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PR holders can depart and enter using manned lanes for Thai Nationals. There are several manned lanes for both purposes. As far as the autogates are concerned the last time that I used on arrival was in December 2019, having used them with about 98% success rate for about 4 years. PR holders cannot use autogates currently due to system upgrade as I was informed yesterday when I departed and last few times since September 2022. There are definitely some gates which are not used at all in the west departure area and maybe those are being used for upgrade? Previously all autogates were available for use by Thai Nationals and PR holders (except for gates for other Nationals (HK,....).

Actually there are monitors that show the waiting times in each Immigration areas areas for non-Thai Nationals, as well as in Fast Track. I use the lanes for Thai Nationals so don't bother looking closely at waiting times, but in several early morning (06:00 to 06:30) arrivals in recent weeks noticed max time of 5 minutes.

Scorecard has answered your question in detail. Basically depends on frequency of travel and need to to travel urgently. I have always obtained multiple before expiry of current as pre Covid I was leaving Thailand up to 50 times a year, this year after a lull it is back up to 20 times a year.

More uproom in what timeframe?

To the OP. It would seem that you do not have a basic understanding of Thai culture and office 'life'. I have been MD of 4 companies in Thailand since the mid 1990s, although not continuously, as well as working in the offices of many Thai companies. From my experience it is normal to give donations when asked, buy a small gift for a birthday or share with others, just as it is normal to be invited to or go for lunch with Thai colleagues. This is life in Thailand and if you act like you are you will be alienated, which means that if the staff you refer to are working for you their output may not be what you expect. Have a look at the body language of your colleagues. It is not much different albeit sometimes in different ways in neighbouring Cambodia and Vietnam. Open your eyes.

Correct about Thai Nationals. Several years ago when I first registered I had to complete a form, which had to be witnessed by a Thai National. I gave the form to Immigration after passing through Departures Immigration and then they did the rest - fingerprints, photo, etc. I cannot find the soft copy of the form - if anyone has it please share.

https://limousine.in.th/fast-track-immigration.php

There are many excellent, professional and responsible tradesmen in Bangkok, who take pride in their work and and charge reasonable rates. I have used the same people for different work for more than 10 years - 2 for AC, 1 for plumbing and 1 for electrical works. 1 was a friend of my wife's and 3 'suggested' by the management of where we live. Occasionally of someone is for example installing a washing machine and we need some urgent work we may ask if the person doing the installation can do some work when convenient and response is positive. In my experience good skilled tradesmen are in demand and not so interested in doing small jobs unless you know the person. Home Pro option may be good for people who don't have easy access to tradesmen.