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I see in step 3 that they're still maintaining the fiction that decisions are made within 20 working days. In my case, and most others that I've read about on this forum, they didn't even look at the case within that time period, let alone make a decision. They can of course take as long as they want to examine each case (and we can argue over whether that time period is reasonable or not), but I would really just like to see them give a more honest estimate of the time required so that applicants don't freak out when their cases take months to be completed. Managing expectations is important.

As long as they do "enforcement by checkpoint", the problems will never go away, even during these "seven days" exercises. How do you crack down on speeding, erratic and dangerous driving, etc, when you crowd 20+ people into a tent with a snack table, and only look at drivers when they've slowed to a halt to pass through the gauntlet? It's probably the least effective use of traffic enforcement personnel possible, which is why it isn't used in other countries. Scatter the officers out all over the roads in ones or twos, and you might actually have a chance of reducing the mayhem.

My original application was on October 7. I called BoI on November 11 after hearing nothing, and submitted additional documents the same day. So, it's been 47 work days since my first submission, and 25 workdays since uploading the extra documents. I won't start celebrating until I actually have the final approval, and the visa in my passport...

The wording has changed somewhat, but the timeframe for getting the visa is still 60 days from the day they give the "endorsement of qualifications" (I just received this today): 2. MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR LTR VISA ISSUANCE If the information and documents submitted in step 1. are considered complete and valid, applicants will receive an email informing you that your application has been approved for LTR Visa issuance. Then please make an appointment for LTR visa issuance in Thailand or make an arrangement for LTR visa issuance overseas by following the instructions below. 1. In case of LTR visa issuance at OSS in Bangkok, your status now will be changed to Status: Visa/ WP Issuance Pre-approved. You can make an appointment for the LTR Visa issuance via LTR Visa application system and then print out the Notification of qualification endorsement for Long-Term Resident Visa, TM.94 form, STM.8 form and the appointment confirmation document / processing fee payment form from the system. Please note that the result of the qualifications endorsement for LTR Visa is valid for a period of 60 days after the Notification of qualification endorsement for Long-Term Resident Visa is issued. Therefore, please make an appointment and collect the visa before the result expires, otherwise you must apply for the qualifications endorsement again. 2. In case of LTR visa issuance at Thai embassies or consulate generals overseas, your status now will be changed to Status: Final approval. You can contact the Royal Thai Embassy/Consulate-General or visit e-Visa* website to make an arrangement for visa issuance overseas* *Note: 1. Please follow the instructions in No.4 COLLECT YOUR LTR VISA AT ROYAL THAI EMBASSY/CONSULATE-GENERAL FOR VISA ISSUANCE OVERSEAS 2. E-Visa is available only in some Embassies/Consulates. To check if it's available in your area of residency, please go to www.thaievisa.go.th . Moreover applicant must apply for e-Visa via a specific Embassy/Consulate conforming with his/her consular jurisdiction and residency. The applicant is required to upload documents that can verify his/her current residency. 3. COLLECT YOUR LTR VISA AT ONE STOP CENTER FOR VISA AND WORK PERMIT (BANGKOK) Once the appointment for visa issuance at OSS has been made, the status will be changed to Status: Appointment. Please prepare ALL the following required documents and fee prior to the appointment date to present to the immigration and the Department of Employment and bring them with you on the appointment date*. 1) Documents to be retrieved and printed out from LTR Visa application system A. Application Form for LTR Visa (TM.94 Form) – must be printed double-sided and signed B. Appointment confirmation document and LTR Visa processing fee payment form and Digital Work Permit fee payment form (in case you applied for the Digital Work Permit) C. Criteria and Conditions Acknowledgement Form for a Temporary Stay Permit in the Kingdom (LTR Visa) (STM.8 Form) – must be print double-sided and signed D. The Notification of qualification endorsement for Long-Term Resident Visa (valid within 60 days from the issuance date of the letter) 2) Other required documents and fee E. Original and photocopy of passport pages (biodata page and pages with visas and stamps) of yourself and your dependents* who wish to receive the visa on the same appointment date - Biodata page showing name / surname / Passport No., ect. - Current visa which has been terminated with the remaining permission to stay sufficient for LTR Visa issuance - Last entry stamp of immigration - Last extension of visa - E-Visa (if any) - The initial Thai visa used to enter Thailand (in case you have changed a visa type in Thailand before changing to the current visa type) F. Photocopy of documents proving relationship such as a marriage certificate AND the original and photocopy of Kor.Ror. 2 form (in case of a foreigner married to a Thai citizen), registration of child legitimization, household registration certificate or child adoption registration certificate, or other evidence from the government or relevant agency (for dependants) (in case of a Thai spouse G. One passport size photo (4 cm x 6 cm) (white background, dressed in business attire (t-shirt is not allowed) without wearing glasses or headgear, taken within 6 months (a photocopy or poor quality photos will not be accepted) H. Original and photocopy of TM.6* (front of your arrival/departure card) (in case you have entered Thailand before July 1st, 2022 or entered through the immigration control at land border checkpoints and have received TM. 6 card) I. Original and photocopy of TM.47*’s receipt of notification (previous notifications of staying over 90 days) (if any) J. The LTR Visa processing fee of 50,000 THB per person per 10 years and the Digital Work Permit processing fee (for applicants who applied for Digital Work Permit only). The total work permit fee can be seen on the work permit payment form. The total fee is calculated base on the annual fee of 3,000 THB per person per 1 year) – Acceptable and preferred payment option is Thai mobile banking (QR code scanning). Cash is only acceptable if the foreigner does not have a Thai bank account *Note: 1. For the visa issuance steps at OSS, click here 2. Dependents who receive the visa on a different date, must also bring the original passport of the main LTR visa holder 3. If you have lost TM6 or TM.47’s receipt or you have passed the 90 days limit without making the 90-day reporting, you must get a police notice from any police station before the appointment and pay fine 2,000 Baht (fine applies only in case of failing to make the 90-day report) to the immigration on the appointment date 4. COLLECT YOUR LTR VISA AT ROYAL THAI EMBASSY/CONSULATE-GENERAL For Visa Sticker 1. Kindly contact Royal Thai Embassy/Consulate-General of your choice to make an appointment for visa issuance 2. Please prepare the documents including the Notification of qualification endorsement for Long-Term Resident Visa, print out and fill in the forms as follows and bring them with you on the appointment date. Passport with the remaining validity of no less than 6 months Notification Letter for Qualifications Endorsement from BOI with has been issued for no more than 60 days Copy of documents proving relationship such as a marriage certificate, registration of child legitimization (for dependents) Visa application form 3. Follow the guidance of a consular officer at each Royal Thai Embassy/Consulate-General to receive your LTR Visa on your passport. Visa Fee : LTR visa processing fee at each Royal Thai Embassy/Consulate-General is based on the fee in Thailand (50,000 THB per person per 10 years), but may vary and considerably be more expensive than the fee of 50,000 THB per person per 10 years, depending on the currency rate and the additional fee which might be applied in some countries. For e-Visa 1. Please submit the following documents via www.thaievisa.go.th Biodata page of Passport or Travel Document Declaration Photograph *taken within the last six months. If the photograph does not reflect your current appearance, you may be refused to enter the Kingdom of Thailand the Notification of qualification endorsement for Long-Term Resident Visa Other documents as required 2. E-visa will be issued and be notified via email and your e-Visa account Visa Fee : LTR visa processing fee at each Royal Thai Embassy/Consulate-General is based on the fee in Thailand (50,000 THB per person per 10 years), but may vary and considerably be more expensive than the fee of 50,000 THB per person per 10 years, depending on the currency rate and the additional fee which might be applied in some countries. For more information, please visit https://ltr.boi.go.th/index.html or email: [email protected] or call 0 2 209 1109-1110

Since when did the Office of Quackery and Jungle Witchcraft become a police agency that raids parties? Or is this guy just drunk - oops, I mean high - with power?

They really need some new graphic designers - these display boards they come up with are unreadable and visually appalling. The entire Thai government also needs a refresher course to understand that mnemonics are only useful when they spell real words that people can remember - nonsense strings of letters are, well, nonsense.

So which is correct?

Every year they announce these "gifts" from the benevolent leaders that are actually paid for by the taxpayer. I have no opinion on whether these measures are wise or not, but please stop calling them "gifts"....

As others have noted, it varies a lot based on how many other flights have landed at the same time. After people complained online a few months ago about long immigration queues, though, they do seem to be trying to keep the waits down to below 20 minutes by opening more counters when the crowd starts to grow. I arrived last night at about 630pm, and was very lucky - a two minute wait at immigration, and bag on the belt less than ten minutes later (the previous month I waited about 16 minutes). If you want live information on queues at Suvarnabhumi, it's available on the "Sawasdee by AOT" app. The app is large and intrusive, but I've found the estimates of wait times to be pretty accurate. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.AOT

I believe you're thinking of Nichada Thani in Nonthaburi. Yes, it's rather like an American suburb, but the children mostly go to the very expensive ISB - proximity to the school is the main reason that people live out there - rather than any public school. One problem with the OP's dream of "a place sizable enough to have a local public high school with a nationally ranked debate team" (other than the fact that I don't think debate teams really exist in Thailand) is that the very concept doesn't really apply here. Since schools aren't locally funded, and the lack of zoning means that rich and poor usually live very close to each other, you're not likely to find one local school that's substantially better than others nearby. (Of course, any such school would teach in Thai in any case.) Just my opinion.

Of course, it also says "multiple entry" on the rubber stamp visa issued at the One Stop Center, and yet Immigration somehow still finds it necessary to fill up two pages of the passport with additional stamps...!

The headline implies that it's closing forever, and then we quickly learn that it's just shutting down temporarily for renovations...

Yet another reminder that the parties don't actually stand for much of anything.

There have been a handful of similar reports over the last couple of years, but it's clearly far from universal - a friend and I both did the Non-O retirement conversion at CW during the same time period, and neither of us received a visit.

I have no idea what this word salad is supposed to mean, but the jingoism of asserting a connection between TM-30 violations and "crime" is impressive.

"the Bhumjaithai Party, which is the main supporter of the bill, insisted that cannabis would not be re-listed as a narcrotic drug" "vendors’ and buyers’ information will be sent to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB)." So, it is not and will not be listed as a narcotic, but information on all buyers will be sent to the Narcotics Control Board? Makes perfect sense ????

That announcement certainly required a fresh flower arrangement on the podium.

I sent them my 401 k details before 3 week . so I called them thinking give it a last try to see if i can get any alternative choice with my 401 k . and the officer was so nice she immediately look into the past emails and told that she will check it and work on approving my application This is interesting, because a friend of mine received a request for insurance info last week, despite having already uploaded it with his initial application. He submitted a letter explaining further that his group health insurance as a retired US Government employee has unlimited coverage and is valid for life - something that BoI could easily verify with a simple internet search - along with brokerage statements showing over $800k in liquid investments. Almost immediately, they sent back the exact same request, but with the additional sentence "Please note investment account could not considered instead of health insurance document."

Congratulations! Others in this thread have reported getting an LTR e-visa, so it should be possible if the Thai embassy in your country is part of the e-visa program.

Back to normal for the company owner, while the lives of the poor cleaners are upended and ruined.

"Urging", "highlighting", and "expressing concern" are so much easier than actually enforcing traffic laws.

It's hard to understand what they're talking about without some kind of diagram. The original master plan (he talks as though one doesn't exist, which isn't true) calls for an additional terminal and satellite to the south of the current facility, and the folks who don't like that plan want to build a new domestic terminal to the north. Going east and west from the terminal you quickly get to the runways, so it's not clear where they would put new buildings.

It isn't wrong - that has been the official policy for over two years now (see the announcement below). The problem seems to be that Chiang Mai is ignoring the policy and making up its own rules.

TAT just can't give up its obsessive focus on organized packages and group tours - they don't seem to realize that the world has moved beyond that.

Odds of completion by 2029: zero