Jump to content

sandyf

Advanced Member
  • Posts

    15,724
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by sandyf

  1. So Thailand proposes to charge 700 baht PSC and 300 baht entry fee. Heathrow charges £30.19 PSC and APD ranging from £82 - £150 depending on cabin class. Heathrow were taken to task over the PSC and ordered to reduce it, will come down to £26.31 in 2026. A BKK - LHR return flight would be 1000 baht in Thai fees and over 4500 baht in UK fees. Now tell me who is the more principled.
  2. I would think that the questions are similar to that for a marriage visa, in which case there will be 2 different questions. One will refer to proof of income and the other ask for a bank statement, you need only answer one, or both if you so choose.
  3. I watched it last night, great movie. Knowing the outcome doesn't detract from the enormity of the task in hand or the entertainment value, a very short 2.5 hours.
  4. It's a work in progress. The standard will be the E-visa platform which I think is now in use in around 12 countries.
  5. Glad to hear he wasn't born tone deaf. Music wasn't my best subject at school.
  6. If you have a relatively new phone shouldn't be a problem. If not you should check phone capability before shopping. My wife bought me one from lazada but couldn't set it up so called the service hotline, after a few settings were checked was told the phone wasn't up to that standard, sent the sim back for a refund. Bought a lower spec and that works ok.
  7. Last October i booked my quarantine through Agoda and they applied their standard refund policy, which came to an end 10 days before booking due to start. At the end of September the government changed the rules on quarantine so I was overbooked. As this change was 3 days after the refund period ended Agoda refused the refund. I initiated a chargeback which they initially contested but the bank fought my corner and resolved it in my favour. Hell would freeze over before I ever booked a flight with them.
  8. This is a copy of the uploads required, I never had to adjust the size of any of my documents. Maybe you should look at the resolution if you are doing scans. I assume you you are referring to item 11 when you mention passport pages, it doesn't say anything about last stamp. A friend of mine did it last week and I advised he write on a piece of paper "No travel since March 2020", take a photo and upload that. Taking a confirmation selfie is becoming common practice for online registration. I had to do it to open my Wise account, it is also required if you use the online method of registration for the NHS app. Official Website of Thailand Electronic Visa_4.pdf
  9. You are quite right but just to be factual, you should point out the misleading information you are referring to. There is a fine line between the term "suspended" and "temporarily scrapped". The words the Immigration officer used were "not required anymore", we can only live in the hope that was an accurate statement.
  10. Quite, Skyscanner normally includes a link to the airline. I will never use an agent again. In 2016 BA cancelled a flight to the UK but as I had bought the ticket via an agent BA said I had to claim from the agent. The agent said it wasn't a cancellation but a reschedule and wouldn't do anything. I had an email from BA saying the flight was cancelled so I took both BA and the agent to court. The agent said they would contest the claim but BA decided to settle out of court. The settlement came in 4 separate payments, part of the ticket and half the compensation from BA, agent commission and half the compensation from the agent. Moral - deal direct.
  11. It is about the density of the insulating material, the higher the density the better the performance relative to thickness. It is all about the amount of air contained within the product.
  12. Not always the case, I have seen some very expensive houses with problems. It is all about the builder rather than price, mine was 900K.
  13. No, I think about 70mm. Overall wall thickness is 225mm, bricks rebated to 25mm over 200mm pillars. Q-Con flush with pillars internally with approx 60mm airgap. Only indication of pillars internally is in one corner of the 2 bedrooms.
  14. I came back on Fri evening and there were no TM6 at the airport. The question of address never arose and I asked the IO about TM6 for 90 day and extension. She just said they are not required anymore and it won't be a problem, I got the impression it could be a permament arrangement.
  15. No doubt on that. This "hike" being debated will take the price up to approx 11 pence per unit. Current price in the UK is 27 pence per unit and set to rise.
  16. I have done it quite recently, no big deal, last week talked a friend of mine through the process got his visa in a couple of days. You must upload an answer to all questions in order to submit application, up to you what answers you want to provide. Yes, there is no doubt some saw popping a form and their passport in the post as an easiers option but time never stands still. I have a friend who would rather overstay than get a visa as he is paranoid about parting with his passport, always 2 sides. I fail to understand why people who live in the world of smartphones and social media find uploading a few documents such a problem.
  17. It all hinges on your choice of builder.
  18. The E-visa platform is global but applications are processed by the local embassy. I had a query on my application and the request for further documentation came from the mfa.go.th address but I had to send the document to <[email protected]>. The same address confirmed receipt of the document. Dear Sir/ Madam, Received with thanks. Please check your online status and allow 3 working days for your visa application to be processed Kind Regards, Visa Team Royal Thai Embassy 29 - 30 Queen's Gate SW7 5JB
  19. Apologies, I misread your response as "not so" rather than the "So not" you posted. One needs to do what is required on the E-visa application and the statement I posted came from that webpage. Some questions that appear may not apply as the page has been designed to cover different circumstances. If you wish to skip a question for such a reason the simplest solution is to write out a brief statement, take a photo and upload it. You need to upload something for every question or you cannot proceed to submission. Apologies once again for my error.
  20. On your application for your non O E-visa did you upload a statement to the effect Insurance was no longer required in line with the webpage guidance?
  21. Everything is difficult for those that don't want to do it. Amazes me how people whinge about progress using smartphones and social media.
  22. Couldn't be more different when I arrived last night, IO was very pleasant, but then I had come with an appropriate E-visa. Only question she asked me was "When is your birthday?", bit surprised and had to think for a minute, when I said "today" she laughed and said "Happy Birthday".
  23. If you go to the E-visa webpage there is a popup that states the insurance requirements still in place from the 1st July. Attention : From 1 July 2022, proof of quarantine hotel/hospital booking is no longer required. Health insurance(s) are required only for Special Tourist Visa (STV), and Long-Stay Visas (Non-Immigration OA and OX) applications.
  24. I go to Sri Ratcha, same province. A couple of years ago my wife was told that the same photos couldn't be used, sent home to do new ones. Obviously some are aware it is the same photos.
  25. That's a good one. Thailand is quite entitled to impose any entry controls it sees fit just as other countries do. It is the foreigners in Thailand that should do the thinking, before the whinging.
×
×
  • Create New...