Part 1
Attestation
in Pakistan (Documents preparation for Saudi Arabia)
Part 2
Thailand Visa Process
Part 3
Visa application in Thailand
Part 4
Thailand to Taiwan
PART-2
Thailand Visa Process
SUMMARY
After
completion of part 1 (Attestation in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia) you need to
prepare documents to get visa of Thailand. This second part of information will
present you what to do when you got your attested documents back from Saudi
Arabia. Your goal is to reach Taiwan but have to come to Thailand for getting
Visa of Taiwan. Following these steps will make your process quick and
comfortable.
1.
Before Coming to Thailand
I would
suggest you to follow these steps before coming to Thailand.
I.
Apply for Thailand visa a week or two before
you receive your attested document from Saudi. Visit the website of Thailand embassy
in Pakistan and apply for visa along with the required documents. This will
save some time a lot of time for you.
These 2 items you required before you visit the
website of Thailand
a.
Ticket Itinerary
You need to attach your booking ticket (for
proposed date of departure to Thailand) with your application so go to nearby
ticketing agency and they will give you a print of booked ticket @ 500 to 1000
or free. Don’t buy/ attach the original ticket before you got Thailand Visa.
This itinerary will be valid for 3 days only, so after getting this, you need
to visit Thailand Embassy to apply for visa.
b.
Hotel Booking in Thailand
If you people are coming in groups (most
recommended) then its easy to manage everything in Thailand. There are few
options in hotel in Thailand which many of us visited and were satisfied with
our choice. Remember you need to have lunch n dinner in Halal restaurants and
also have to visit Taiwan Embassy (Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative
Office (TECRO), Bangkok, Thailand). Hotel room will cost about 900-1500
bath per day for 2 to 3 people or can be for 4 and you will get a light
breakfast as well (depends upon your selection). Off course you can stay in
more expensive or cheaper as well.
Option 1:
Krungkasem Srikrung Hotel
Last year (2014) 5 of us stayed here and it’s
the most cheapest and easiest as we found convenient as well. Only problem is
that there is no internet in room, you need to come to lobby to use internet
and you need to walk around 20 to 25 minutes to reach Halal Restaurant area.
Option 2:
Fuji Hotel
This hotel is just connected to a Halal
Resturant (Pak Afghan Restaurant) and other Halal Restaurant are also very much
close. I personally recommend this hotel as in other case (option) you need to
walk around 20 to 25 minutes to reach this area twice a day (lunch n dinner).
http://www.fujihotelbangkok.com/
Option 3:
Your choice
You can visit hotel booking websites to find
the most suitable to your requirements. Map below will show the location of TECRO
n Halal restaurant market. Remember one thing, Thailand people are not as
trustworthy as Taiwanese. If you choose hotel far away from Embassy n hotels,
you need to come by taxi or rikshaw, they people (usually) try to cheat you as
much as they can.
www.hotels.com
www.booking.com
And many many more
After booking your hotel online, they will send
you a receipt of booked room with all necessary details; you need to attach a
copy of it to your file to apply for visa of Thailand.
After
these 2 steps you have to visit Thailand embassy website to fulfill other
requirements to apply for visa. They usually grant visa in 5 working days which
remains valid for 3 months.
II.
When you got Thailand Visa after a week, then
you need to book a ticket. There are two ways to do this;
a.
one is
book a return ticket (you travel by one-way ticket) to Thailand and ask
your agent that you will cancel the return flight after a week or two and you
have to return a portion of money (your friend or family member in Pakistan will
receive the remaining amount).
You can book your Taiwan ticket from Thailand,
as there is an office of Thai airline, close to TECRO office Bangkok.
b.
The second method is to book return ticket to Taiwan with a stay of 7 or 10 days
in Thailand. Then cancel your return when reached Taiwan and got your remaining
money as in case one. The second method is cheaper in sense of money but seems
risky (to me) as you have visa of Thailand and your ticket is of Taiwan. It’s
up to you which one you like.
Do & Don’ts
·
Book the ticket early and if you want to come
in groups of two or three persons (I strongly recommend). The early booking
will save your money and will make you tension free to pack your luggage.
·
You no need to buy too much stuff as you can
find most of things here easily. If you like to keep the same taste of your
food for some time then do bring the required stuff (masalas) for your food. If
you are fond of Tea (like me) then do bring the open black tea (Lipton tea bags
are available in Taiwan n Thailand).
·
Total luggage weight is 30Kg in Tai-Air Line so
use it wisely. It’s not cold too much so don’t bring too much stuff of winter.
In addition to Laptop, you can have a hand-carry luggage (don’t put liquid,
eatable and oily items in hand-carry)
·
Bring your Praying Mat (Musallah) for Namaz and
your Quran-e-Pak for recitation.
·
Before leaving to Thailand, you need to visit
following website to apply the visa of Taiwan and take its prints.
·
Make 3 to 4 copies of all your documents to
keep it with you as you for convenience.
·
Visit this Taiwan Embassy of Thailand website and make sure you meet the
requirements
·
Convert all your money to US dollars, no need
to convert into Bahts or NTD.
·
I would suggest to come up with a least 2000
USD as you have to buy ticket from Thailand to Taiwan, food, visa fee, hotel
fee and most important you have to pay the tuition and registration fee when
you just came. The bad news is you will get your salary at the beginning of
next month with no settlement allowance. So you must have enough money to
survive for a month.
·
Before leaving home, double check all of your
documents n stuff. If you have renewed your passport, take both (old and new)
with yourselves when leaving home.
·
Go to airport before the schedule time and
after boarding, it time to flight to Thailand.
END OF PART 2
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