Paid Visa Queue

[bluweyze]

Does anyone know where I can find a person who will queue for my business visa?

Yes I know I can get there by 5am and do it myself but I have a full time job.

[blackcab]

There are many visa agents who will be pleased to do this for you.

[bluweyze]

Yes I just talked to one hence my enquiry. Despite the fact that all the paperwork is done they are asking for 20,000 Baht to get a queue and sit with me at immigration. No thank you

[CMKiwi]

20k....hells bells that's a bit steep methinks!

 

I think it's around 6-7k for a retirement  (extension of stay) visa.

 

Have you tried other agencies?  There was a blog somewhere where someone said they paid just 300 baht to a guy to wait in a queue.

 

Maybe try the visa forum...

[Dante99]

57 minutes ago, bluweyze said:

Does anyone know where I can find a person who will queue for my business visa?

Yes I know I can get there by 5am and do it myself but I have a full time job.

You really do not know anybody, an employee where you work, a co-workers wife, brother or cousin, neighbor's uni student child, your maid or butler?

 

Hard to imagine your boss would not understand and give you a half day off, use one of your vacation days, call in sick, make up the time on Saturday...

 

 

 

 

[cyberfarang]

Go up to top floor. G4T agency. Fee, 3000 baht. Get their about 10.00am.

[worgeordie]

2 hours ago, bluweyze said:

Yes I just talked to one hence my enquiry. Despite the fact that all the paperwork is done they are asking for 20,000 Baht to get a queue and sit with me at immigration. No thank you

I will keep your place ,first in queue for half price only 10 K

regards worgeordie

[scottiejohn]

Try your lawyer's or accountant's staff!

 

Or send me 5,000Baht!

[Greenside]

Now, I'm not 100% sure about this, but when I went along for my annual renewal a few weeks back it looked to me as if the guy that runs the food stall opposite Immigration Rooms 2 & 3 was saving spaces in the line for people who showed up fairly close to 8:00 when the numbers were awarded.  I thought at the time it was a smart thing for him to be doing given he's setting up early anyway.

 

First point here is that if you are going anytime soon and avoid a Monday, Friday or any day after a public holiday then showing up at the crack of dawn isn't necessary.  I arrived after 7:00 and was number 8 in line but actually number 2 in the queue for a marriage visa.  If you don't trust this approach, try taking a Thai speaker along and see if the food stall guy is prepared to put a bag on a seat for you.  I'd start at a couple of hundred baht...

 

Let us know if this works.

[elektrified]

20K, wow that's steep. I think about 300-500 is the going rate. There was a somewhat portly couple that were offering the service for 800 and seemed to have a lot of customers when I was there a year ago. They were handing out business cards and had their facebook ID on a sign. I noticed later that day someone in one of the C.M. groups had posted their photo on facebook and when I looked at the comments on their page, there were literally dozens and dozens of people telling them what money-hungry scammers they were and that 800 was unreasonable. A couple of days later they caved in and lowered their fee to 300/person.

 

But you could send a cousin, neighbor, etc. to do it for you too.

Edited September 22, 2017 by elektrified

[elektrified]

5 hours ago, Dante99 said:

You really do not know anybody, an employee where you work, a co-workers wife, brother or cousin, neighbor's uni student child, your maid or butler?

 

Hard to imagine your boss would not understand and give you a half day off, use one of your vacation days, call in sick, make up the time on Saturday...

 

 

 

 

I think he's the boss.

[Dante99]

9 hours ago, elektrified said:

I think he's the boss.

Then no problem, he can give himself time off.  It is not like the world is going to come to an end if he misses half a day at work is it?  

 

Also as Kiwi mentioned, this topic has been discussed before and answers were posted.  

Edited September 23, 2017 by Dante99

[Lizard2010]

There is the one that   Evenstevens    is always promoting

[Thailand]

10 minutes ago, Lizard2010 said:

There is the one that   Evenstevens    is always promoting

He is looking for a "line sitter" not an agent. I think the op may have already have resolved that requirement.

 

 

[bluweyze]

Thanks for all of the advice although some is incorrect and based on retirement visas.. Most agents will not do business visas and having been there twice this week I now know why. Most agents that queue will not queue for business visas. Number 3 in the queue this morning was there at midnight. There were only 5 slots today.If you are number 6 (who arrived 05:20) come back tomorrow. Yes , I am my own boss but sometimes bosses actually have work to do.

Getting a business visa in Chiang Mai is a chore of major proportions compared to a retirement visa. Yes, I think the fruit stall owner near immigration runs a queue business too.