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lived and worked in many countries, traveled to over 60 countries, have never needed anyone to help me with visas. visa processes for thailand are relatively straight forward, there is a lot of information/advice out there, IOs are, in my experience, generally professional, polite, helpful. i have found sorting my visas here easy, possibly it helps to have common sense and to legally comply with all relevant criteria. it really is not that difficult.
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Collection of train fares on Pink Line may be postponed
it is what it is replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
wasn't it safety tested before being opened to the public? if so, who signed the safety certificate? -
went with my mate to expend his tourist visa, a quick report. delayed by traffic so arrived at 8, joined the no number queue. 8.20 opened and queue started moving smoothly until people with numbers who had wandered off returned ad realised they had missed their place, began to hassle the IO, who remained calm and polite and sorted them out. one rude, with attitude, westerner tried to queue jump and was evicted by a calm and polite IO. cool. didn't take long to join the end of the queue, when we got to J section with number 8, the number 7 lady had arrived an hour earlier! she didn't have money or the form so was sent back, we were done and dusted by 9am and headed home. saw one foreigner getting stressed and having an argument, in awful pidgin english, with his gf. embarrassing, couldn't understand why her brought her... overall, it was well organised, the only dis-organisation was caused by the customers' behaviour and attitude - it would be easy to see how an IO could get pissed off. all the IO's i saw were all calm, polite, helpful and had decent english. not sure it's worth coming really early and hanging around before the place opens. unless your partner has to attend, come alone.
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Immigration Bureau Provides Mobile Services on Khaosan Road
it is what it is replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
that's a great idea, but will it return regularly? i had a quick look at the e-extension website, it's a bit of a mess. too much colour and cartoons, why can't they design a simple, easy to navigate site such as the uk or canadian government sites? -
Bangkok’s 20-baht metro dream in danger of derailing
it is what it is replied to snoop1130's topic in Bangkok News
they need to focus on infrastructure integration, not get bogged down in minutiae. i've never been in a city where different lines require different travel cards, it's unnecessarily inconvenient. one travel card for all public transport within bangkok, how hard can it be? other cities manage it. -
How to translate a document written in Thai to English?
it is what it is replied to scorecard's topic in General Topics
given the nonsense generated by thai to english online translators i'd get one of my thai friends to translate. if you don't have an educated thai friend proficient in english then pay for a professional translator. -
Thailand police, and ridiculous statements
it is what it is replied to CanadaSam's topic in Thailand Motor Discussion
doesn't sound like you were there. sorry to generalise, but thai's aren't know for their acceptance of responsibility. do you have any independent evidence of what actually happened, dash cam for example? -
Entrance fees for famous Tham Luang cave explained
it is what it is replied to snoop1130's topic in Chiang Rai News
at least they are being clear about their discriminatory practices. in the land of up to you, it is indeed, up to you. -
Thai tourism revolution: Duty-free ditch and booze bonanza
it is what it is replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
this comment is in bad taste and should be removed