Don't believe anything you see on media or especially social media reels ,most of its AI fake and bad taste ,Go to Bangkok as the last thing it needs is a dip in tourism ππΌ
exactly ,at ATM I pay a Thai bank 220 but withdrawal fee,which is fine but my UK bank Barclays are awful now and on top then charge another 2.99% ,they never used to do this but seems to be falling apart which makes using my ATM card when travelling expensive ππ½
Border bounces are run by companies now ,who pre approved passports and pay for the service with immigration officers ,so the immigration officers are not going to be pro independent border bouncers ,just do it in a day guaranteed ,it's easy ππ½
yes mate ,I'm not blaming embassy staff,I lived in Cambodia for 14 yrs and held a UK embassy position there ,it's VFS staff that awful ,but Jakarta has to be the worse as everything in Indonesia is awfully organised and executed ,it would be better with Thai staff ππ½
VFS are a nightmare ,embassies have off loaded their work load to this agency ,I had pure stress nightmares dealing with my indonesian ex gf visa for Japan with VFS in Jakarta ππ½
Come stay and spend days exploring and learning yourself ,others opinions are good to listen to but only your feelings matter ,also try to send a wet season spell here to see how you feel ππ½retirement visa just do a bit of research and you can do it yourself easy enough π»