A verification list, not a document list

Requirements depend on the route, application post, nationality, residence, filing stage and date. This tool does not claim to know the documents that apply to your case.

It creates questions about identity, evidence, format, timing and payment. Record the answers you receive from the responsible embassy, consulate, immigration office or programme operator before assembling a submission.

SMART route check, 25 August 2026: the SMART option follows the current startup-entrepreneur and dependant framework, not the former Talent, Investor or Executive routes.

Four checks before you collect documents

  1. Name the filing stage. Separate an initial visa, in-country status change, stay extension and work-authorisation step.
  2. Name the deciding authority. Identify the responsible Thai mission, Immigration office or programme operator for that stage.
  3. Save the live instruction. Record the official URL and the date you checked it; do not rely on an undated copied list.
  4. Confirm the evidence format. Ask about originals, copies, translations, legalisation, document age, payment and appointment-day requirements.

Document checklist questions

Is there one universal Thailand visa document checklist?

No. The required evidence can change by visa category, filing stage, nationality, legal residence, application post and date. Use this planner to form questions, then follow the current instruction from the authority deciding that filing.

Do documents need translation, certification or legalisation?

It depends on the issuing country, document, destination authority and filing stage. Ask the responsible authority which language, translator, certification, apostille or Thai legalisation chain it accepts. The foreign marriage-document guide explains why one route cannot be assumed for every record.

Does this worksheet submit or store my answers?

No. Pattaya Visa Help does not submit or intentionally store the selected route or ticked questions. The worksheet runs in this browser tab, has no account and does not ask for names, passport numbers or financial records.

Private by design

Your selection and ticked questions stay in this browser tab. Pattaya Visa Help does not receive or store them.

Further reading: Non-O retirement documents · Marriage Non-O documents · DTV checklist · 90-day reporting · Jomtien Immigration office guide