@Alistair *********

exactly

@Todd ********

definitely agree that generally you’ll be ok but sometimes you won’t when it comes to accurate information from io…I’ve never used an agent as I’ve never found visa criteria to be a particularly murky subject….that said, if I was stumped I might solicit an extremely high end well reviewed agency I guess

Todd McGowan that can also be true if you haven’t vetted your source….all in all, when I have the rare question I need answered regarding visas I go to farang friends that I know have endeavored this particular issue in favor of io or Thai people

@Jackie **********

I thought someone might say that and I’ll push back a bit…io officers, like all Thais, have never used these services so there’s one aspect…when you couple that with the cultural tendency to say anything that results in saving face, my experience has been that io, are actually more inclined to be wrong than fellow expats who are/have been using these services and can speak to the process and nuance

@Steve *********

some things do, others don’t…my only point is that an IO telling you something has very little value…hope it works out for this guy

Over the past near 20 years in Thailand I’ve been told all sorts of things at immigration that turned out not to be true….be wary of listening to them in lieu of the rule book

@Khun ***********

me neither, American, been here since 2007 and fly in and out regularly-never been asked

@Pui ****

F17 comes to mind but it’s been a lot of gates over the past few days

@Pui ****

I did find it remarkable as I came in with plenty of dollars and didn’t want to gamble w exchange booths on the bottom being closed and I was pleasantly surprised to be able to avoid the exchange booths usurious rates by using the atm next to that first booth…I mention this only as I too had never seen atm there and the remarkable piece is that the machines are well before immigration so bring your card when you check

@Pui ****

bro, you are being as obtuse as the op that you are criticizing…you don’t need to check anything as I’m telling you I myself used it fewer than 24 hours ago….why would I write this of it we’re not so?