Visa application in Thailand
All information about requesting a visa for the Netherlands and Schengen in Thailand.
Using a visa facilitation agency does not influence the outcome of the visa decision process at all. The visa fee is € 60 to be paid in Thai baht at the exchange rate valid at the moment when applying. There are examples of people paying hundreds of euro's to visa facilitation agencies, this is NOT necessary.
Visa applicants who will apply for a Schengen visa and Dutch Caribbean visa need to book an appointment via the following website:
VFS Global
All related information is mentioned on the above mentioned website.
Orange Carpet (business) visa applicants, please consult the following information.
All applicants who apply for a Schengen visa and Dutch Caribbean visa need to show their VFS appointment confirmation slip.
The visa Call Center can be reached from Monday - Friday from 08:00 - 15:00 hrs.
Tel: +66 2 263-9103
ท่านสามารถดูรายละเอียดต่างๆได้ที่เว็บไซต์
VFS Global website
E-mail
ท่านสามารถติดต่อศูนย์บริการข้อมูลวีซ่าได้ในวันจันทร์ - วันศุกร์ ระหว่างเวลา 08:00 - 15:00 น.
โทร 02 263-9103 (ตั้งเเต่ 1 กันยายน 2012)
Appointment system in short:
Step 1: Pay the VFS service charge of 480 THB per application by cash only at any of the Bank of Ayudhya branches.
*Ensure that you carry a photocopy of your current passport to the bank. The bank will not be able to accept your payment without the passport copy.
Step 2 : Wait for 1 working day and book your appointment via VFS website or Call Center.
Step 3 : Prepare your visa application and follow the instructions mentioned on the VFS website and hand in your documents at the Embassy as per the scheduled appointment.
Step 4 : Receive your processed passport by Thailand Post.
Family members of EU/EEA citizens who exercise their right of free movement:
Directive Directive 2004/38/EC governs visa exemptions and visa facilitation for family members of EU/EEA and Swiss nationals who are exercising (or have exercised) their right of free movement.
An EU/EEA national can be said to be exercising his/her right of free movement if he/she moves to or resides in a member state other than that of which he/she is a national.
A Dutch national who resides in the Netherlands is not exercising his right of free movement. But if that Dutch national has recently resided and/or worked in an EU/EEA country other than the Netherlands, he has exercised his right of free movement.
Under European Court of Justice case law, a family member from a third country who is required to obtain a visa owing to his/her nationality may not be required as a condition for visa exemption or facilitation to be already legally resident in the EU/EEA or Switzerland. It does not matter when the family relationship began. Regardless of where the third country family member resides and when the relationship with the EU/EEA national began, the third country family member will be eligible for the accelerated free visa procedure if he/she can prove objectively that:
1. he/she is a family member of an EU/EEA national; and
2.that EU/EEA national is travelling to or is residing in another member state than that of which he/she is a national; and
3. he/she is accompanying the EU/EEA national or planning to join him/her.
The accelerated procedure means that the applicant need not answer the questions on the Schengen visa application form marked with an asterisk (*).
Under article 5 of Directive 2004/38/EC, these applicants have to prove their own identity, the identity of the EU/EEA national concerned, the family relationship with the EU/EEA national, and the fact that the EU/EEA national is exercising his/her right of free movement. To qualify for an accelerated visa free of charge, applicants also have to show that they are travelling with the EU/EEA national or are travelling to join him/her.
Eligible Orange Carpet applicants do not have to make an appointment with VFS but can come to the Embassy on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday between 14.00 and 15.00 hrs.
VISA FOR MORE THAN 90 DAYS FOR THE NETHERLANDS (MVV):
Information about visa for the Netherlands for more than 90 days (so called 'MVV' / temporary residence permit):
The Immigration and Naturalisation Service in the Netherlands (IND) decides upon MVV visa applications, not the Embassy. All the necessary information is published on the website of the IND
Click on the link at the top right of the page to download the MVV application form (long term visa) as a PDF file.
MVV visa applicants do not need to make an appointment to come to the Visa Section.
MVV visa applicants can submit documents to obtain the MVV visa on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday afternoons from 14.00 - 15.00 hrs. without an appointment. What to bring:
- valid passport + copy holderpage, 2 passport pictures, in some cases copy of documents that were already submitted to the IND in the Netherlands (this will be mentioned on the approval letter, in case of doubt, mail to: asiaconsular@minbuza.nl).
Processing time for MVV visa: Applicants who have the MVV approval from the IND can submit their passport and MVV visa application form on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday from 14.00 - 15.00 hrs.
The processing time for the MVV visa is 4-5 working days. The passport can be returned if the applicant hands in a return envelop with stamps for registered mail.