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I've had a similar experience with Ankara. They approved my DTV a couple of days after my intended date of arrival. In the mean time I had changed my plans. They do not answer e-mails, but I got replies on Facebook messenger. However, they weren't very useful, they just told me to wait basically. If you already have a flight booking (I did not have one), contact them on messenger and show it to them. This may help. Mine took several months to get approved, but I did apply well in advance. If you submitted all necessary documents, you should be fine. They don't seem to be particularly picky or demanding, they're just very slow.

Good luck on getting up-to-date paper copies of some documents once in Thailand.

Is there a list of known bad and good entry points somewhere? Is Suvarnabhumi a known bad entry point?

Thanks for sharing your experience too! I did the motorbike license from scratch back in 2008. The tests are pretty straightforward, but still a bit of a pain / waste of time.

OK, thank you. Wondering what all the fuss is about then, why agents offer it as a service and why there are threads specifically on this matter.

I see, thank you. Could be what is meant, indeed.

Are you saying that with a DTV and a COR, one is able to open a bank account at most banks/branches?

I'm curious what "If you own a Thai driving license and have previously shown a driving license from your country to exchange. You will not be able to use it again." could mean. Anyone has a clue? Does it mean that, if I got a Thai driving license on the basis of a license from another country (+IDP?), I cannot renew my Thai driving license without showing again the license from the other country? Furthermore, I thought they don't really exchange the license from another country but issue a Thai license and let you keep the other license. Am I wrong?

Can you please tell us at which branch it was?

As if it were about health...

That's because you've never needed a visa for a EU country then. Most, if not all EU countries enforce this rule.

There was a picture of an announcement by the consulate in Phnom Penh in a previous post of @Tim K (see below). From October 8, they will start processing visas through the e-visa platform. I know for a fact that the same is true for Ankara, starting on the very same day. It looks like all (or almost all) consulates will now be connected to the e-visa system. I wonder how this will affect people who want to apply for a visa at one of the consulates that were previously known to be somewhat lenient when it comes to the residency requirement (being a citizen or a resident of the country(ies) in which the consulate operates).

I've showed you in a previous post an AC unit running on 100V.

ACs running on 200V "approx" in Japan

Not sure what you are talking about, but the supply voltage in Thailand is ~220V. If you want to plug a device that accepts 100V, you'll have to use a step-down transformer.