Grabbit

I've just bought another Condo and the TT3 was supplied by my bank without issue, I seem to remember it cost 500thb - nowhere near the amounts you've been quoted. The Land Office however are "special" - because when I transferred the money from the UK, I chose to let my UK bank send in THB (not GBP), we had to pay 5000thb 'tea money' - even tho I produced the UK statements showing the GBP amounts that were sent over..............

Agree with some of the other posts - if it's good enough for Russian tourists, they should extend the same courtesy to other nations who have contributed to the Thai economy for so long.

I'm sure this new Government wishes to demonstrate their ability to have influence on the global stage, however, forwarding this invitation at the current time either smacks of naivety or a worrying undercurrent of bias towards despotic regimes - I'm sure USA, UK and others will remember this when negotiating with the LoS. Maintaining a neutral position would seem to be a better approach?