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Just wondering if everyone here who submitted their passports got an e-mail from the embassy both when it arrived and when it got sent out? Tracking shows that mine arrived 2 weeks ago, but I never got an e-mail from the embassy saying they received it, so wondering if this is normal or not. 

All good. They delivered it the next day. I think it was because my office was closed.

I have a question about a failed delivery attempt from Thailandpost due to not being there while the delivery was being attempted. Will Thailandpost attempt to redeliver the package the next day or do I have to call them to ask them to redeliver.

Quite a strange situation because I live in a condo here in BKK and they always drop it off at the office, which was open today, so not sure what happened.

33 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Isnt that if you hand in your application in the afternoon and thus it gets treated  to a following day application  ?

   If you hand your application in in the morning , it should be ready the following day .

Good question. I just don't know how the rules have changed since pre-covid times. It's really hard for me to find the correction information, but Penang, Malaysia did change theirs to 2 days too, so I'm thinking the same goes for Vientiane now. 

4 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Isnt the "next day" two days ?

Like, today and tomorrow ?

I took a screenshot of what I found on their website. I underlined it in gold.

Does anybody here know if the processing time at the Vientiane Consulate is still next day service, or has it been changed to 2 days like they say on their website?

24 minutes ago, MarcelV said:

Everything like before.

Tomorrow the government should announce the extension of the Covid extensions by another month.

GOD willing, brother.  ????

31 minutes ago, BritTim said:

Tourist visas are certainly available from the Thai embassy in Vientiane. Assuming you do not have several other recent tourist visas in your passport, you can be quite confident that the visa will be issued.

Just been on the COVID extension stuff for the last 2 years. Will that be an issue?

Just wondering if anybody here has gone to Vientiane to obtain a SETV Thai Tourist Visa at the consulate? With all the current COVID situation still ongoing just wondering if there were any issues that may consider this a bad option at the moment.

On 7/23/2022 at 8:53 PM, audaciousnomad said:

Same.  they know me already after 2 years of this. The one stern lady there is firm in her demeanor, but not that nasty. I think it's helpful that I always arrived well-dressed and never displayed any emotional reactions to her.  I think it's a "territorial" thing. Once she knows that you acknowledge she's the "shot-caller", she doesn't huff and puff. It's the combative ones that fuel her fire and get grilled.  Anyway, just my theory.  Good luck everyone. Now that the program was extended only to August...our 60-day stamps will end with no ability to further apply for new ones.  It was good while it lasted, time to move on soon.

The state of emergency decree has been extended to September 30th, so anyone who applies on that date or a day before should be good until the end of November.

https://thethaiger.com/coronavirus/emergency-decree-extended-by-cabinet-until-end-of-september

I went today (22-JULY-2022) and they didn't ask me for any flight ticket going out. I've been here before the pandemic started and never left. Wondering if I got lucky?

6 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

You can stay until July 31st. No need to do anything at immigration.

Thanks UbonJoe! Much appreciated ????

My visa on arrival expired on March 25th but I extended for an additional 30 days at CW, so will my visa automatically be extended? 

I entered Thailand on February 24th and extended recently at immigration for another 30 days. Does anybody know if I'm eligible for this?

Sent you a PM. Check your inbox.

I meet tourist here all the time telling me how they heard Thailand was the place to party and leave EXTREMELY disappointed. I used to have friends who came here multiple times a year, and now they don't even think about it. 

Perhaps it has something to do with not allowing so many of them from entering the country once they arrive at the airport only to tell them they've been denied entry for coming here so much to spend those hard earned euros. Everyone is talking about it and it's probably scaring them away. As they say in Thai Som-nam-naa (Serves your right!)

Written by some jealous female westerner who's boyfriend probably traded his life to be with her to be here. The article is full of errors also such as "It is a lucrative business, generating around £4.5billion a year – 10% of Thailand’s GDP." WRONG! Thailand's annual GDP is not £45 Billion and if her £4.5 Billion figure is right then it would only be 1% of the annual GDP. Why are these people always picking on Thailand? Don't they know there are hosts of other countries in the world that are just as "bad'!? 

All this bullshit journalist is doing is sparking interests of men all over the world. 

How's everyone feeling with True Fiber? Should I go with 3BB or AIS?

When I first moved here in 2010, all the foreigners could ever think about Thailand. Fast forward 7 years and now I'm hearing of talks of moving to Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia and even some of returning back home. I try to get an insight in the reasoning for this and most common answer I get is that feeling of being stuck. Wages have just stayed the same with no increase in salaries and progress has been slow. 

Happened to me once at a Bangkok Bank CDM. I called them up, they asked me how much I deposited and at which location. They told me that I would get a call the next day, which I did, and would fix my problem which they also did.  

I don't find that strange at all. What's strange is that they have never asked for any of this in the 10 years you've been applying even once. You're lucky by the way. My local embassy asks for return tickets, bank account statements and a written letter as to why I want to visit Thailand. 

Thailand has changed a lot recently with requirements regarding many types of visas and you can see from other posters here on Thaivisa that the pain reaches far and wide. Big changes are coming to Thailand.

Gotta make that money guys. TIT