sandyf

Not quite sure what you mean. If you are in Vietnam you can get a Non O from the Thai consulate there easier than from London, got an ME Non O at HCMC in Dec 2019. You can get the E-visa outside your home country, I got mine while still in Thailand. I am only back a couple of weeks and did not want the distraction. On the application I was asked the flight number into Thailand but I wasn't required to upload any flight details.

A couple of points are incorrect. If you do not upload for any question, you cannot proceed to submission, so you cannot be knocked back and lose fee. I did all my documents as PDF, not a problem. Even with a query from the embassy, I got the Non O visa in 3 days.

Stupid argument, it is a Thai ID card produced by the Thai authorities for the identification of Non-Thai nationals.

Of course it is a Thai ID card or are you trying to say that the 13 digit ID number comes from a different system specifically for Non-Thais. The ID card is incorporated into the Thai system, being pink it has no chip and the number on it indicates a Non-Thai national.

Works ok. Options are too many to list, have a look on the website. They have what they call "goody bags" that last 30 days at various prices. When I was there in May I got a £12 one, think it was 15GB of data and more calls/texts than I can deal with. Only used about half the data. My wife used to piggyback mine when we were there but this time got her one for herself using my account, we both got £5 credit. Roaming charges can a bit high but here in Thailand I only switch it on to use banking apps. When I first got mine it was sent to my Thai address and I activated it here, all set up for when I landed in UK. I had a Lebara sim before that but that is quite a short top up, I thought 3 months but in fact it was 12 weeks and lost the sim by a few days.

Quite, when JRM pontificated on being a vassal state, he should have looked a lot closer to home. What is good for the goose is good for the gander.

I was asked for my yellow book the first time I did a 12 month extension in 2014, submitted it as a matter of course ever since.

It does but not in the way the OP thinks. With a Thai ID card you can participate in government initiatives such as the free flu jab program and mobile health check ups.

That is the one that hit MSM. Every day now there are hundreds of Brits disembarking at hundreds of airports around Europe are stood in queues now to get their passport stamped. If they all had to land at the same airport it may have caught some media attention.

Just the start. Bit like 1970, then the dockers strike created a state of emergency. The prospect of disruption at the port responsible for handling almost half of the country's container traffic will send shivers down the supply chain, risking a repeat of damaging cargo backlogs witnessed last year. https://news.sky.com/story/uks-largest-container-port-faces-standstill-through-strikes-union-says-12660614

Brexit mentality to the fore. Cost of freight is not a single item, there are now items included that were not there when freight was within the single market. They were there before the single market and the cost of freight went down when that was introduced.

So only England was allowed to take back control, no one else. Brexit was always about English cake and eating it.

I used UK credit card for address and Thai bank statement, not a problem. Personally I would see it as extremely risky sending 2 different bank statements, depending on which one they look at first it could be game over. A few years ago I did an extension, the IO just looked at my letter from the Embassy and said I didn't have enough money to get extension, my wife had to explain to her it was the combo method.

Nothing more than perception. My application maybe took about an hour and I had the visa 3 days later. One thing is for sure, not going away.

Back to the future. 1970 The docks strike of 1970 was a major industrial action by dockers in the United Kingdom that raised fears of food shortages and led to a proclamation of a state of emergency by Queen Elizabeth II. Dockers struck for a pay rise of £11 per week (£109 at 2003 prices) on 15 July 1970 and around 47,000 dockers were involved nationally. The strike seriously cut imports and exports and cost the British economy between £50 and £100 million (£495 and 990 million at 2003 prices). The British Army were stood by to protect food supplies but most dockers agreed to handle perishable goods and the strike was largely peaceful. The dockers lost £4 million (£40 million at 2003 prices) in wages. A court of inquiry was convened under Lord Pearson and proposed an average 7% increase in pay. Though this was at first rejected by the dockers, it was ultimately accepted on 30 July. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docks_strike_of_1970 19 May – The government made a £20 million loan available to help save the financially troubled luxury car and aircraft engine manufacturer Rolls Royce. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_in_the_United_Kingdom 1971 The 1971 United Kingdom postal workers strike was a strike in the United Kingdom staged by postal workers between January and March 1971. The strike was Britain's first national postal strike and began after postal workers demanded a pay rise of 15-20% then walked out after Post Office managers made a lower offer. The strike began on 20 January and lasted for seven weeks, finally ending with an agreement on Thursday 4 March. After voting over the weekend, the strikers returned to work on Monday 8 March 1971. The strike overlapped with the introduction of decimal currency in the U.K. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_United_Kingdom_postal_workers_strike 4 February – Rolls-Royce went bankrupt and was nationalised. 1 March – An estimated 120,000 to 250,000 "kill the bill" protesters went on strike against the 1971 Industrial Relations Act in London. 19 April – Unemployment reached a post-Second World War high of nearly 815,000. 24 June – The EEC agreed terms for Britain's proposed membership and it was hoped that the nation will join the EEC next year. 28 October: The House of Commons voted in favour of joining the EEC by a vote of 356-244. Undated:Inflation stood at a 30-year high of 8.6% https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_in_the_United_Kingdom 1972 9 January – The National Union of Mineworkers held a strike ballot in which 58.8% voted in favour. Coal miners begin a strike which lasts for seven weeks, including picketing of Saltley coke depot in Birmingham. 20 January – Unemployment exceeded 1,000,000 for the first time since the 1930s-almost double the 582,000 who were unemployed when Edward Heath's Conservative government came to power less than two years ago. 9 February – A State of emergency was declared as a result of the miners' strike. 23 June – The Chancellor of the Exchequer Anthony Barber announced a decision to float the Pound. 28 July – A strike by thousands of dockers led to the government announcing a state of emergency on 4 August. 6 November – The government introduced price and pay freezes to counter inflation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_in_the_United_Kingdom

Absolutely nothing to do with what the poster had mentioned.

Exactly, there are many on here that will answer what they think has been posted. Can't be bothered to read what has actually been posted.

You only ever refer to a Non Immigrant visa, never the type. It may come as a surprise to you but requirements and options vary with type.

Exactly, as far as visa exempt is concerned nothing much has changed. The OP has a bee in his bonnet as he found the E-visa system a bit challenging. Whether people like it or not it is no longer the 1980s and many only want to move with times when it suits them. How many would be prepared to throw away their smartphones and go back to the days when all you had was a vandalised red box on the street corner.

What the embassy lists is irrelevant, the only thing that counts is what options are available on the dropdown and what is asked for on the 4th page. I can assure you the ME button was greyed out on my application. Many get a bit of a shock when they see about 3 requirements listed on the website and then come across about 13 items to deal with on page 4. This is what a visa now looks like, worth noting item 2 in the box.

Which types of Non O are you saying they issue on a ME basis.?

In 2019 I was on flight from BKK to MAN, late into LHR and missed the connection. Had to stop overnight at Heathrow and when talking to the BA staff handing out the vouchers she said not a problem next year when flight direct from BKK to MAN. Next year brought the pandemic and a lot of rethinking.

Of no concern to me but you should be more specific in your statements if you do not know what kind of Non O was issued. "Just a FWIW. The London Thai embassy does not list the multi entry Non-O visa on the website. However they still issue them. I know of a recent case of one being issued with no special treatment."

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https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-passport-office/about-our-services https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/83/home-affairs-committee/news/172320/committee-calls-for-passport-office-reforms/