Ipasipoti yakho kufanele ibe yilokho okudingayo ukuvakashelwa okufishane kakhulu
Kusukela emagqumeni ashisayo asePhuket kuya emahempelini asendulo kanye nokuziqhenya kweBangkok, iThailand ixosha inhlanhla njengezinye izindawo ezimbalwa zase-Asia. Uma uhambo oluya kuleli pharadesi lase-Asia likusasa lakho, ungase uzibuze ngezidingo zomthetho zokungena kulelizwe nokuthi ungahlala isikhathi esingakanani.
Cishe awudingi i-visa ukuvakashela eThailand ngesikhathi sokuphumula, kodwa wazi izidingo ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ungangena ezweni ngaphandle kwezinkinga futhi ubude bokuhlala buhlanganiswa ngaphandle kokudinga i-visa.
Kuhlale kuwumqondo omuhle ukuhlola izidingo neRoyal Thai Embassy eWashington ngaphambi kokuhamba kwakho ngoba imithetho ingashintsha ngaphandle kwesaziso, futhi izinhlelo zakho zingashintsha ngemuva kokufika eThailand.
Ukuhamba kwe-Visa-Exempt
Uma uhamba eThailand futhi uyisakhamuzi sase-US enepasipoti yase-US kanye netikithi zokubuyela ezindiza noma elinye elaseThailand kwelinye izwe, akudingeki ufake isicelo se-visa uma nje ungahle uhlele ukuhlala leli zwe izinsuku ezingaphezu kwezingu-30 futhi awuzange ungene kuleli zwe njengomvakashi ngezikhathi ezingaphezu kwezinsuku ezingu-90 ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezedlule.
Uzonikezwa imvume yokungena kwezinsuku ezingu-30 uma ufika esikhumulweni sezindiza noma uwela emngceleni. Ungakwandisa ukuhlala kwakho cishe izinsuku ezingu-30 uma ufaka isicelo kwihhovisi le-Thai Immigration Office eBangkok. Kuzodingeka ukhokhe imali encane yalolu lungelo (1,900 baht Thai , noma $ 59.64, kusukela ngoFebruwari 2018). (I-Royal Thai Embassy incoma ukuthi labo abaphethe ipasipoti yezobambiswano noma esemthethweni e-US bathole i-visa ngaphambi kokuzama ukungena eThailand ngoba bangenqatshelwa ukungena.)
Ngaphandle kwepasipoti yakho kanye nethikithi lokubuyela ezindiza, kuzodingeka ube nenkokhelo endaweni yokufaka ukukhombisa ukuthi unayo imali eyanele yokuhamba ngaseThailand. Uzodinga ama-baht angu-10 000 ($ 314) ngomuntu ngamunye noma i-baht engu-20,000 ($ 628) yomndeni. Lokhu kubaluleke kakhulu ukukhumbula ngoba abantu abaningi abathwali imali uma behamba njengoba behlela ukusebenzisa amakhadi esikweletu ngamanani.
Uma ungesona isakhamuzi sase-US, hlola iwebhusayithi ye-Royal Thai Embassy ukuze ubone ukuthi udinga ukufaka isicelo se-visa kusengaphambili. I-Thailand inikeza izimvume zokungena ezinsukwini ezingu-15-, 30- kanye nezingu-90 lapho zifika izakhamizi kwamanye amazwe amaningi.
Ukuhamba Nge-Visa
Uma uhlela eholidini elide eThailand ungafaka isicelo se-visa yezokuvakasha kusengaphambili izinsuku ezingu-60 eRoyal Thai Embassy, uMnyango Wezezwe wase-US ucebisa. Uma unquma ukuthi ufuna ukuhlala isikhathi eside, ungafaka isicelo ku-Immigration Bureau eBangkok ngezinsuku ezingu-30. Njengoba kunesandiso ekuhambeni kwe-visa-ukukhululeka, lokhu kuzobiza cishe i-bahtha ye-Thai engu-1,900.
Ukweqa isikhathi sakho isikhathi
I-Thais iyajabula ukuthi uvakashele, kodwa kufanele ucabange kabili mayelana nokwedlula ukwamukela kwakho. UMnyango WezoMbuso uyaxwayisa ngemiphumela uma uhlala isikhathi eside kunomkhawulo wesikhathi sakho, njengoba kuchazwe ngokufaka kwakho imininingwane.
Uma uchitha i-visa yakho noma umkhawulo wesikhathi sokupasipoti, uzobhekana ne-bahtha engu-500 ($ 15.70) amahle usuku lonke uphezu komkhawulo, futhi kufanele ukhokhe ngaphambi kokuthi uvunyelwe ukushiya izwe. Uphinde uthathwa njengomuntu ongena emthethweni futhi ungaboshwa futhi uphonswe ejele uma, ngenxa yezizathu ezithile, ubanjwa kuleli lizwe nge-visa eliphelelwe yisikhathi noma imvume yokufaka nepasipoti yakho.
UMnyango WezeMbuso uthi uThais uqhubekile ukuqhuma izindawo ezihamba phambili ezingabhejethi ngokuvamile, waboshwa, futhi wazigcina ejele kuze kube yilapho bekhokha izinkokhelo ezithengwayo bese bethengela ithikithi ngaphandle kwezwe uma bengenalo. Ngakho uma ungeke ushiye izwe ngaphambi kokuba ufanele, uhlele phambili futhi wandise ukuhlala kwakho ngaphansi kwemithetho. Kuyafaneleka ukuhlupheka nokukhokha. Ngezansi: "Kunconywa kakhulu ukugwema ukwehla kwe-visa," kusho uMnyango WezoMbuso.
Esikhathini sokungena
Qinisekisa ukuthi ugcwalisa amakhadi okufika nokuhamba ngaphambi kokuba ungene kumzila wokufuduka ukuze uhambe namasiko. Ungabuyiselwa ekupheleni komugqa uma ufika edeskini ngaphandle kokuthi ifomu ligcwaliswe.