@Jef *******

More is coming back to me now. The number of bowel movements a day was one field we had to program and document. I can remember a debate about max numbers or leave it open 5555

DTV_Begpacker I have been in SEA and worked here few decades full time now. :-)

@Jef *******

20 odd years later I can still picture developing those guides and the exact seat I sat in :-) I can even remember the clinical trial - it was for a drug for Irritable Bowel Syndrome lol

@Jef *******

The system is not well developed. Like many govt systems. So there are the system technical input requirements. On top of that you have the initial reviewer who makes decisions according to their whim in many cases. Just a really badly designed system fron both a technical and human standpoint. Rant over after 23 years corporate IT. Much of that in clinical systems where data accuracy and consistency was paramount. :-) :-) My first job in clinical systems I had to develop guides for data input. Every single field had to be documented and shown what was required and what was not acceptable.

The MFA should really issue guidance on how the forms should be completed. This should be for both applicants and document reviewers.

Anonymous participant 398 It is one embassy asking for that. It is an outlier.

@Michael ******

The 15% tax was great. As good as Singapore but I preferred the tax taken out monthly in Thailand. I am a bit of a hypocrite as I advocate higher taxes in my own country and did not mind 40%. It is what you take home at the end of the day.

@Andi **********

Let them know

@Michael ******

17% flat rate tax for LTR. When I was on BOI Visa my tax rate was flat rate of 15%. Thai could not get that either. Thais in the office paid a higher % of tax than us over 750k a year.