Welcome to Visa Heaven

When it comes to the subject of visas in Thailand, understanding your options and obligations can be particularly challenging as misinformation runs rampant.

Web-based resources are either poorly presented, inaccurate or outdated (many times all three), including independently-managed Thai Embassy websites which offer non-standardized (and not necessarily the most up-to-date) information.

Google searches pull answers from large visa companies with thousands of pages attempting to dominate search-engine results but handcuffing themselves in the process for providing simple updates on changes in regulations or criteria.

For foreigners in Thailand, trips to understaffed Immigration offices are a thing of legend. Long lines, poorly designed queues, confusing forms and difficulty getting clear explanations due to the Thai/English language barrier is the unfortunate status quo.

With winds of change now blowing constantly under military governance, you need someone local you can trust and communicate with easily to ensure this base is totally covered.

Full-Spectrum Visa Services & Solutions

Chiang Mai Buddy is a locally owned and operated, full-service visa solution provider under ownership and management by English-speaking principals who care about doing things right for our customers.

Our Chiang Mai visa services include 90-day reporting, visa extensions, visa renewals, re-entry permits and applications for new visas—some of which are exclusive only to residents of Chiang Mai. We also help obtain residency certificates and open new accounts with local branches of major Thai banks. Best of all, we provide little-known workarounds for challenging cases and strategies to succeed for a multitude of commonly perceived dead-ends.

Inspired by numerous trips to Immigration Hell and back ourselves, Chiang Mai Buddy has risen to the challenge to innovate new and unique solutions to make every task associated with keeping visas in good-standing easier for you.

The Chiang Mai Buddy CRM System

Most visa application and service solutions have many moving parts. There are things we need from you and others that help us accomplish what you need.

To help us all work smarter together, Chiang Mai Buddy uses Solve360, a smartphone-friendly customer relationship management (CRM) tool that guides you through each step of the process with simple-to-use, interactive tools that help organize:

• scheduling of all meetings required for your visa solution scenario
• documentation you must bring for your initial appointment
• all required forms and supplementary documentation associated with your service request
• scheduling assisted trips to immigration (or trips Chiang Mai Buddy needs to do on its own)
• potential supplementary documentation from your embassy or financial institution
• required medical or residency certificates
• passport photo numbers and sizes
• trip planning for visas requiring an application stage from outside Thailand

Your visa is too important to leave anything to chance. With the Chiang Mai Buddy CRM, we’ll work together in a simple way that will maximize time and eliminate mistakes.