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Turn a one-line Thai e-Visa rejection into the requirement behind it, with the real funds benchmarks and ban lengths.
This explainer takes the one-line rejection a Thai e-Visa application comes back with and connects it to the requirement behind it under the Immigration Act B.E. 2522 (1979). It covers the causes that account for most rejections - bank statements that do not meet the benchmark, photograph and passport specifications, missing accommodation or onward tickets, applying in the wrong visa class, applying to a mission that does not cover where you live - as well as the overstay bans and blacklist entries that no consular application can fix. Select what applies to see how serious it is and what to change.
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Each rejection line is mapped to the section of the Immigration Act or the published category condition behind it.
The 20,000 baht per person benchmark, the 500 baht per day overstay fine and the fixed ban lengths, not vague advice.
A missing hotel booking is a same-day fix; a blacklist entry is an Immigration Bureau matter no consulate can undo.
The long-standing immigration benchmark is at least 20,000 baht per person, or 40,000 baht per family, available for the stay - and consulates usually want to see that held across a three to six month statement history rather than deposited days before you applied. Long-stay classes set their own figures: the Destination Thailand Visa asks for 500,000 baht, and the retirement route asks for 800,000 baht on deposit or 65,000 baht of monthly income.
No. Thailand has no appeal process for a refused visa and the e-Visa fee is not refunded. You may reapply at any time, but the application must go to the Royal Thai Embassy or Consulate-General whose consular district covers your place of residence - filing to the wrong mission is itself a common rejection reason. A blacklist entry is different: only the Immigration Bureau can review it, normally through Thai legal representation.
Under Immigration Bureau Order 1/2558, in force since 20 March 2016, someone who surrenders voluntarily at departure faces a one-year ban for an overstay over 90 days, three years for over one year, five years for over three years and ten years for over five years. Someone arrested rather than surrendering faces five years for an overstay under one year and ten years for over one year. A fine of 500 baht per day, capped at 20,000 baht, applies on top.
The most frequent causes are quiet ones: a bank statement showing only a single day's balance instead of a history, no confirmed onward or return ticket, accommodation that does not cover every night, a passport with under six months validity, or an application filed to a mission that does not cover your place of residence. Fix the specific gap before you pay again - resubmitting the same file simply repeats the outcome.