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Doctor in the US prescribed me the max dosage of medication for high cholesterol. Developed issues and I had to stop after a couple of weeks. Went to a top private hospital in Bangkok, doctor was very much surprised why the dosage was so high. He prescribed me the minimum dosage and my cholesterol has been fine since. I had internal organ issues last year and went to this same top hospital and was recommended a battery of tests. Options were explained to me well and the decisions were mine to take. At no point did I feel that the doctors saw me as a cash cow. The medical care at this hospital is pricey but luckily my US health insurance (accepted by BOI) covered most of it.

I suggest you email the Thai consulate where you applied for the e-visa. If it is New York they are not responsive. They do not answer their phones. But your experience may vary. it could be someone in the approving chain may be out on vacation.

I did this as well to all my uploaded documents that had my full social security number. BOI accepted the documents just fine.

I believe you can just put your planned itinerary and not necessarily your booked and reserved itinerary. Pick a hotel in Bangkok for a night or week. They didn't ask for proof that I paid for flights or hotels when I submitted my application. They will require you to upload your LTR endorsement letter. Once all the documents are uploaded you will be prompted to pay. You can pay by credit card. It took five working days to get my e-visa issued. They didn't notify me though, I had to check my thaievisa account.

You print out the e-visa and show it to the immigration officer each time to enter Thailand. I've used the same printout now for over a year and it's well worn. I did print an extra one in case I somehow lose one. The Fast Track lanes in BKK are all the way to right of the check-in counters at the departure hall. You need to show the staff your e-visa printout. I use it every time I leave BKK and the security lines are never crowded. For arrival follow the signs for Fast Track. There is maybe no more than one person in front of me whenever I use the fast track lanes on arrival.

If I recall correctly you have to click on the embassy option to apply for the e-visa. Then after you complete that, it will generate the LTR endorsement letter and your status option will indicate complete and you can download the letter. Then you move on to the e-visa application. Wait for the BOI to respond to confirm. But I don’t remember anything being complicated when I did it.

It appears that you are at step 5 of the process. You can check where you're at in LTR application timeline in your BOI account. Click on the check status tab and it should direct you to the next step in the process. Once it is complete the status will show complete in the Check Status tab and you will have the option to print the BOI LTR endorsement letter.

If you are doing the LTR e-visa like I did, you will need to create an account at the Thai e-visa website. Just follow the steps for the e-visa application for the LTR. This should be pretty easy and self-explanatory process. You should have a copy of your BOI letter of endorsement that you can download from the BOI account profile. Once you've uploaded the documents, you will then be prompted to pay the LTR fees. Once you have done that the approval process will take a little over a week. You will be notified by email that you have been approved. You can then access your e-visa account, download and print your LTR e-visa.

The manned gates are literally next to the automatic gates. They are to the right of the automatic gates. Fasttrak departures have the same setup.

I've been all over the world. Lived in Europe, Middle East and Asia. Living in Thailand now for the last two years. Nowhere feels like home like the US for me. Moving to Hawaii as soon as my wife gets her immigrant visa.

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I've entered Thailand twice in the last two months. They do not staple anything in your passport, at least in BKK.

1. I had an METV. Immigration officer refused me entry on my second inbound trip on the METV. The interaction started routine and polite then suddenly he started asking me questions about purpose of my trip and suddenly raised his voice. 2. Yes, one of my first posts on this forum. 3. After the immigration officer yelled at me, he called the IO supervisor, he took me at the back wall where I was questioned and was told I needed to purchase an outbound flight, and that I needed an OA visa on next entry. I booked the flight on my phone and show the booking to the supervisor. 4. I stayed 55 days on first entry on the METV. Prior to that I stayed 45 days on visa exempt a four months before. Total time in Thailand over four years prior to this incident was less than 140 days.

This happened to me around a year and half ago. BKK Immigration wouldn't let me in unless I bought an outbound ticket right there and then. And I had a tourist visa.

I used one of my old cycling water bottles and gently squeezed the bottle to flow the water into my nose. I mixed sea salt with hot water out of the tap or add boiling water. Looking back at it, I should probably just use the saline solutions sold at the pharmacy. Probably much safer.