@Henrik ****

pfff, the visa does not start any sooner if they issue it a day before travel or a month. Once they give the visa you have to enter the country within 3 months, so issuing it a day ahead instead of 3 weeks ahead of my travel date makes no difference to me at all.

My ticket to Thailand started on the first lag and the stopover had nothing to do with the issue at hand.

If you read the comments, this is an issue many people have with this particular embassy.

@Elisa ******

yes, that is what I will do too. From now on I avoid the Embassy in France

@JC **************************

I am Dutch which indeed has visa exempt, just like the French have. Nothing was vetted, they just did not look at the application until the day before we left. And requesting a marriage and birth certificate is not something they do at any other Embassy for a 60 day tourist visa.

@Henrik ****

no it isn't. I am a resident in France, and an EU citizen. So nothing strange about traveling to Thailand from France. It also has nothing to do with my time of leaving. You need to use your visa within 3 months of being granted and the 60 days start the day you cross the border in Thailand.

@Simone ********

yes, that seem like normal lead times. So annoying. They have their own little Kingdom

@Nippanut **************

yes, which is why we started in time, but they still waited until the day before we would fly.

@Simone ********

yes 60 day tourist visa for 4.

@Noel *********

don't get me wrong, I think many are fine, it is just Paris that sucks

@Henrik ****

no unfortunately you are not. You have to apply from the country you fly from, which is a pain in the...

@Seán ******

I know, it was not even denied, but they wanted to see additional documents to prove we are married and the kids are born. No other country seems to ask that and they do not have an option to add these extra documents either. Just really annoying French red tape, but the timing and asking us to postpone our flights is the most irritating.