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Schengen Tourist Visa
How We Help
Schengen Tourist Visa
for Thai Citizens
Planning a holiday in Europe should not mean trying to work through the Schengen visa process alone. Lawyers for Expats Thailand prepares and manages Schengen tourist visa applications for Thai citizens, organising the application, supporting evidence and travel documentation from preparation and submission through to the decision.
How We Help
What we do when you apply
A Schengen tourist application is prepared around your actual travel plans, not a template. Here is what happens from the first call through to the decision.
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Understand Your Travel Plans
We start by understanding where you plan to travel, how long you intend to stay, which Schengen countries you will visit, where you will stay and how the trip will be funded.
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Build the Supporting Evidence
We identify and organise the travel, financial, employment, accommodation and other evidence relevant to your trip and circumstances in Thailand.
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Prepare and Review the Application
We prepare the application and supporting documentation, checking that your itinerary, accommodation, finances and personal circumstances are presented consistently.
4
Manage It Through to Decision
We manage the application from submission through to the decision, assisting with the process and further information requests where appropriate. The relevant Schengen state's competent authority makes the visa decision, not Lawyers for Expats Thailand.
What We Do For Our Clients
The full scope of what we handle
A Schengen tourist application brings together the itinerary, the evidence and the funding of the trip. Here is the actual scope of what our team handles.
Understanding Your European Travel Plans
The application needs to reflect the genuine proposed trip. Relevant circumstances may include the countries being visited, the main destination, length of stay in each country, travel dates, tourism plans, accommodation, transport and travel arrangements, who is paying for the trip, and the applicant's circumstances in Thailand.
Q
Which country should I apply to for my Schengen visa?
The correct country depends on the actual travel itinerary. Where several Schengen countries are being visited, the application is generally made to the country that is the main destination, usually where the traveller will spend the longest period. If the stays are equal, the first country visited generally determines where the application is lodged.
Preparing the Thai Applicant's Evidence
We help organise evidence relevant to the individual applicant. Depending on circumstances this may involve employment, business or self-employment, finances, family or personal circumstances, previous travel, accommodation, the reason for travel, circumstances in Thailand, and evidence supporting the intention to return after the trip.
Q
Does every Thai applicant need the same documents?
No. The evidence should reflect the individual traveller, the proposed trip and their circumstances in Thailand. We identify what is relevant to the particular application rather than treating every traveller as identical.
Preparing the Travel Itinerary and Accommodation Evidence
The visa application, itinerary and accommodation should make sense together. We help organise information relating to proposed destinations, dates, accommodation, travel between destinations, and consistency across reservations and the information given in the application.
Funding the Trip and Third-Party Support
The application needs to show how the trip will be funded. Depending on the circumstances this may involve the applicant's own funds, employment or business income, savings, support from another person where permitted, accommodation provided by another person, and evidence showing how that support relates to the traveller and the trip.
Q
Can somebody else pay for my Schengen holiday?
Another person may be able to support the trip depending on the circumstances and the requirements applied to the application. Where somebody else is providing financial or accommodation support, we organise the evidence so the relationship, nature of the support and supporting circumstances are presented clearly.
Travel Insurance, Thai Documents and Supporting Requirements
Short-stay Schengen applications include supporting requirements such as appropriate travel medical insurance and documentation required by the competent authority. Thai-language documents relied upon may require appropriate translations depending on the application and authority, which we identify during preparation.
Preparing, Submitting and Managing the Application
Our work includes preparing the application, checking personal details, reviewing itinerary consistency, reviewing financial and support evidence, organising documentation and preparing for submission. Applicants also go through a biometric or fingerprint stage where applicable. We manage the application through to the decision and help with additional-document requests where appropriate.
Q
Who decides whether my Schengen tourist visa is approved?
The decision is made by the competent authority of the Schengen state handling the application. Lawyers for Expats Thailand prepares and manages the application but does not control or guarantee the outcome.
Our Commitment To You
What you can hold us to
Your Real Travel Plans Come First
We prepare the application around the European trip you genuinely intend to make rather than forcing the circumstances into a generic application package.
Evidence Built Around Your Circumstances
We organise supporting evidence around your financial, employment, travel and personal circumstances in Thailand.
One Coherent Application
We bring the itinerary, accommodation, funding and supporting documentation together so the application presents a consistent picture of the proposed trip.
Managed Through to Decision
We manage the application from submission through to the decision and remain involved as the application progresses.
Who You'll Work With
Real people, not a case number
Kanokpich Ukritdutsadee (Lawyer Pook)
Managing Director & Lead Barrister
Leads the preparation of Schengen tourist visa applications for Thai clients, personally responsible for ensuring the evidence presented reflects the applicant's genuine travel plans and circumstances.
Brian Ramsden
General Manager of Foreign Affairs
Your first point of contact. Brian coordinates the initial assessment of your travel plans and evidence gathering, and stays as your liaison as the application moves toward submission and decision.
Related Resources
More on visas abroad for Thai citizens
For the other Schengen visa services we handle, or other destinations we assist Thai citizens travelling to, see the pages below.
Lawyers for Expats Thailand, 2026. The content of this page is general legal information and does not constitute legal advice for any specific matter. Please contact us for advice on your individual circumstances.