Sir-Woody

Can anyone recommend a reputably good visa agency in Bangkok

I want to submit a marriage visa application without too much hassle 

Not wanting to panic anyone

But that is 100% increase from yesterday !

15 minutes ago, Howiehotspur said:

If your in Pattaya , Cambodia travel ‘ Nissan ‘ is he’s contact name , very helpful, same day drop off / collect . But will cost you 200 bht ... 

Thanks Howiehotspur

I am looking at Bangkok to be honest, should have clarified that in my original post DUH!

A number of members here refer to using agencies to update immigration documentation

It would be appreciated if members could share the contacts of reputable agencies.

The top 25 emerging destinations in the world, according to Tripadvisor:

1. Kaliningrad, Russia

2. Saranda, Albania

3. Beirut, Lebanon

4. Luxor, Egypt

5. Naoussa, Greece

6. Rugen Island, Germany

7. Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam

8. Monopoli, Italy

9. La Paz, Mexico

10. Curaçao, Caribbean

11. Ile d’Oleron, France

12. Guayaquil, Ecuador

13. Tulsa, United States

14. Ipswich, United Kingdom

15. Franschhoek, South Africa

16. Tangier, Morocco

17. Takamatsu, Japan

18. Cala d’Or, Spain

19. Petropolis, Brazil

20. Antwerp, Belgium

21. Mirissa, Sri Lanka

22. Alvor, Portugal

23. Winnipeg, Canada

24. Darwin, Australia

25. Agra, India

If Ipswich make the cut Thailand needs to rethink their policies !

Would this not be the ideal opportunity to have a total clean up.

There are many Thais either out of work or on reduced hours in major resorts due to the lack of tourism, surely they could be further employed to conduct a clean up of streets and beaches, even the jetski companies could be enrolled to clean the garbage from the seas.

Something TAT should be thinking of, rather than another hair brained scheme that will cost millions and fail.

Exact from the Thai Embassy London Link in this report

Multiple Entry Visa :

• Multiple Entry Tourist Visa will be valid for 6 months from the date of issue. Travellers must enter Thailand within the validity of visa, and they will be permitted to stay in Thailand not exceeding 60 days for each entry within the period of 6 months from the date of arrival in Thailand. 

Multiple Entry Non-Immigrant Visa will be valid for 1 year from the date of issue. Travellers must enter Thailand within the validity of visa.  However, the permitted length of stay is up to 1 year from the date of arrival in Thailand.

Travellers should carefully check the immigration stamps in the passports regarding the exact length of stay to ensure that they do not overstay their visa. Penalty for overstay is a fine of 500 baht per day and blacklist for entry ban for at least 5 years.

They are still advertising one year Multi entry Non-Imm visas !!!!!

Confused..

Another couple of questions.

What message did you get, if any, from the ATM machine before your cards were swallowed? IE card damaged or contact your bank.

Did you attempt to withdraw 3 or more times from that machine if the initial attempt failed?

Have you used your cards in Thailand for long time or only started using them recently?

I'm just trying to rule out your spending profile as being the cause of your problems.

The message i got was " card suspended transaction cancelled "

The card was not returned on both occassions, I only attempted the transaction once

I expected 3 attempts before my card was kept, this was not the case.

After the first time I contacted Barclays in the UK and was advised that the block would be removed to allow me to use my card.

The very next time I tried I lost the card again.

Yes you can withdraw money from the bank but that means taking your passport every time you go out and you are tied to banking hours for withdrawals.

I have used this card in Thailand for several years without a problem.

A warning to all expats using foreign back cards in ATM's

I have recently had problems using this facility and actually lost two cards in ATM's the past week.

On contact with my bank in the UK, I was advised that fraud has elevated in Thailand to a high risk factor regarding use of credit / connect cards.

Barclays bank is putting a block on clients cards being used in Thailand, I do not know what other international financial institutes are doing, but be warned that you may be left without cards / money if you use ATM's here.

To the credi to the Thia banks were I lost my cards, these were returned to me within 24 hours without any hassle, but I am now unable to use them in ATM's.

Just a few questions:

1. Which Thai bank(s) and where?

2. Which UK bank are you with that warned you of elevated fraud levels in Thailand?

3. When did this happen?

4. Which credit/connect cards did you use?

I personally do not bother using my UK banks' cards for cash wihdrawals, but I would be interested to know more, as may many others.

Thanks

The Thai banks in question were Bangkok Bank & thai Farmers.

Barclays UK advised me of the elevated fraud levels which have risen the past 3 months.

My incidents have occured the past two weeks.

I was using Barclay credit / conenct cards.

Hope this answers your questions.

Just wanted to let people know, it is a very big hassle to loose cards overseas.

A warning to all expats using foreign back cards in ATM's

I have recently had problems using this facility and actually lost two cards in ATM's the past week.

On contact with my bank in the UK, I was advised that fraud has elevated in Thailand to a high risk factor regarding use of credit / connect cards.

Barclays bank is putting a block on clients cards being used in Thailand, I do not know what other international financial institutes are doing, but be warned that you may be left without cards / money if you use ATM's here.

To the credi to the Thia banks were I lost my cards, these were returned to me within 24 hours without any hassle, but I am now unable to use them in ATM's.

Thanks Bino

I will check out when I travel

Seacon would probably be a similar distance, and have all the same shops / facilites.

Can anyone advise of the nearest shopping mall to the new airport.

I spend some time in transit before departing Thailand and would like to find a nearby mall where I could shop for an hour or so.

Used to use Future park in rungsit when I travelled out of Don Maung which was very convenient