Two Week Wait For Tourist & Non-Immigrant Visa Appointments at Thai Embassy in Vientiane !

Source: ThaiVisa

Anyone who was planning to visit the Royal Thai Embassy in Vientiane to apply for a tourist or non-immigrant visa should be aware that there are no appointments available for at least two weeks. 

Since 1st February 2019, foreigners who need to apply for either a tourist, non-immigrant or transit visa first need to schedule an online appointment before submitting the visa application in person at the Embassy.

Appointments are scheduled via the new online booking platform at: https://thaivisavientiane.com/

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However, according to the online booking system the are no appointments available for either tourist visas or non-immigrant visas until 20th March 2019.

This effectively rules out Royal Thai Embassy in Vientiane for anyone who urgently needs to apply for any of the aforementioned visas.

In January it was announced that the online application system needed to be implemented to help Embassy staff deal with the large amounts of visa applications that were being made at the Royal Thai Embassy Vientiane.

“The number of visa applicants at the the Royal Thai Embassy, Vientiane has increased significantly in the past years”, the Embassy said on its website.

“Due to a limited number of officers, the Embassy needs to implement the Visa Application Appointment System in order to maintain service quality with an aim to reduce waiting time of applicants while increasing,” it added.