Lee4Life

I have been here for 16 years, and have a good relationship with neighbors and shops, it doesn't take much to do that here, just mind your manners. I avoid other foreigners for the most part, but I have approached a few who I have seen repeatedly here and who seem well mannered. I have also apologized to a few Thai shop keepers and store workers for other foreigners at times. Why do they have to bring their unhappiness here? Do they think Thailand will magically solve all their attitude problems? Or did someone else send them here thinking maybe they wouldn't come back?

sorry posted in the wrong thread

I have always printed them as two separate pages and it has worked well. Now that I think of it, I'm not sure I have seen anyone at the I/O ever print or copy anything front and back.

all that is needed is your name, and thanks to social media and google, people can find your friends, where you live, your family...nearly everything about you.

That's actually a law in Thailand, not to pick up property that belongs to others that is.

don't think it will do much good there, but yours is a novel approach!

what a load of malarkey

That's okay, I don't mind that you think poorly of my decision, but it was my decision to make and I'll live with it. you can do differently when you are faced with the same situation if you like.

I live in a border town in Isaan, today I was at the local Tesco and just after using the ATM to make a withdrawal I was approached by a middle aged foreign woman, she asked if I spoke English and then proceeded to tell me she was an Australian tourist on her way from Bangkok to Laos and the group she was with had over-nighted in our town the previous night before crossing the border. She said she had come to Tesco to use the ATM before crossing the border and the ATM had impounded her ATM card, she stated she had called the emergency number on the ATM machine and they were of no help. Then she called her bank and they told her that her card had been locked and impounded due to a fraud alert and they would send her a new card that would arrive the next day. She stated that she had no money for anything and couldn't pay even for another night at the hotel and was looking for someone who could help her. I told her that if she explained to the Hotel staff what had happened it was very likely they would allow her to stay until she receives her new ATM card, to which her reply was that she didn't even have enough money to get a ride back there. I then asked her if she had a working phone, she replied that she did, so I suggested she call the Tourist Police and they would assist her. Then she said, "so you're not going to help me?" to which I began to reply that I would like to help, but her story has become a popular way to scam people out of money, and though I would like to believe her she is a complete stranger to me. But once I got the word scam out she walked off and commented loudly over her shoulder, "You don't need to explain!" Here is what stood out to me: I was approached immediately after using the ATM to withdraw money, it was a story I had heard of others being scammed by, and the thought came to my mind that if I were traveling from Bangkok to Laos I would definitely have withdrawn adequate funds before beginning the trip just in case there was a problem. While I don't feel good about not helping her, there were just too many red flags. What would you have done? Given her money or not?

and there is something funny about that? I guess I don't understand. it seems mean to me, like people are laughing at the hardships of others. by the way, what does your reply mean? "most immigration offices now have told it has become harder to get bank accounts"....?

That would be nice if the instructions were all uniform for every consulate or embassy, take a look around, they aren't all the same. The instructions I found before I posted indicated that only the e-visa authorization letter was needed. I don't think anyone who has lived in Thailand for extended periods of time would believe that the instructions given are always complete. (and the same could be said for agencies of other countries as well).

In the sixteen years I have been here I have seen more than a fare share of foreigners riding helmetless also, and all old enough to know better. I drove tow truck for 18 years, and I can tell you first hand that brain matter isn't pretty to see.

Thanks for the help everyone! I came through today and what was needed was our passports, the e-visa approval form that was e-mailed to us, and our certificates of health insurance. It was a bit slower than coming through with the visa sticker like days past, but not much. The officer stamped us in one year from the date our insurance started, which I had arranged to be the same day we entered. The only thing I don't see on the stamp is anything indicating it is a multiple entry visa, but maybe I don't know what I am looking for, I figure on taking the original e-visa approval letter showing that it's a multiple entry with me the first time I exit and re-enter just in case.

Hi, and thanks in advance for your help. My wife and I have been on O/A multi-entry visas for many years, but this is the first time for us as far as the E-Visa goes. From what I have seen in my research it looks like we just print out the E-visa approval document and present it and our passports to immigration on arrival. Has anyone been asked for any other documents for verification?

Non-O Multiple Entry is still available from the Los Angeles Consolate, I applied two weeks ago and received it today