@Steve *****

for those trips did you ever have to go through security/immigration again?

@Jo *********

thanks for sharing your experience 🙏

@Paul ******

Canadian

@Graham *****

did you ever have to leave the "transit area" and go through customs again? This is what my kiwi.com app tells me

unfortunately it seems I have to leave the "transit area" (where I can avoid getting a transit visa, i believe) to get to my connecting flight. So I think I need the transit visa still. Anyone else have to do this?

@James ********

omg 🤦🏻‍♂️

@Jo *********

what do you mean you get stamped in each time for 5 years? And 10-40 days? Does that mean you don't stay in Thailand very long?

Yeah I wish I did that instead. But I was worried that it would be more complicated there and I thought I'd feel more at ease if I had everything set up before I leave Canada. I've already paid for evisa so I guess there's no going back now.

I did overpay. I thought I'd get charged 50k THB at checkout and thought I could use Wise to keep fee low, but they charged $2500 CAD which is around 63k THB, so overpaid by $500 CAD 🤦‍♂️

@James ********

if I could do it again, I'd probably go for the sticker instead of evisa even if it requires a flight because at least youwont be stuck in a potential online back and forth hell 😅

@James ********

happy to share. Will prob write a blog post to help others after I finally get to BKK because it was confusing as hell 😅

1. Took me about 3 full months to get approval on LTR. There were documents requested about 3 times, so the back and forth really drew outthe process. I provided the wrong health insurance the first time and that set me back a week because I had to research insurance plans. They also took down the LTR site a week without any communication which was confusing and may have added to the delay.

2. I foolishly went against some advice from this forum to get the sticker and opted for the evisa instead because I thought it would be faster because I could apply online instead of making a flight to Ottawa. But then I realized process takes 20 business days for evisa, and they don't include holidays, so Songkran set me back +1 week. I'm actually still waiting for the final email of the visa. They requested a doc from me which setme back another couple of days.

3. As you saw in my other answers, yes.