Honestly not surprising based on my years here, I think it's like purposeful psyops (mixed with laziness) to frustrate foreigners into not staying in LOS too easily. It wears you down after some years until you just leave...

Update: U.S. Embassy replied to me and were surprised, and said Thai Immigration offices are supposed to accept the digital/printout versions of letters.

U.S. Embassy just replied to me in surprise saying they should be accepting the email/printout version is enough.

FYI I just went to Udon Immigration with a letter from U.S. Embassy via email (also printed it out in color) and they said it had to be an original document via post mail lol... I asked the U.S. Embassy but no reply yet, I doubt they will offer that. Police were grumpy today and I pushed a few times to be sure... not sure if their excuse is accurate or just bullshit trying to delay dealing with these.

FYI I just went to Udon Immigration with a letter from U.S. Embassy via email (also printed it out in color) and they said it had to be an original document via post mail lol... I asked the U.S. Embassy but no reply yet, I doubt they will offer that. Police were grumpy today and I pushed a few times to be sure... not sure if their excuse is accurate or just bullshit trying to delay dealing with these.

what 3rd bankrupty in 5 years? time to change their name to Embezzlement Airlines

idk I've never heard of anyone getting punished for having paid an agency for services, they are legal businesses and any fault would be on the officers issuing the tea money visas

did you go thru an agency for that?

why is the visa not legit? just because it involves tea money doesn't mean that visa is fake

Anyway what long term visas did the hotline tell you were allowed to switch to from amnesty?