{"id":1604,"date":"2010-05-29T21:46:35","date_gmt":"2010-05-29T13:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TravelWithPaulie.com\/blog\/?p=245"},"modified":"2011-11-23T00:44:35","modified_gmt":"2011-11-23T00:44:35","slug":"thai-tourist-visa-run-kuala-lumpur-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulgoodchild.me\/blog\/thai-tourist-visa-run-kuala-lumpur-malaysia\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai Tourist Visa run to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have written before about doing a <a href=\"http:\/\/paulgoodchild.net\/blog\/2010\/02\/vientiane-thai-visa-run\/\">Thai-Visa run to Vientiane<\/a>, Laos, but I&#8217;ve just done practically the same process in Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia.\u00a0 So in this article I&#8217;m going to very simply layout the basics you need to know about the Thai visa via Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Where to go, What to bring, and When<\/h2>\n<p>The Thai Embassy in Kuala Lumpur is located on Jalan Ampang, about 15minutes walk east from the Twin Towers.\u00a0 You can get there by taxi, obviously, but it&#8217;s only a short walk from the Ampang Park rail station, on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrapid.com.my\/rail\/routes\" target=\"_blank\">Putra LRT line<\/a> &#8211; when you exit the station, walk in the opposite direction from the twin towers, keeping to the left side of the road.<\/p>\n<p>You will need (at the time of writing):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One passport photo (taken within the last 6 months)<\/li>\n<li>Your passport<\/li>\n<li>There is NO fee.\u00a0 Tourist visa application fee has been officially waived until 31st April 2011.\u00a0 Hoorah!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Apparently you need, but I&#8217;ve never really needed them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In Vientiane, I needed 2 photographs and a photocopy of my passport identity page and so I duly provided exactly the same in KL. However they handed back the extra photo and the photocopy.\u00a0 Personally, I would still bring these with you since &#8216;you&#8217;re better looking at them, than looking for them&#8217; if requirements changed on short notice.<\/li>\n<li>Proof of your planned entry into, and exit from, Thailand.\u00a0 I never provided any and stated my entry would be by bus\/train.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/paulgoodchild.net\/blog\/2010\/02\/vientiane-thai-visa-run\/\">As in Vientiane<\/a>, there are 2 stages to tourist visa application:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Submission: Done in the morning between 9:30am ~ 1:00pm. When entering the consulate office proper, pick up a numbered ticket (it comes in 2 pieces so be sure to take both). Wait until you&#8217;re called and submit your application form (that you will have been provided with upon entering the grounds) with your photo, passport, and numbered tickets.\u00a0 One of the numbered-tickets will be returned to you attached to a receipt.<\/li>\n<li>Visa and Passport pick-up: Come back after 2:30pm (and before 4pm) the <em>following working day <\/em>with your numbered ticket + receipt combo and simply pick up your passport, hopefully with your visa inside.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>When I did it, it was shortly after the protests and political unrest in Thailand of early 2010 and there was unsurprisingly, hardly the numbers of people applying for visas as I expected.\u00a0 This is likely to change however, so you may want to queue early for either or both of these stages if you&#8217;re in a hurry.<\/p>\n<p>The visa application process is painless as you can see.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck!<\/p>\n<p><em>If you have any updates to provide on this guide if the situation has changed, please do so below.\u00a0 Thank you!<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thaiembassy.org\/kualalumpur\" target=\"_blank\">Thai Embassy, KL, Malaysia<\/a><\/li>\n<li>My <a href=\"http:\/\/paulgoodchild.net\/blog\/paulies-travel-map\/\">Travel Map<\/a> with the Thai Embassy marked<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The basic information for applying for a Thai Visa in the Thai Consulate in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 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