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METV Visa - Vientiane, Laos. It's official.


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The METV is only available to Laos nationals in Vientiane, right? So, can you only apply for it in your home country?

Yes................

That isn't on the MFA website yet, try to contain your excitement until it's confirmed.

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So, the only loophole available for 3-week-on/3-week-off oil workers is now entry visa exempt through airports. This is tough for Thailand to prevent as the requirements for air tickets and money is satisfied. Having a limit of 90 days per year (as at land borders) is not really practicable. All they could do, perhaps, is have a red stamp on exit like "no visa exempt entry allowed until ...." that airlines had to look for. Otherwise, the xenophobes are winning.

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So, visa exempt entries or single entry tourist visas will be the only practical visitor visas. Digital nomads and oil workers not catered for.

It is their country, but I feel this is a mistake.

Agreed, they are making Cambodia, Malaysia and even China better alternatives for some.

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The METV is only available to Laos nationals in Vientiane, right? So, can you only apply for it in your home country?

No...........

Please inform members where , other than their home countries, an METV can be obtained.

Nowhere, obviously.

It's still only Nov. 6th.

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If you read the previous requirements they were supposed to ask for 20k but never did, so who know what they are going to actually ask...

Like everything in LOS, there is the rule and there is its application, which most often is completely different.coffee1.gif

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Now also changed on the website of the Thai Consulate in Amsterdam, the Netherlands:

From 13 November 2015, the sixty (60) days Tourist Visa with “Double (2)” and “Triple (3)” Entries will no longer be available.

Applicants who wish to enter the Kingdom of Thailand for tourism purpose can apply for:

1. Single Entry Tourist Visa: The application fee is 30 EUR, with a visa validity of six (6) months and the duration of stay of up to sixty (60) days per visit, or

2. Multiple Entry Tourist Visa (METV) : The application fee is 150 EUR, with a visa validity of six (6) months and the duration of stay of up to sixty (60) days per visit.

From 13 November 2015, the Multiple Entry Tourist Visa (METV) is available to tourists of all nationalities. The following documents must be submitted with a completed visa application form for consideration.

1. Passport with validity of not less than six (6) months;

2. Bank Statement with a minimum balance equivalent of Two Hundred Thousand (200,000) Baht (approximately Five Thousand (5,000) Euro);

3. Employment Letter;

4. Roundtrip flight reservation or ticket (at least for the first entry);

5. Hotel reservation confirmation (at least for the first entry); and

6. Residence permit or proof of residency (for applicants who are not Dutch nationals)

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Thai Consulate in HCMC already posted up their requirements on their website.

''Multiple-Entry Tourist Visa will only be granted to Vietnamese passport holders or Vietnamese Temporary/ Permanent Resident Card holders.''

Same requirements like the rest.

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