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There is secure cheap parking at the 7/11 there. It is controlled by a barrier.

As you are an Austrian citizen your wife is entitled to free movement in in the Schengan area as part of the EU family member scheme. This visa should be issued free of charged and should be processed quickly and without question. As part of this scheme you are allowed to apply direct to the embassy of your choice. Do not be fobbed of with excuses or being told you must apply via TLS or VFS. I am a UK citizen and when the UK was part of the EU we successfully used this process 3 times. Netherlands once and Sweeden twice. https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/policies/justice-and-fundamental-rights/eu-citizenship/movement-and-residence_en#:~:text=COVID-19 pandemic-,The right to free movement,EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.

Yes I understand the government owns the passport, I was suggesting a way around the need to post the old passport back, for them to cut off the corner and return to sender. Surely if they gave permission for the holder to cut off the corner and upload a photo, this would save an enormous amount of time.

Yes I do I have used it to get a pin with SCB but I still get a message saying unable to process at this time. BB following the process just tells me to call them. Both attempts via the apps. Alas I think I will have to sort it out when I am back at the end of September.

I have just received my new UK passport, I applied online in the UK. You have to send the old passport and will not start processing the application until they receive the old passport, they send it back with the corner cut off. A rather unnecessary step in my opinion. An easier way would be to ask the applicant to cutt off the corner and upload a photo of the old passport with the corner cut off.

I am over in the UK for a few months and am in the process of changing phones. I have successfully reinstalled and got access to my UK banking apps but not the Thai ones. With Bangkok bank I follow the options but it ends up telling me to call them. With SCB the app recognises me but fails to process the request. Has anyone successfully achieved this? Thanks

You guess wrong. I have been legally married to a Thai citizen for 9 years and my wife gets no preferential treatment at all. If she applied for a settlement visa and starts the 5 year process, eventually if she lives in the UK predominently she would get settled status and a UK passport, but its not automatic just because you are married.

You are only taking a low dose. The ones you can still get in Thailand are 1mg, take 2 of the ones you have for the full effect.

Thats Xanax that you are taking then.

You have 3 outcomes. 1. Overstay and pay 500 baht a day, possible but not probable problems in the future. 2. Overstay get caught by immigration and you will be deported. 3. As suggested visit immigration and get a 30 day extension, 1,900 baht.

Have you ever heard of Google?

Because she just ignores her and does her own thing. The mother being from Laos is in Thailand illegally and is worried about further interaction with the police.

Unfortunately in villages this is allowed to go on. In my wifes village there is a Laos woman who was married to my wifes uncle. She has a 12 year old daughter who insists on seeing and going missing with an 18 year old. The mother cannot stop her, so she went to the local police. The police made his family pay compensation and now all is ok, she can see him with no intererance from anyone. What a nonsense.

If they are polite and give good service of course. Its part of the saying thank you process.

Yes @BritTim has given you the answer no need for any further input.

What are you on about, I didnt offer advice to overstay. Where did you gey that from?

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No a drug dealer or a girl.

Yes of course. I am currently renewing mine 22 months early otherwise I will face only getting 10.5 months on my retirement extension when I renew next May. Note since Brexit they do not add up to 9 months from your old passport. It is renewed on the date they approve the application. This is because you cannot travel to Europe with a passport validity of more than 10 years.

There is no such requirement to have a 12 month rental contract, nor is their a requirement to spend 12 months in Thailand. Many people including myself are only in Thailand for 7 - 8 months a year. Never heard of such a rule.

Then 80% are 1 or the other.

Please provide evidence of this naive statement. Yes some agents are a con. Most are legitimate and provide fully legal extensions processed legally by immigration. Just ask the 100's of expats living in Pattaya. My extension stamp is signed off by the same officer who signs all the extensions. 100% legal.

Whenever I see someone with a man bag out and about town in the evening, I immediately think drug dealer. To me they look horrible and girly. Just my honest opinion

Why are you coming on here and being confrontational. The people giving you advice @DrJack54and @BritTimare both knowledgeable people. I have my moments as well when I can be bothered and yes your plan is naive and nonsense.

Listen to you Mr Angry. @BritTim always gives sound advice. What he has suggested is not an illegal dodge. Are you sure the problem is not with you? Have you applied on the correct visa section? These online applications are generic and not all sections are applicable. A simple explaination or an upload of a relevant document will suffice. Your rant and calling the form stupid just shows what type of person you are and why you are no longer married. Chill out or you will have a heart attack.