Is it better to use an agency for visa processing in Thailand or can I manage it myself?

@Mimi *******

Just to process the visa that price is outrageous. I took a 6 month muay Thai class.. it was recommended this way by my agent because I'm a male and former military. I paid 35,000 total. (When you get to he embassy you have to pay the Thai embassy an additional 10,000 baht. But that's standard for everyone.

@Chris *********

thanks, Chris. I'm just a bag of nerves about my application, largely due to the posts on here.

For every person saying it's easy to apply yourself there are two more saying they got rejected for no apparent reason.

I found a good soft power plan but the agent wants 10k for doing virtually nothing, and that I'm sure I can do myself.

But is 10k a small price to pay if they have an edge? They can't demonstrate that they do have an edge, other than promising me they do. That will butter no parsnips with the embassy, I'm sure.

So if there is only one document allowed for uploading, that'll answer my question.

I'm just trying to put myself in the mind of the IO assessor and imagine whether it's better for them to check one clearly labelled PDF, or several.

Thanks for your counsel.