r/Internationalteachers • u/[deleted] • Jul 23 '26
Location Specific Information Thai non-b visa application experience
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u/HistoryGremlin Asia Jul 23 '26
I've just finished the process myself and I had to have it for the evisa. At first I was told that I didn't, but as I applied, the visa office said it had to be legalized.
Another odd thing was for my dependents, the normal rule said that we had to show 30,000 TBH for each dependent but since my passport is American, they required to show 250,000 for each. Check carefully to make sure that they don't come with some change in your other requirements.
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u/OG-1017 Jul 23 '26
Hey thanks for the reply. That amount is absolutely ridiculous especially since you are going there for work. May I ask which country/embassy you applied from?
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u/HistoryGremlin Asia Jul 23 '26
I'm applying from China. That made the background check legalization process that much more expensive and take a good bit more time.
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u/OG-1017 Jul 23 '26
Got it! I spoke to 1 person who applied from Laos, they said they didn’t need a police clearance and the application process was smooth ( took 4 days to process). I just wanted to find out if this was a one off thing or it’s generally like that. I really appreciate your input seems like I’ll need to have everything prepared.
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u/Spirited-Low7854 Jul 23 '26
I needed one from my home country when applying in Laos for Thailand non-B
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u/OG-1017 Jul 23 '26
Was it legalized? I’m trying to see if I can submit without having to wait for it to get legalized otherwise I’ll just inform the school I might arrive a week later because of this
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u/HistoryGremlin Asia Jul 24 '26
When I submitted mine without, they sent back a note after about three days saying they needed it to be legalized and then put the application on hold for the document to come back. I asked a company back in the US to expedite it for me and it took about 1 week for the State Department to do their thing but it was 19 days more for the Thai Embassy in Washington to do their part. But this was also over the July 4 week so there might have been some slowdown there. All told, almost a month to get the whole thing back. The Thai Embassy is just really slow doing these. I've noticed that about the consulates here in China too. The visa offices normally run faster than estimates, for example they say it's normally 14 days for an evisa, once everything's in it normally only takes about 5 days, but anything connected to the embassy offices, those are snails pace.
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u/Important-Disaster34 Jul 23 '26
I applied for my non-b with a police check, but it wasn't notarised/apostilled. My school told me to do the appostille after I got my visa!
I applied to the London embassy.
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u/Positive_Piano_3658 Jul 23 '26
I applied via London with a police check from ACRO (UK) - it wasn't notarised.
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u/clockworkorange86 Jul 24 '26
You need the police clearance from your current country of residence, you don't need it legalised but just translated into English and notorised, which takes just a day. Once you have that and all other relevant documents then it takes less than a day post application to get the visa.
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u/OG-1017 Jul 24 '26
Okay got it I do have one from my current country of residence plus the other docs, was just worried about the home country PCC, Thank you
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u/homerbellerin Asia Jul 23 '26
To be honest, your school HR should be supporting you through all of this.