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Great way to get rid of customers. If a hotel/resort charged me for electricity I'd make sure not to go back there and tell my friends.

Just updating: I made it past the passport control. The booth officer immediately sent me to the table in the back and a very friendly lady asked to see copies of my son’s birth certificate and my wife’s ID (I had both with wife’s signature) then I called the wife on FaceTime (she was still at the airport) and after a couple basic questions about the trip we made it through.

Not that obvious, I'd easily rather drop 27k than having to deal with a court prosecution.

I'm expecting some questioning like that, but I'll be as prepared as you.

Thanks that gives me some peace of mind. I'll just go with all the documents and hope it works. Yes good idea she can wait at the airport until we're past immigration. I didn't try actually calling the airline but every official website I checked says that it needs the paper signed by the Amphur. And every traveller report that I've seen/heard had one of the 3 outcomes: - Denied because something else was off (eg. Thai passport expired) - Made it through, no questions asked - Was questioned, but sorted after making a call to the wife

His non-Thai passport (he has two) has a specific note that allows him to travel with just one parent. To exit and re-enter Thailand he will use a Thai passport. If you don't mind answering how old is your son?

Quite ingenuous lol, I'll keep that in mind but I think this could upset the immigration officer once they realize what I did.

I would if I had any guarantee that the 7k would work. It's just a law office here in Pattaya, it won't be the official Amphur stamp. The local Amphur here? The guy seemed very inflexible. Here with me in Pattaya I don't think I would even make it to immigration that way, she would be refused at the Check in for not having a visa.

I have an imminent trip abroad (9 days, tickets bought) with my 6 year old son (wife is Thai and not going). For some reason I believed that I could get this parental letter of consent (หนังสือให้ความยินยอม) stamped here at the Banglamung Amphur, but they're blatantly refusing to do it and wants us to go do it in Ubon (tabien baan is registered there). We're out of time, loads of things to get ready. I called a local law office here and they're asking 7000b to do/stamp the paper themselves, but I don't know if I'd be just throwing money away as it wouldn't be the official Amphur stamp. I can provide every possible document that shows that it's my kid and I'm in good terms with the wife - copies of every document, can even provide video evidence of her saying that the kid can travel with me. The kid's surname is the same as mine and he looks like me. The question is, traveling with all the other supporting documentation and even the possibility to video call my wife - how likely is it for immigration to make problems about it?

I’m here at the Banglamung Amphur now and they’re refusing to do it. They’re saying since the tabien Baan is from Ubon we need to make it there. This is ridiculous, how come the location matters it’s just a piece of paper that authorizes a trip

Ok so here is the outcome so far: I went to the one in Pattaya today - although I was booked for Friday they still accepted it. Was quite empty (the passport office next door was PACKED). They asked for a lot more documents than I had brought, good thing I didn't go all the way to Bangkok or it would've been a wasted trip. In 30 min I made a round trip to my house to get all the remaining documents and they finally accepted it, I had to pay 200 baht. However, as far as I understood they don't stamp anything here in Pattaya, it's all sent to Bangkok and it takes 2 business days, then I can come back to pick it up. Assuming nothing else goes wrong, this should work quite well. Thanks @DrJoy

No problems with that, my only concern is not being able to get this one on time.

that was a BIG help, thanks a lot. I just hope they can accommodate my request beforehand (earliest booking was Friday), I'm literally on the brink of not getting it in time. In case they can't make it in time, do you know if the Bkk office would accept walk ins without booking in advance?

I need to get a Thai person's signature authenticated/notarized with the stamp of the MFA. I'm driving from Pattaya so their office in Lak Si is quite far, I read they have other branches but they're caller Department (not Ministry) of Foreign Affairs. Are they the same? Apologies for my confusion about authenticated/notarized, but it's a document in English from the embassy and they requested that it needs to have a signature from my wife and the stamp of the MFA. When I asked if they wanted a notary to stamp it, they said the stamp they need is from the MFA. Also, is this something they can do in the same day? TIA

I have here an expired (in 2020) yellow fever vaccine certificate that I might need to re-enter the country. I know that the NHS/WHO has already declared worldwide years ago that all certificates are valid for life (even expired ones). But I am still a bit concerned that some airline/immigration staff might not know about this and I'd hate to have boarding/entry denied. Is there a place (preferably in Pattaya) I could go to and get a new certificate without taking the unnecessary shot? TIA

Thank you, will send them a message

Wife and kid are registered in Ubon, I need that to travel with the kid alone. I read that it's highly recommended to have consent letter signed/stamped at the Amphur office. Would the Banglamung Amphur office do it or would it require a trip to Ubon? Thanks

I thought about that but I don't think I could get approved unless I have flight/accommodation booked for the country I'm applying at, right?

Thanks, it will be great help. I've looked around and it's amazing that an agent could grow so big and with with such a bad service, the internet has countless complaints of all sorts of issues (website, not being able to contact, taking too long to return passports) and yet they managed to get so many countries to use them as the main channel for handling the visas.

That would be great, do you happen to have a link to this law? I couldn't find it on my search

The website appointed by the Danish embassy for a visa (Apparently the only option) has been a non ending frustration of bugs, rejected payments and even "restricting" my account so I can't do more attempts for 24-48 hours. Calling them was useless, a muffled voice with a strong Indian accent, had to try my best and they basically told me to keep trying. This is driving me insane, the trip date is approaching and who knows how long this will take. Are there any good visa services that would help me out with this? I don't mind paying the premium I just don't want to deal with this horrible company.

To me this is way worse than the actual decision of sending the money to the girl. If you're 62 and sort of broke, how come you are borrowing money to buy of all things a house in Thailand that won't ever be yours? And a quite fancy one if we're talking 4M upcountry. At that age, if you are single and don't have 4M spare, that should be a no brainer. Never use all the money you have to buy anything, let alone the money you don't have.

I think the point here is that by asking to call tourist police or interpreter is that you will cause them to potentially lose time, so if it's a bad cop looking for an easy victim they'll likely let you go and move on to another one that will be easier to scam.

Dogs can get away with ANYTHING in Thailand. If you were there and saved the guy by shooting the dogs you'd be in deep <deleted>.

Definitely, must be quite a delight to work there and have a daily accessible supply of japanese melons, korean/japanese strawberries and those other fruits that are 100x better than anything produced here. The strawberries here that come close are those imports that cost 2000+ THB for a box.