konisaan

I understand that Escitalopram can be purchased here without prescription. If you know a pharmacy that sells this, could you please let us know. Would prefer Esidep or Esopam as I believe these are cheaper local made equivalents.

Send me a personal message if you prefer.

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I realise it's silly to leave an extension application to the last day but I screwed up with my dates.

I'm on a tourist MEV. I could do a border tomorrow but would prefer not to.

Have an MEV. Scheduled to fly out of the Kingdom 6 days after my last 2 month entry expires. Is there a 7 or 14 day extension?

I met someone travelling through Thailand who claims they were charged with drunk driving on a falsified reading (drank two small bottles of Chang). I'm not saying I believe his story although I suppose if the reading was taken immediately after drinking 2 bottles in quick succession, it may have registered over the limit.

He also said that he was jailed overnight and had to appear before a judge in a group hearing the following morning. I could understand the police falsifying the reading if they wanted to take a bribe but not if they are going to charge him. 

I guess there is not much you could do in this situation if they wanted to get you.

I made the application today at the Sydney consulate. Read here for the outcome:

8 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

It does not have to be a return ticket. All that is needed is ticket out of Thailand. That could be a one way ticket to any where from any airport here. Many people have used a one way ticket to a nearby country.

So have you ever been asked to prove you have a flight leaving the country?

What are they going to say if you plan to make a land crossing?

Has anybody experienced the return airfare proof requirement in practice?

It's bureaucracy gone mad. They have the right to reject your visa application and they expect you to purchase a return airfare in advance?

For the multi-entry visa they are now asking for 3 copies of your entry and departure ticket for your second entry/departure!

Also asking for 3 copies (including the original) of your bank balance showing sufficient funds.

I've always provided one copy of the latter although I suspect nobody even checks it... As for the air ticket?? That is ridiculous. The whole point of the ME visa is for people who are coming and going on a unplanned basis. I have been flying one way for the last 10 years and have no plan to change that. If someone actually tried to enforce this, I suppose I would have to buy a fully refundable return air ticket just to please them and cancel it once the visa was granted.

Friend here  on a 30 day visa on arrival. If he wants to extend for 7 days, does it extend his  existing visa or does it start counting 7 days from the day you extend it?

Also, if the 7 days are added on top, how many days can you get it before your existing visa expires?

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Some time ago I read that they might be changing the rules so that these types of visas could only be issued in your country of residence. Did this ever eventuate?

My Australian passport is almost full. I only have 2 completely blank pages left which can be used for adding visas. For some reason page 1 has never been used as well as page 19, which happens to be next to the 'do not stamp' page which has microchip.

Was just wondering there was some little known rule about using page 1 or pages opposite chips.

Anyone?

Can Thais use their ID cards to cross the border at Mae Sai or do they need to have a passport? Just for a bit of sightseeing during the day.

I recognise him from the photo. I know him as Chris. Replaced a bunch of amalgam fillings with composite for me and actually persuaded me NOT to replace the ones that were in good condition (you risk a some of the old toxic filling particles going down your throat). I take that as a good sign. One year on and all the fillings are fine.

Wondering if anyone has applied for a visa by post there recently and how long it took.

Last time I applied around September 2015 and it came back in the mail inside 1 week. Before I exclusively used Brisbane (closed until further notice) for double entries and they always did it inside a week. In my experience the service from both consulates has been great.

It's taking longer than usual this time but it's the first time I've applied for the new multi entry visa.

Question answered. Thanks everyone.

1) If my visa says "enter before..." can I enter ON the date shown or does it have to be the day before (I have had different answers to this question).

2) From looking at my old passport stamps it seems that a 60 day visa means 60 days with entry and exit date both counted as one day. Put another way, if there was such thing as a 1 day visa which was issued on say 1 Jan, then the visa would expire at midnight 1 Jan and not 2 Jan as you might expect.

Questioned answered. Thanks to all

I have an as yet unused, double entry visa, issued Sep 15, enter before 14 Dec. I plan to make my first entry some time in November.

What if any restrictions exist on the date of my second entry, or does the date of my second entry also have to be before 14 Dec?

My AU passport is filling up fast while my EU passport remains empty. Can I apply for a visa from an Australian Thai consulate for my EU passport even if my home address is Australia?

The advice from other dual nationals is to check in to the flight to Thailand using the EU passport and then exit Aus using the Aus passport.

Thats interesting. What difference would it make? I suppose doing it that way, the flight would have to be booked with the EU passport as well.

This trip I will be staying in Thailand for about 10 days.

I normally fly to Thailand from Australia with my AU passport. However, if possible I would like to use my EU passport to enter Thailand this time, for 2 reasons; 1) My AU passport is getting pretty full; 2) I already have a double entry visa (which I want to use for an extended stay later this year) in my AU passport which I am concerned some indifferent immigration officer will activate just because he sees it there.

Is the correct procedure to exit Australia on my AU passport and then present my EU passport for visa on arrival? My EU passport is currently blank, so it won't even have an exit stamp from Australia... I'm wondering if that could raise the eyebrows of some immigration officer who's having a bad day and wants to give someone a hard time?

I don't have a problem. I just wondered how such a situation could arise. Is it 'Thainess' in action or is there another explanation?

Recently the Brisbane consulate in Australia closed 'temporarily'. I've always used them because they were fast; usually I got my passport back inside a week. So I took a look at the forms and instructions for Sydney and Canberra.

The forms for all 3 missions ask for different information. On one form they need to know where you are staying in Thailand. On another, they want to know if you have visited Thailand before. In terms of requirements, one mission requires 2 passport photos instead of 1. Another mission requires you send an original bill with your name and address; or if not, your physical driver's licence! I actually rang the Sydney embassy to ask them if they wanted the real licence because if I lost my passport and drivers licence in the one go, I would have a hard time proving who I was! The girl on the line said "A copy is fine but you have to get it notarized by a JP" - a requirement not mentioned on the form..

You would think the embassy would be in charge of distributing official forms to the various consulates and that everything would be unified. Perhaps this is the case but the various consulates didn't always adopt the latest forms when they received them. Go figure.

I'm in Sydney but I've always used Brisbane because their turnaround times are always under a week.

I'm not flying out until 23/5 but I'm concerned Canberra or Sydney might have 2 week turn around times and I might be cutting it close. If that's the case I guess I would be better off doing it in person in Sydney.