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I am not blaming the consulate one little bit. I am blaming the people who do not research the ever expanding list of requirements for Penang and then complain about it. When they could have gone to a much easier consulate that does not have the same requirements. I know full well that penang has a lot of requirements so if I needed a visa I would not go there. I would go to one that I know is easier and my chances of a visa are much higher. Wrong words I suppose. "problem consulate'....by problem I mean more complex.

Yes it used to be, but it isn't an easy consulate anymore is it......How many posts have there been now on ever increasing problems in Penang. There are plenty of other consulates that are known to be a LOT easier. I don't know why people keep going back to Penang and then complaining they were denied. PSA....don't go to a known problem consulate :)

I don't know why people go to Penang. All I see on Facebook posts is every increasing problems for visas in Penang. Plenty of other consulates with less problems and requirements.

Let me know how he goes getting a visa extension then ;)

Citizenship has everything to do with it. She is Thai so she doesn't need a visa and both of them can't aply for a visa extension for a foreigner based on a thai in hospital. Nice idea, but there is no rule on visas for this reason. So there is no fiction, there are only rules.

Why would the Dr write a letter for the Swiss boyfriend of a Thai woman in hospital....??

So in other words.....anyone can buy a condo and anyone can also buy an elite visa....

It is called a retirement by pretty much the entire population of Expats in Thailand.....and it is visa based on retirement....and it is often listed as 'retirement' on visa documents.......so it is safe to call it a retirement visa......or there is the extension based on retirement......as long as people also know the technical OA visa and extension of O based on retirement..........

This is not a visa for buying a condo though. It is still buying a condo and also buying an Elite visa....