Documents we prepare for you if you book a tour
1. Travel itinerary and tour route, which also serves as the car rental booking (each traveler must print a separate set)
2. Booking confirmations for every hotel (each traveler must print a separate set)
Documents you need to prepare yourself:
1. Book your visa appointment yourself: you should arrange your visa appointment as early as possible, especially during holiday seasons when slots fill up very quickly.
2. Travel insurance: buy an individual worldwide or Schengen policy that covers every day from the day you fly out of Thailand until the day you fly back to Thailand. The policy must include overseas medical expenses, disability and death, and emergency medical evacuation, with minimum coverage of 1.5 million THB.
You can arrange travel insurance through:
(Please say that it is for a See You Again trip with Rin.)
Rattaporn CHANGPETCHPOL (Pookie)
AXA Insurance Thailand Direct & Alternative
23 rd Fl., Lumpini Tower 1168/67 Rama IV Rd. Sathorn - Bangkok, Thailand
Tel .: +66 2 118 8000 ext 8234.
Fax +66 2 679 8278
Mobile: +66 81 926 4010
[email protected]
3. Visa fee: 80 euros per person, but you must prepare it in Thai baht. / If you apply through a visa application center such as VFS/TLS/BLS, you will pay the embassy visa fee of 80 euros plus the application center's service fee of about 600-800-1,200 THB (the price depends on the country you apply to), about 4,000 THB in total. Payment must be made at the Thai baht exchange rate.
4. English flight reservation: you do not need to buy the ticket yet; a reservation is enough.
5. Visa application form: download it from the website of the relevant embassy or visa application center. Make sure you use the latest version and fill it in neatly in English capital letters. For children, an adult can fill in the form and a parent can sign on their behalf (some countries require you to complete the application online instead).
6. Photos: 2 photos, size 3.5 cm x 4.5 cm (no glasses), with a white background only.
7. Your current original passport, with at least 6 months of validity remaining (counted from the date you leave the destination country or the last day you fly back to Thailand). If you have an old passport, bring it along. Make 2 photocopies of the photo page of your current passport and sign them as certified true copies. If you have previously held a Schengen visa in an old passport, copy that visa page and the photo page of the old passport, and certify the copies as true. / Some countries also require copies of the inside pages of your current passport: copy every page that has a visa or a stamp; blank pages do not need to be copied.
8. 1 copy of your national ID card
9. 1 copy of your house registration. Translation into English is required only for the documents of minors, and only when you want to attach proof of family relationships.
10. 1 copy of the birth certificate for children under 18, translated into English (bring the original birth certificate to show on the day of your visa appointment).
11. Copies of your marriage certificate, divorce certificate, or name or surname change certificate, translated into English.
12. Financial evidence: use personal savings accounts only. We recommend also submitting your salary account. You can submit more than one savings account, but for each account you must submit both of the following:
1. Bank account certificate: an English document issued by the bank no more than 7 days before your visa appointment.
2. Bank statement: an English document issued by the bank covering the past 6 months (some countries require only the past 3 months). The account holder's name must be in English. It must be issued by the bank no more than 7 days before your visa appointment and show enough funds for the trip. (On the day of your appointment, bring your original bank passbook with the latest updated balance, in case the officer asks to see it.)
13. If someone is sponsoring your travel costs, such as a family member, child or spouse: the main account holder who is the sponsor must write and type a sponsorship letter in English, stating that they will sponsor the trip and specifying the relationship. Attach copies of the sponsor's two financial documents, signed as certified true copies (the sponsor does not need to come to the embassy). Do not forget to attach a copy of the passport photo page of the person being sponsored (signed as a certified true copy), together with documents showing the relationship and their translations, such as a marriage certificate, birth certificate or house registration. - If you are not legally married but have a child together, submit a copy of the child's birth certificate and its translation.
14. Original employment certificate in English, stating your first name, surname, date of birth, position, start date of employment, leave dates, and the date you return to work after the trip (to show that you will return to your job as before), with the company stamp. The document must be issued by the company no more than 1 month before your visa appointment.
15. If you are a business owner: attach your trade registration or company affidavit (use the original company affidavit only, and only the first page showing the names of the company directors). The document must be issued by the Department of Business Development no more than 1 month before your visa appointment (it must be translated into English), signed and stamped with the company seal.
16. If you are retired: a copy of your government pension card and its translation, signed as a certified true copy (submission is optional).
17. If you are a government official: a copy of your government official ID card and its translation, signed as a certified true copy (submission is optional).
18. If you are a school or university student: show the original student status certificate in English, issued by your educational institution no more than 1 month before your visa appointment (even for young children in nursery or kindergarten, a school enrollment certificate is required).
19. If you are self-employed: write a letter in English explaining your source of income, and attach other supporting evidence such as a shareholder register or photos of your shop.
20. If you are a homemaker with no source of income: submit copies of your husband's financial documents instead of your own, together with an English sponsorship letter from your husband stating that he will cover your expenses, a copy of the photo page of his passport, and documents proving your relationship, such as a copy of your marriage certificate (translated into English). If you are not legally married, submit your child's birth certificate or house registration instead, since both parents' names appear on the child's documents (translated into English). / Sponsors, please do not forget to sign every copy as a certified true copy.
21. If the traveler is a minor under 18 and is not traveling with both parents, the parent who is not traveling must issue a consent letter allowing the minor to leave the Kingdom. This document must state the full name of the guardian who is taking the minor out of the country (and must be translated into English). / If the minor is traveling abroad with a relative and neither parent is going along, the consent letter must carry the names of both parents, who must sign it in front of an official. It must state the full name of the person taking the minor abroad and that person's relationship to the minor, and you must attach copies of both parents' ID cards, signed as certified true copies. (You can request this document at the district office for the area of the minor's house registration. If you live in another province, request it at the municipality office or district office for the area of the minor's house registration.) / For some countries, the document must also be certified by the consulate.
22. If you are applying for an Italian Schengen visa, you must submit a Motivation Letter in English.
How to have someone collect your passport for you after the visa is issued
- Power of attorney if someone else will collect it on your behalf / written in English
- Copies of the ID cards of both the person granting the power of attorney and the person receiving it, signed as certified true copies
- The receipt you received from the embassy when you submitted your visa application, as proof for collecting your passport with the visa
- Each traveler must prepare a separate set; do not combine them
Schengen visa / tourist visa application service
Please contact: Tel: 063 915 5199 (Khun Wa)
or Tel: 063-915-5199 (Khun Muay)
Contact Khun Wa on LINE:
LINE ID: seeyouagainthailand
Click the link to add us on LINE here: http://line.me/ti/p/~seeyouagainthailand
Copyright. Text by Wawa, See You Again
You are welcome to share, but if you copy, please give credit and link back to this article.
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1. Travel itinerary and tour route, which also serves as the car rental booking (each traveler must print a separate set)
2. Booking confirmations for every hotel (each traveler must print a separate set)
Documents you need to prepare yourself:
1. Book your visa appointment yourself: you should arrange your visa appointment as early as possible, especially during holiday seasons when slots fill up very quickly.
2. Travel insurance: buy an individual worldwide or Schengen policy that covers every day from the day you fly out of Thailand until the day you fly back to Thailand. The policy must include overseas medical expenses, disability and death, and emergency medical evacuation, with minimum coverage of 1.5 million THB.
You can arrange travel insurance through:
(Please say that it is for a See You Again trip with Rin.)
Rattaporn CHANGPETCHPOL (Pookie)
AXA Insurance Thailand Direct & Alternative
23 rd Fl., Lumpini Tower 1168/67 Rama IV Rd. Sathorn - Bangkok, Thailand
Tel .: +66 2 118 8000 ext 8234.
Fax +66 2 679 8278
Mobile: +66 81 926 4010
[email protected]
3. Visa fee: 80 euros per person, but you must prepare it in Thai baht. / If you apply through a visa application center such as VFS/TLS/BLS, you will pay the embassy visa fee of 80 euros plus the application center's service fee of about 600-800-1,200 THB (the price depends on the country you apply to), about 4,000 THB in total. Payment must be made at the Thai baht exchange rate.
4. English flight reservation: you do not need to buy the ticket yet; a reservation is enough.
5. Visa application form: download it from the website of the relevant embassy or visa application center. Make sure you use the latest version and fill it in neatly in English capital letters. For children, an adult can fill in the form and a parent can sign on their behalf (some countries require you to complete the application online instead).
6. Photos: 2 photos, size 3.5 cm x 4.5 cm (no glasses), with a white background only.
7. Your current original passport, with at least 6 months of validity remaining (counted from the date you leave the destination country or the last day you fly back to Thailand). If you have an old passport, bring it along. Make 2 photocopies of the photo page of your current passport and sign them as certified true copies. If you have previously held a Schengen visa in an old passport, copy that visa page and the photo page of the old passport, and certify the copies as true. / Some countries also require copies of the inside pages of your current passport: copy every page that has a visa or a stamp; blank pages do not need to be copied.
8. 1 copy of your national ID card
9. 1 copy of your house registration. Translation into English is required only for the documents of minors, and only when you want to attach proof of family relationships.
10. 1 copy of the birth certificate for children under 18, translated into English (bring the original birth certificate to show on the day of your visa appointment).
11. Copies of your marriage certificate, divorce certificate, or name or surname change certificate, translated into English.
12. Financial evidence: use personal savings accounts only. We recommend also submitting your salary account. You can submit more than one savings account, but for each account you must submit both of the following:
1. Bank account certificate: an English document issued by the bank no more than 7 days before your visa appointment.
2. Bank statement: an English document issued by the bank covering the past 6 months (some countries require only the past 3 months). The account holder's name must be in English. It must be issued by the bank no more than 7 days before your visa appointment and show enough funds for the trip. (On the day of your appointment, bring your original bank passbook with the latest updated balance, in case the officer asks to see it.)
13. If someone is sponsoring your travel costs, such as a family member, child or spouse: the main account holder who is the sponsor must write and type a sponsorship letter in English, stating that they will sponsor the trip and specifying the relationship. Attach copies of the sponsor's two financial documents, signed as certified true copies (the sponsor does not need to come to the embassy). Do not forget to attach a copy of the passport photo page of the person being sponsored (signed as a certified true copy), together with documents showing the relationship and their translations, such as a marriage certificate, birth certificate or house registration. - If you are not legally married but have a child together, submit a copy of the child's birth certificate and its translation.
14. Original employment certificate in English, stating your first name, surname, date of birth, position, start date of employment, leave dates, and the date you return to work after the trip (to show that you will return to your job as before), with the company stamp. The document must be issued by the company no more than 1 month before your visa appointment.
15. If you are a business owner: attach your trade registration or company affidavit (use the original company affidavit only, and only the first page showing the names of the company directors). The document must be issued by the Department of Business Development no more than 1 month before your visa appointment (it must be translated into English), signed and stamped with the company seal.
16. If you are retired: a copy of your government pension card and its translation, signed as a certified true copy (submission is optional).
17. If you are a government official: a copy of your government official ID card and its translation, signed as a certified true copy (submission is optional).
18. If you are a school or university student: show the original student status certificate in English, issued by your educational institution no more than 1 month before your visa appointment (even for young children in nursery or kindergarten, a school enrollment certificate is required).
19. If you are self-employed: write a letter in English explaining your source of income, and attach other supporting evidence such as a shareholder register or photos of your shop.
20. If you are a homemaker with no source of income: submit copies of your husband's financial documents instead of your own, together with an English sponsorship letter from your husband stating that he will cover your expenses, a copy of the photo page of his passport, and documents proving your relationship, such as a copy of your marriage certificate (translated into English). If you are not legally married, submit your child's birth certificate or house registration instead, since both parents' names appear on the child's documents (translated into English). / Sponsors, please do not forget to sign every copy as a certified true copy.
21. If the traveler is a minor under 18 and is not traveling with both parents, the parent who is not traveling must issue a consent letter allowing the minor to leave the Kingdom. This document must state the full name of the guardian who is taking the minor out of the country (and must be translated into English). / If the minor is traveling abroad with a relative and neither parent is going along, the consent letter must carry the names of both parents, who must sign it in front of an official. It must state the full name of the person taking the minor abroad and that person's relationship to the minor, and you must attach copies of both parents' ID cards, signed as certified true copies. (You can request this document at the district office for the area of the minor's house registration. If you live in another province, request it at the municipality office or district office for the area of the minor's house registration.) / For some countries, the document must also be certified by the consulate.
22. If you are applying for an Italian Schengen visa, you must submit a Motivation Letter in English.
How to have someone collect your passport for you after the visa is issued
- Power of attorney if someone else will collect it on your behalf / written in English
- Copies of the ID cards of both the person granting the power of attorney and the person receiving it, signed as certified true copies
- The receipt you received from the embassy when you submitted your visa application, as proof for collecting your passport with the visa
- Each traveler must prepare a separate set; do not combine them
Schengen visa / tourist visa application service
Please contact: Tel: 063 915 5199 (Khun Wa)
or Tel: 063-915-5199 (Khun Muay)
Contact Khun Wa on LINE:
LINE ID: seeyouagainthailand
Click the link to add us on LINE here: http://line.me/ti/p/~seeyouagainthailand
Copyright. Text by Wawa, See You Again
You are welcome to share, but if you copy, please give credit and link back to this article.
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