visa on Arrival for Thailand

Once you have booked your thailand ticket you can onboard plane with out a visa from India. In immigration you have to sellect Tourist Visa on arrival. You can take a visa from Thai airport once your flight lands. 

You need following document when you apply for Visa on Arrival in the airport. You must keep 3-4 printed copies of all the mentioned document since you are in different country if you make mistake with one document you are produce any other document.

• Valid Passport Return ticket valid in next 15 days  printout
• Hotel booking confirmation printout
• Cash or equivalent of Thai Baht 10000(19,000 INR)  per person
• Cash 20000 (38,000) INR Thai Baht per family
• 4 Color photograph Filled  visa form
• Visa form can be downloaded from http://app.ivsource.com/app/img/forms/th-on-arrival.pdf
• Visa fee of 1000 Thai Baht cash for the normal line .Credit cards not accepted
• 1200 Thai Baht for the express queue.

 How to Get Visa before Travel VFS global

Thai embesay has outsouced its Visa operation to VFS global in India. You can see if VFS global has a office nearby you and apply Visa from VFS. It take only 10 minutes - 2 hours to get Visa from VFS. Visa process is very simple and you have to take following documents with you.

http://www.vfs-thailand.co.in/

• VFS global provides Visa Services for ThaiAmbasay in India and many other         countries.
• Vfs Global (Locate the nearby vfs center and apply your visa there
• They will charge a nominal service charge of Rs 210/- and you will receive the visa within 10 days after submission
• VFS Global Services are available for Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai circles.
• You can download the   Visa  Form from VFS global.
• Visa can be single entry or multiple entry and applied can be applied for 30 days.
• Photograph
• 1 year bank statement with mimumum 40,000 INR Bank balance.
• Hotel booking tickets 

Advantage of Visa on Arrival

• You do not have to go to the  local visa office in Country.

Disadvantages of  Visa on Arrival

• Long waiting queues in Airport. It will take four to five hours of time to get Visa on peak tourist season
• If you have flight for another city within 3-4 hours there are chances you can miss the flight.
• There is worry about getting Visa if you have filled wrong form etc or missed any document. Since there is lot of rush  you the Visa officer is too busy most of the time.
• If you are going with family Kids will make your time tougher while waiting 4-5 hours in Airport.

Advantages of Pre travel Visa

• If the VFS global or Embassy office is nearby you it’s better to take Visa before travel.
• No hassle fill document easily and you will be tension free while landing.
• If you fill any document wrong you have chances and help available easily since you are in your own country TFS global
• Staff or embassy people will help you.