Good visa agent in 2023 recommendation?

[ding]

15 hours ago, safarimike11 said:

Recommendation - based on personal experience: At the right side of Big C Pattaya Thai (on Sukhumvitt road South Pattaya) is their car park; from the car park, if you look out onto the side road (that runs 90 degrees to Sukhumvitt), you will see a Visa Agency. I am purposely not giving the name but I have known the guy for 17 years - going back to when he used to give Sunday morning presentations for Pattaya Expats Club.

We'll stop by, thank you. Perfect Thaivisa reply from the good old days!

Red sign  IIRC.

[Seppius]

17 hours ago, Oink said:

Your best Visa agent is you. So get off your ass and do it!

While the situation remains, I will pay an agent 12,500 to renew, and make 20,000 in interest on the deposit in a western bank, and put my feet up while the agent does the work

[safarimike11]

2 hours ago, ding said:

Thank you for your useful reply.

most welcome

[jacko45k]

3 hours ago, ding said:

Thanks, yes well be driving a car.

Now that soi 15 is open perhaps park in The Avenue car park and try Thai Visa Express on soi 15, or Maneerat on Soi Post Office.

[Red Forever]

9 hours ago, charleskerins said:

False 

Not false at all. I did mine yesterday. No agent.

[elfpattaya]

On 9/25/2023 at 8:05 PM, Seppius said:

IMHO this is the best, very professional, they all speak good English, and help thousands of expats. Maneerat soi Post office

Please, you shouldn't give these details on the open forum. There are plenty of people on this forum who hate the agents and would like them all closed down.

If you want to help someone please PM them.

[Seppius]

1 hour ago, elfpattaya said:

Please, you shouldn't give these details on the open forum. There are plenty of people on this forum who hate the agents and would like them all closed down.

If you want to help someone please PM them.

I understand your concern, but agents like this make no secret of what they do, with ads on Facebook and Tik Tok, Thai Visa Service, Key Visa even have billboards up.

[cdnvic]

In order for this thread to be actually helpful, I've removed a bunch of off topic personal bickering. I'm going to ask the participants nicely once to cut it out.

[ding]

On 9/25/2023 at 11:20 PM, champers said:

Key Visa. The owner; Darren; passed away earlier this year. His wife is now running the business.

We went there, to Key Visa outside Big C South Pattaya.

There was one Thai female there who was the single-most rude Thai person I've dealt with in over 30 years. She never once allowed me to finish a single sentence. She told me I could not get an extension of stay on my Non-O marriage visa in Chonburi. She said we'd have to go back to Surat Thani. She then offered to change it to a retirement visa. Knowing that to be false, I just said, "Thank you" at that point and urged my wife to please stop asking the woman further questions. 

 

We ended up doing it ourselves despite it being very stressful for my wife. The immigration official at window 6 said only one word in English, "Wait". The remainder of the time she only would speak Thai and bullied my wife until my wife was shaking. With cancer, my wife doesn't need that. We'll know more soon when they call and tell us to use their app. It would have been worth it to pay an agent who is reasonable, honest, experienced, and professional.

[champers]

2 hours ago, ding said:

We went there, to Key Visa outside Big C South Pattaya.

There was one Thai female there who was the single-most rude Thai person I've dealt with in over 30 years. She never once allowed me to finish a single sentence. She told me I could not get an extension of stay on my Non-O marriage visa in Chonburi. She said we'd have to go back to Surat Thani. She then offered to change it to a retirement visa. Knowing that to be false, I just said, "Thank you" at that point and urged my wife to please stop asking the woman further questions. 

 

We ended up doing it ourselves despite it being very stressful for my wife. The immigration official at window 6 said only one word in English, "Wait". The remainder of the time she only would speak Thai and bullied my wife until my wife was shaking. With cancer, my wife doesn't need that. We'll know more soon when they call and tell us to use their app. It would have been worth it to pay an agent who is reasonable, honest, experienced, and professional.

I am so sorry to read of your bad experiences. I hope you can get more helpful options for future reference. I haven't used an agent for 4 years but it is always good to know who you can rely on if personal circumstances change.

With regards to trouble parking at some agents, I would suggest parking at Terminal 21, Avenue or Central malls and hopping onto a motorbike taxis, or two if with a.n.other.