Yeah Savannakhet and Vientiane are particular about the funds needing to be deposited for 3 months and the notarization of certain documents, especially the company registration or business license etc. Hence why I wouldn't recommend applying there.
Anonymous participant Sadly, some embassies have stopped providing this service to their nationals, regardless of what visa they're on. Others still do. Check with your embassy for details.
Just FYI both the Australian and American embassies have stopped issuing certificates of residency for their nationals, so you'll have to go through immigration if you're a citizen of one of these countries and don't have another one.
I'm not 100% sure, but I think the Brits have also stopped providing this service.
Laos is also very particular about notarization. Actually, more so than Taipei. This is the first time I've heard they would prefer documents to be notarized but reading through these reports it doesn't appear to be an explicit requirement.
If your embassy issues a certificate of residency, go through them. If you're a dual citizen, go through whichever embassy can issue one for you, regardless if you're in Thailand on that passport or not. I get my certificate of residency through an embassy I'm a citizen of, yet I'm in Thailand on a different passport and there's no problem. The DLT accepts it and doesn't question it at all.
I've found it frustrating that I've basically had to ask them the same questions twice, usually in response to someone on here making claims like "they check this or that" now.
The financial docs are no longer a concern; but yeah now the notarization thing has come up.
I asked that today and their response was very vague. I told them that while I may be able to get my docs notarized (as in, via a public notary in Thailand) that's the best I can do because I won't be able to go through the authorities abroad (where the companies concerned are registered).
However, when I emailed Taipei today they didn't state that notarization of any documents is specifically required. I asked this question already a month ago and they simply replied "you may translate into English". Meaning the documents can be translated into English and that's it.