Editorial policy
Visa information is the kind of writing where a confident sentence in the wrong place costs somebody a refusal, a wasted consular fee and a wasted month. This page is the rule we hold ourselves to, published so you can check us against it.
Where a fact has to come from
Four levels, in order of authority. Level four never overrides the three above it.
| Level | Source | What it may be used for |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs, official checklists | Baseline requirements and the official categories of each visa |
| 2 | Thai e-Visa portal, embassies and consulates | What the specific country of application requires |
| 3 | Immigration Bureau of Thailand | Staying, extending, entering and leaving |
| 4 | Our own casework | Risk assessment and quality standards — never a substitute for the official requirement |
Three kinds of statement, three ways of showing them
The most common way visa content misleads people is not by being wrong. It is by printing an agency’s habit in the same typeface as the law. So on this site the three never look alike.
An official requirement. Published by a ministry, an embassy or the Immigration Bureau. Carries its source and the date we last checked it.
A consulate’s practice. Something we see repeatedly in real cases at a named mission. It is not law, it can change without notice, and it is marked as what it is.
Our own standard. A rule we impose on ourselves to lower the risk of a mistake. You are free to ignore it — but you should know that it is ours, not the consulate’s.
Sentences we do not write
“We guarantee the visa.”
Nobody can. The consulate decides, and anyone promising otherwise is selling you something else.
“With these documents you will definitely be approved.”
A complete file lowers the risk of refusal. It does not remove it.
“This consulate always approves.”
Practice changes without notice, and a pattern is not a rule.
“Owning a company is a DTV category.”
It is not one of the three official grounds. Filing on that basis is filing on nothing.
“You can apply from any country.”
Some missions accept only residents. That has to be checked per mission, every time.
“A screenshot of your banking app is always enough.”
Sometimes it is accepted. Presenting that as a rule sets people up to fail.
What we say instead
- We will check your case against the official requirements and against the current practice of the specific consulate.
- The final decision is the consulate’s.
- Before you file, we check your documents against the checklist.
- If the case is risky, we tell you before you file — not after.
Where money enters the text
Government fees and our service fee are always shown as two separate numbers, never as one total. Where we do not yet publish a price, the page says so plainly instead of showing an indicative figure that would later turn out to be wrong.
The one guarantee we do make is financial and it is stated as such: on the DTV we refund our fee and the consular fee if the application is refused. That is a promise about our money, not about the consulate’s decision.
When we are wrong
Rules change, and sometimes they change quietly. Every page carries the date its facts were last verified against the official source. If you find something on this site that no longer matches what a mission is doing, tell us — we would rather correct a page than defend it.