TaiMaiTai

I've found this to be the most economical way to obtain an adequate amount of meat when eating out in Thailand, hence I'm looking for more of these places.

I know of a few places:

• Nimman: Roast Chicken Wichienbury
• Old Town: SP Chicken
• Big C (but I don't like the marination)

Are there any others?

Also, is there a Thai search term which would yield better results in google maps? I tried searching for "rotisserie chicken" and "roast chicken" but didn't get many results. I found a "Cherng Doi Roast Chicken" but when I went there they didn't have whole roasted chickens like at the other places I mentioned above.

7 hours ago, pepper402 said:

Thai Los Angeles Consulate took 3 business days to process and approve my e-visa!  I had difficulty making the $1,600 payment and needed to have Chase fraud department on the line when I submitted my payment.   I submitted my application over the weekend and received the approval letter this morning (2 1/2 business days!).   I might have expected such a quick turnaround from the Swiss Consulate.   I thought I was going to get a fancy sticker to put in my Passport.  Maybe I will get one in the mail.  I presume I now take my e-visa approval letter, get on a plane to Thailand, and show Immigration who will put an ugly stamp in my Passport.   Am I missing anything?   

Congratulations pepper402! To add another data point for the LA consulate, I applied for the e-visa last night (and had to go through my credit card's fraud department as well) and also got an approval this morning. I wonder if they queue them up and then batch process them all at once.

12 hours ago, khunjeff said:

Don't worry too much. Once the visa has been issued, no one will look at any of that ever again - all they'll see is the visa in your passport. And if you're applying at a Thai consulate abroad, that information will be in the files of the MFA, not BoI or immigration. The e-visa website asks all those questions, but they're basically irrelevant to the LTR category. As long as you have the BoI approval letter, a valid passport, and the issuance fee, you will get the visa and that will be that. 

Thanks khunjeff, misty, and pepper402 for the various replies on the evisa and immigration process. I'll submit the app and let you know how it goes.

Also related to both the evisa process and the original BOI app process that Pib has been talking about, there was a discrepancy between the BOI LTR approval email and the actual Notification of Qualification letter I received - the email said it was valid for 60 days whereas the letter said it's valid until the end of the 10 year period. I would expect the letter to be more official than the email, but I don't feel like taking any chances so I'll be conservative and follow the 60 day guidance.

Also, the evisa website says not to apply for the evisa more than 3 months in advance of arrival date, which combined with the 60 day guidance gives a maximum 5 month window for ostensibly entering Thailand (though probably less since the letter may need to be valid for the duration of the evisa review process), though I'm guessing that 3 month time period applies more to the shorter term visas.

2 hours ago, pepper402 said:

@TaiMaiTai, I just applied for the e-visa at the LA Consulate and had the exact same questions!  And also wondered why any of this should matter.   I supplied all required documents and "estimated" some of the other information such as where I will be staying and my flight information.  The hardest part (which should have been the easiest part) was paying the $1,600.  All of my credit cards and debit cards were declined.  I had to complete the transaction with Chase fraud department on the line manually overriding the purchase.   I'll report back as soon as I hear anything that might be helpful for you.  - Pepper

Good luck @pepper402 and please let me know how it goes.

For the purposes of evisa approval, estimating things as you have seems like it could work. My worry is what happens when I actually arrive there - is my flight, hotel, 12 month travel stamps, etc stored in their system and would they compare it against my actual information? Judging by their IT problems, I'm guessing not, but I wonder if others here have real world experience with that.

I can also try contacting the LA Thai Consulate by Facebook on Monday as @Misty has suggested in other threads. Though I suspect they would only be able to answer questions about the evisa application process and not what happens with immigration in Thailand after I arrive.

For @Misty and others who have been approved for the LTR and then applied for an evisa at thaievisa.go.th in the USA (specifically LA consulate for me), would you mind answering a few questions about the process?

- They ask for the "Intended Date of Arrival", "Intended Date of Departure", and a flight number. Will there be a problem if I end up arriving and departing on different dates (and flight numbers) than what I specify in the application? This is a multi-year visa so I don't see why the dates matter.

- Related: Does the flight have to originate from my home country (the USA)? Since there are no direct flights to Thailand, I'd like to visit some other countries first before continuing to Thailand.

- Also Related: If I did visit other countries after applying for the evisa but before traveling to Thailand, that would result in additional stamps in my passport that don't exist at the time of evisa application, but they also want me to upload pictures of stamps in my passport as part of the application and I don't know if this needs to include those other countries I'll be visiting before continuing to Thailand.

- Similarly, they want to know where I will be staying in Thailand and even ask to specify "Additional Place to Stay in Thailand" like they want to know my complete itinerary. Will there be a problem if I end up staying somewhere else instead?

- There is an option to specify both a permanent address and a current address. What is this used for? Will they send me something in the mail?

- Related: I'm required to upload a document showing my residency to ensure I'm applying to the correct embassy/consulate. My driver license has an old address that doesn't match my permanent or current address - do they check that it matches exactly or is it fine as long as it's in the same state?

Sorry that's a lot of questions, many of which feel overly paranoid, but I keep hearing stories of the Thai immigration process being very rigid so I'm trying to play it safe. Thanks in advance.