Just exchange in Thailand rather than in The UK. Thailand has much better rates due to lower labor cost, especially when you visit places like superrich. If you plan to exchange a large sum and you want to get the most out of your GBP, you can drop in a bank in the UK and withdraw 💷50 notes and bring them to Thailand. But just remind you that you want new and clean notes because the old and dirty ones might be refused at an exchange place in Thailand.
Here is the webpage where you can check the rates at superrich:
In the first year I was in the UK, I asked a Brit why the high streets are called high street. He told me that's because the high street is where many people get “high”.
I know. I read your post there in Vietnam Visa Advice. You got my compassion because Vietnam was also my prioritized destination but they actually don't allow us in at the moment while they pretend to. That's why I also opted for Thailand. Overstaying for 4 days is not considered a big deal in Thailand but it will be shown on your passport and this is not something you want to have.
n 's post just yesterday in this group. He is in the same boat with you and he said he found an agent that can do 30 day extension on for visa on arrival.
For Chinese citizens who do not have residency in Cambodia, at least 30 days are required for the processing of a Thai tourist visa when you apply to the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh. Thanks for the information anyway.
First congradulations for your successful arrival in Thailand. I saw your question in Vietnam Visa advice and it seems you've managed to make use of that ticket from US to Vietnam by transfering in HCMC to Thailand. You made it!
According to the official website of Thai e-visa, when we Chinese citizens apply for E-vsia, it is recommended that we submit the application to a Thai embassy/consulate which is in a country that:
1. you currently are
2. either your home country or a country where you have a residency.
In your case, you are currenly in Thailand, but your home country is China and you have residency in the USA.
So if you want to apply for an Evisa now in Thailand, you do not meet the requirement of this recommendation.
According to the official website of Thai e-visa, an alternative is that you can also submit the application to an embassy or consulate in the country where you currently are, but you are not a citizen of this country and you do not have residency in this country. However, the application process will take at least 30 days.
Unfortunately if you want to apply in Thailand you also do not meet the requirement of this alternative, because there is no Thai embassy/consulte in Thailand and you don't have 30 days.
So the safe way for you is definitely going back to the US and submit the Thai Evisa application there to a local Thai embassy/consulate.
However from what you wrote I think your plan is probably going to a nearby country instead of flying back to the US before you reenter Thailand.
Then you have two choices here:
1. Try to obtain a visa that is more than 30 days duration in that nearby country (like Cambodia or singapore) and upon your arrival, apply immediately for the Thai-evisa there to a Thai embassy/consulate in that country. You have to stay in that country for 30 days to wait for the E-visa.
顺便说一句，现在CCP把去过柬埔寨的人都当作潜在赌博电诈分子处理。
2. As some other people said, another method with considerable risk is to try your luck and submit your E-visa application to a Thai embassy/consulate in the US. You need to get a dummy flight ticket from the US to Thailand if you actually do not want to go back to the US. You have to gamble with the possibility that that consulate does not check whether you are currently in the US or not, because technically speaking you can only submit the application to a Thai embassy/consulate in the country where you currently are.
