What is the current waiting time for Thai visa applications in Cambodia?

@Jan *********

- me calling out your lack of intelligence is no way apologizing for any other entity. I hope you have better luck in Brazil, but something is telling me you will run into the same problems while trying to be an adult

@Jan *********

My apologies, I have no issue with reading comprehension. However, your statements don’t always make sense. So I am just trying to understand what you mean when you post something that doesn’t make sense. Now again, you have to select the specific travel document you are using to enter Thailand. Are you using a Michigan Drivers license? If not, your stupid response “allows you to assume “travel documentation” means only passports” is so stupid. If you think you can travel on a library card, best of luck. Now , what is the purpose of talking about your 2014 passport? They only last 10 years and therefore you would not be using it for your recent Thai tourist visa application. Now you say your new one was in 2019 but you mentioned the last few years. When I mentioned my last passport was issued in 2020, you implied you meant more recently, funny that you question me being American when there is nothing to show that you are.

@John ******

Lol, you really struggle with reading comprehension don’t you? Probably the same condition that allows you to assume

“travel documentation” means only passport. Travel documentation is an ambiguous definition and not clear to knowledgeable people.This is a fact. Just looked, and my US passport was first issued around 2014 and I got new one around 2019. Older passports do not include a printed middle name but show up on system scan. It’s quite obvious that you’re not American or suffer some mental condition like autism. You literally have no idea what you’re talking about just like Cambodian processing time 😅

@Jan *********

- Here is a copy of the next gen passport - the middle name would be included as part of given name line. Prior to 2021, according to your AI screen shot, it was also acceptable to just include your middle initial as part of your given name. My passport from 2020 includes my full middle name. Regardless, whatever is on your passport is what you enter into the Thai evisa system

@Jan *********

- You do realize that the screenshot you shared says the new passports now include middle name. However, you say your passport is missing the middle name. Did you mess up your passport application as well?

@John ******

it appears for older passports, the middle name is included in the barcode scan. So no, my document was not wrong.

@John ******

oh I see, you’re clueless 🧌👹

@John ******

What part of 2 to 3 years ago don’t you understand? 😅

@John ******

I wonder if you’re even real or just some 🧌

@Jan *********

- Only experience with US passports are my own. My middle name is listed in the same line as my first name. My current passport was issued in 2020. In regards to your travel document being other documents, on the previous pages before you enter your demographics, it asked you to select type of travel document you are using and pretty sure driver’s license isn’t listed. Then on this page it asked you to enter the data as written on your travel document. They literally asked you which document you are using, then have you upload a photo of that document and then have you enter the datapoints from that travel document, but you someone think that despite the initial questions, they now was info from a random Michigan Drivers License?

@John ******

Lol, US passport from 2-3 years ago don’t list your middle name. You’re obviously some Internet nerd who doesn’t have experience in a real world. Moreover, if you need to clarify what a travel document is, that should tell you it’s not clear. A travel document could be anything from your drivers license, identification card and passport. Stop making excuses and apologizing for incompetence. I don’t need or want a DTV, and the other incidents you’re referring to involved friends, not me.

@Jan *********

your US passport is your travel document that matters, if you are using that document to apply for the Thai visa. Any other travel document that you have in your desk drawer doesn’t matter. However, US passports don’t have a separate line for middle name, it is included in the same line as your first name. You can argue that I don’t have a brain, but I had no issue getting my DTV in Cambodia while you have had multiple issues at multiple embassies and have gone to immigration. Prison before. So, results say something differently

@John ******

my travel documents have my full name on it. You clearly don’t have much of a brain. When I got my U.S. passport, I submitted my first, middle, and last name — and they chose to omit the middle name on the passport. The application wasn’t rejected. Same thing in Europe. No drama.

That’s because in normal countries, this bureaucratic nonsense doesn’t exist. Either you don’t need a visa at all, or it’s automated — you scan your passport, the system reads the data, and a visa is issued. End of story.

Thailand, on the other hand, feels like it’s moving backward — or at best stuck in the early 2000s. They asked for a “full name.” That’s complete instruction. If you need something more specific, then your system should clarify that or clearly state only use full name on passport  — not punish the applicant.

This isn’t the customer’s fault. It’s bad system design and complacency. Instead of blaming people who are literally trying to give you money, maybe build a system that reflects how documents actually work in the real world.

God, I can’t stand people making excuses for garbage design and incompetence. I bet you clean toilets for a living.

@Jan *********

even the application says fill in your information as it appears on your travel document (e.g. passport)

@John ******

Lol, you silly Thai apologist 😅 The website doesn’t mention anything like that. A modern system would obviously ask clarifying questions—something closer to a ChatGPT-style intake. I could build that in a couple of hours.

Instead, they’re relying on poor English and rigid, brittle forms that collapse the moment real life doesn’t fit the template.

I honestly don’t understand why they don’t hire a native English speaker to write the questions. A competent system would adapt to actual human data—like the fact that middle names often appear inconsistently across different documents.

Honestly, this just gave me a business idea: a ChatGPT-style intake system that actually talks to you, resolves ambiguities in real time, and then cleanly summarizes all your information for submission.

Thanks for the inspiration, buddy. 😏

@Jan *********

- Yes, you made a mistake. They told you told enter your name as it appears on your passport. You just stated you have a middle name but it isn’t on your passport.

@John ******

I made no mistake. They simply don’t understand middle names are sometimes not on passport.

@John ******

I’m a part-time journalist for a huge website. I working on an article and was looking to talk to some Thai officials

Last month, Thailand quietly performed its favorite trick: changing the rules. Visa-exempt entry is now effectively capped at two entries per year. Foreigners have been promoted from “tourist” to “problem.”

Island-hopping? Rotating through Southeast Asia? Cute hobby. Not anymore.

What makes this comedy gold is the neighborhood comparison. Malaysia — higher GDP, higher wages, fewer tantrums. Indonesia — renewable 90-day stays without acting like you’re casing the joint. Vietnam — document in order, extension approved, have a nice day. Somehow all of these countries survive without treating repeat visitors like parolees.

Thailand, however, has chosen a different path: vibes-based immigration.

Vietnam treats reporting as population tracking. Thailand treats reporting as a reminder that you’re not Thai and have no say.

In Vietnam, you report when you change addresses. Once. Calmly. Like an adult system. No follow-ups. No paperwork ambushes. No moral judgment. If the documents are valid, the answer is yes. Radical concept.

Thailand’s TM30 system is more interactive. You re-enter? TM30. You change condos? TM30. Your landlord forgets to file? Congratulations, that’s now your personality flaw. Fines appear and disappear based on mood, season, and which officer skipped lunch. Every report feeds into a growing behavioral dossier that may or may not be used against you later. Surprise!

This isn’t bureaucracy. It’s improv theater with consequences.

Vietnam runs a rules-based system. Thailand runs a vibes-based system. If the paperwork is correct but your “pattern” feels off, that’s on you for existing too consistently.

In Vietnam, repeated 90-day e-visas don’t accumulate suspicion. Each stay resets cleanly. No invisible scoreboard. No “we noticed you’ve been here a lot” stare. In Thailand, every entry stacks scrutiny. The longer you comply, the more suspicious you become. Perfect compliance does not protect you — it just gives them more data to reinterpret later.

Now let’s address the elephant politely pretending not to be in the room.

No Westerner is moving to Thailand to work for Thai wages. That’s adorable. If this strategy worked, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam would be copying it. They aren’t — because scaring off long-stay foreigners who spend money, rent property, and build businesses is a weird economic strategy unless your real goal is short visits and cash transactions that ask no questions.

Which, coincidentally, Thailand still excels at.

The system is optimized for people who arrive, consume, and leave before asking anything inconvenient. The moment you try to build something long-term — plan ahead, rely on consistency, or expect rules to remain stable — the fun stops.

And the idea that long-term visas are “straightforward”? That’s not optimism. That’s fiction.

What actually happens is you’re gently nudged toward agents. Some are competent. Some are not. Some forget to file paperwork entirely. When something goes wrong, the agent shrugs and you discover accountability is a one-way street. In extreme cases, that means fraud accusations, detention, and learning far too much about the Thai prison system because someone else mishandled a form. Oops.

Under the new enforcement reality, you’re not staying six months reliably. Four months is optimistic. Extensions are increasingly a suggestion, not a service — even on visas like the DTV. More and more people are simply told to leave instead of extend, because that’s easier than explaining anything.

😌

@Jan *********

Then why were you trying to get a Thailand tourist visa recently? Agree, it is probably time for you to move onward. Best luck in Brazil