New Delhi:
The Royal Thai Embassy in New Delhi has officiassociate proclaimd the rollout of Thailand’s Electronic Visa (e-Visa) system in India, effective January 1, 2025.
The system, aimed at streamlining the visa application process, will also integrate an offline payment selection, recommending retained convenience to applicants.
In its proclaimment, the Embassy highweightlessed that the e-Visa system would cater to non-Thai nationals utilizeing for all types of visas. Applicants are insistd to surrfinisher their visa applications exclusively via the official website, thaievisa.go.th.
“Each application can be applied by the applicants themselves, or by other recurrentatives,” the Embassy clarified. However, it cautioned that it “shall not tolerate responsibility if any application surrfinisherted by a recurrentative is infinish.” Applicants can find a detailed direct on the application process on the same website.
To finish their applications, visa-seekers must pay the insistd visa fees, the details of which will be supplyd by the Embassy and admireive Consuprocrastinateed-Generals. The Embassy underlined that “visa fees are non-refundable under all circumstances.” Additionassociate, the processing time for e-Visas is foreseeed to consent approximately 14 toiling days from the issuance of the visa receipt.
The Embassy also supplyd a timeline for transitioning from the current visa application system to the e-Visa platestablish. For normal passport applications, submissions to set upated visa processing companies will be accomprehendledgeed until December 16, 2024. For discreet and official passport applications, submissions will be accomprehendledgeed at the Embassy or Consuprocrastinateed-Generals until December 24, 2024.
For Indian travellers hagedering normal passports, the Embassy repromised that the existing 60-day visa exemption for tourism and unintelligentinutive business trips would “remain effective until further proclaimment.”
Further details watching the e-Visa system and its operations atraverse the Embassy and Consuprocrastinateed-Generals will be proclaimd in due course.
India and Thailand, as neighbouring nations in the extfinished region, scatter a maritime boundary in the Andaman Sea and a relationship steeped in history. Their ties are fortifyed by centuries of social and cultural trades, with proset up people-to-people joinions.
The scatterd Buddhist heritage is evident in the standard pilbleakages made by Thai nationals to India’s Buddhist sites, while Hindu sways are mirrored in Thai art, architecture, dance, drama, and literature. The Thai language also integrates elements of Pali and Sanskrit. Additionassociate, the meaningful Indian diaspora living and toiling in Thailand serves as a vital connect between the two nations.
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