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5 hours ago, mokwit said:

 

They have yet to perfect the "stay at home and send the money visa", but are sure with enough effort they can crack this one.

Evidence that you are right about this is the Thailand Pass which: 1) requires that you buy an expensive airline ticket, hotel room, PCR test, and insurance before applying, then, 2) frustrates the <deleted> out of the applicant making them want to give up on the trip altogether. 

1 hour ago, alyx said:

I am two days away from their 7 working day time frame.

Me, too. Thought they were shortening that processing time to 3 days. If that's true, we are 2 days beyond the 3-day deadline.

6 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Yep must have been those half a million doses of free AZ that were donated.

Did the proper paperwork ever get filled out and triple Thai certified so those vaccines could actually get to Thai people?

Liesure Travelers Likely to Give Up Trying to Get a Thailand Pass would be a better headline.

Did the Secretary get her Thailand Pass yet?

35 minutes ago, shdmn said:

They didn't separate out the questions for each visa type so a lot of them are not going to be relevant.  I would just put whatever you want in there. 

 

For #8 I would maybe attach a note saying "I am a US citizen and do not have a residence permit".

 

For #9, if I have not travelled anywhere in the last 12 months I would just attach an image of the most recent entry/exit stamps.

 

For #10, I would upload an image of my drivers licence.

I did that and it worked. Thanks.

Hello. I'm a U.S. citizen applying for a non-immigrant 90-day visa to visit wife. I am trying to use the E Visa portal to apply for the visa. And, I'm confused as on the page where you upload the supporting documents, three of them don't seem to apply to me. Therefore, I have no documents to put into numbers 8, 9, and 10. I am a national of the country in which I am applying, have not traveled recently, and not sure what to say about #10. But, when I click "done", it gives these red-highlighted alerts and the page won't proceed (see photo). Tried calling the consulate in Chicago but couldn't get anyone on the line (I assume they have all fled due to Thailand Pass madness and are now in hiding or just not picking up the phone). 

Anyone else encounter this issue?

6 hours ago, NanLaew said:

A Thai amphur can not register a marriage that has already happened in another country. They can only register a marriage that has occurred in Thailand.

We were told that to get a marriage extension visa, we would have to register our marriage (which took place in the United States) in Thailand. That's how we ended up at the amphur trying to "register" it. Madness ensued.

5 minutes ago, LexMichdasean said:

What app? Just Morchana?

That is my understanding.

29 minutes ago, LexMichdasean said:

Shouldn't it be added to some kind of app?

It should. And, apps we need to work correctly supplied by Thailand should work correctly. I would take the paper printout in case that is not the case. 

2 hours ago, HashBrownHarry said:

Incorrect, i spent time researching and reading up on requirements and instead of merely complaining ( like most ) followed the simple instructions. Like i say it was not hard, all you had to do was upload documents.....

 

The changed it to simplify it, TP now requires was less documents but some still choose to complain?

 

The mind boggles.

 

Wifes phone #?

They simplified it?! Way less documents?! Are you looking at the same Thailand Pass that I am?

1 minute ago, LexMichdasean said:

After receiving the QR code, should I do something with it apart from printing it out?

You take that printout on the trip with you. You can show it when you arrive in. Thailand.

On 11/3/2021 at 9:29 AM, Regain said:

I went to the Police dept, they said go to immigration for a police check. Immigration then told me to go to the police to do it.

 

????

Reminds me of wife and I trying to register our U.S. marriage in Thailand. Local Amphur wouldn't register our marriage until it had a special stamp from what hereafter will be called Office A. We went to that office and were told that they would not stamp it until Office B put a stamp on it. Went to Office B and they said no stamp until Office A stamps it. Went back to Office A where we were told no stamp until Office B stamps it. Went back to Amphur and was told that it didn't matter...marriage couldn't be registered without the stamps. We gave up. 

It's very obvious that they created this app and did not sandbox it one single time. It they had tested it even once, they would have immediately noticed all the issues we have all been reporting. Who creates an app and doesn't even test it before making it live? Seems like 12-year old coders wouldn't miss that step. 

"...mostly due to external interferences..."

wut?

2 hours ago, JGA said:

I got around this error by using Chrome in incognito mode. 

 

JGA

Chrome in incognito mode gave the same api error on second page. Got it to work with Safari in normal mode. Submitted. Now will wait like the rest of you.

4 hours ago, Twin Peaks said:

I had the same issue. Try incognito mode in Chrome. I was able to successfully submit on the 1st try. Unfortunately no code yet after 3 days.

Tried incognito mode with Chrome and same error message on that second page.

On 10/31/2021 at 10:23 PM, Sandboxer said:

Stalls after clicking the first consent page.

 

 

They still haven't fixed this. I got this after submitting the first page that had my travel date on it. Using Chrome on an iMac.

8 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

So 32,000 applicants have their plans held up, and 6,000 people got lucky.

 

I am seeing some people with flight dates a month away getting instant approvals, and people flying soon have nothing but a confirmation email. Generally, if you get a confirmation email, but not instant approval, your application is in the ether.

 

10,000 apps on first day, only 400 approvals.

 

so, it’s 10,000 apps filed every day, 1500 approvals.

 

Sounds like a 7 day turnaround to me.

 

 

What it if means that their capacity to approve applications is capped around 1,500/day? More than that number are applying each day. So, every day that happens, there is an increasing backlog which will steadily increase the time from application to final processing. 

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Looks just as difficult as before?

I would say much more difficult. COE process was simpler. You could submit .pdf. And, if you had an issue, you could contact your local Thai embassy to resolve it. 

Make it easier to get into Thailand.

1 hour ago, The Cipher said:

Sorry for the ping, but can I hit you with one more question?
 

My flight is scheduled to arrive at 12:05am. Do you think I can get away with booking just one night of ASQ (ie, land at 12:05am -> check in at 1:30am -> check out 12pm) or do I have to run it to two nights? Thanks!

For what it's worth...

I am booked to land in BKK at 00:05 and have your same concerns. I contacted the hotel I plan to book (The Bazaar) and they explained that their process is to take the guest by the hospital between the airport pickup and first arrival at the hotel for the test. They said that they do testing even at the time. So, then I just have to wait at the hotel until the test result comes back.