@Jason *****

We just had a very expensive weekend there, I thought I was back in New York.

@Jason *****

True that!

@Cliff ********

Unfortunately this is good advice.

@Steve *******

That means that sometimes an agent can be a good option for certain people in certain circumstances. Thanks for clearing that up.

@Steve *******

... so, what you are saying is that every agent does not pay bribes in every case?

@St***

, so every agent pays bribes?

@Andy *******

It is certainly a viable option, why not offer it to someone who obviously wants to find a way. I use an agent.

It used to be when you used a KBank ATM up country, say you took out 2,000 baht they would debit your account for 2,015 baht not a separate line item for the fee. A nice little unaccounted-for scam.

Martin Mairesse My latest experience was at Don Muang where you get the re-entry just past being stamped out. It was early morning and only took 15 minutes for my son and I. I went out of Suvarnabhumi a few weeks before and it was also a short wait. The whole thing is just a scam to take more money. Unfortunately governments have no idea about ROI and what it costs them to actually do it. But they don't care about how they spend taxpayer money.

The whole process is ridiculous. They could just increase the price of long term visas and end this whole thing and still collect the money. No one is going to not get the visa they need because it's a couple thousand more per year. Of course then this year because of the timing of my travel and the extension renewal, I just paid them 7.000 over the last 3 months for 3 single entries and now a multiple. Not to mention the wasted passport pages. Great scam I guess.