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He’s a Brit, they have a scarcely mindset and I don’t know how economics works. See
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@John ******
Lol, you really struggle with reading comprehension don’t you? Probably the same condition that allows you to assume

“travel documentation” means only passport. Travel documentation is an ambiguous definition and not clear to knowledgeable people.This is a fact. Just looked, and my US passport was first issued around 2014 and I got new one around 2019. Older passports do not include a printed middle name but show up on system scan. It’s quite obvious that you’re not American or suffer some mental condition like autism. You literally have no idea what you’re talking about just like Cambodian processing time 😅
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@John ******
it appears for older passports, the middle name is included in the barcode scan. So no, my document was not wrong.
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@John ******
oh I see, you’re clueless 🧌👹
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@John ******
What part of 2 to 3 years ago don’t you understand? 😅
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@John ******
I wonder if you’re even real or just some 🧌
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@John ******
Lol, US passport from 2-3 years ago don’t list your middle name. You’re obviously some Internet nerd who doesn’t have experience in a real world. Moreover, if you need to clarify what a travel document is, that should tell you it’s not clear. A travel document could be anything from your drivers license, identification card and passport. Stop making excuses and apologizing for incompetence. I don’t need or want a DTV, and the other incidents you’re referring to involved friends, not me.
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@John ******
my travel documents have my full name on it. You clearly don’t have much of a brain. When I got my U.S. passport, I submitted my first, middle, and last name — and they chose to omit the middle name on the passport. The application wasn’t rejected. Same thing in Europe. No drama.

That’s because in normal countries, this bureaucratic nonsense doesn’t exist. Either you don’t need a visa at all, or it’s automated — you scan your passport, the system reads the data, and a visa is issued. End of story.

Thailand, on the other hand, feels like it’s moving backward — or at best stuck in the early 2000s. They asked for a “full name.” That’s complete instruction. If you need something more specific, then your system should clarify that or clearly state only use full name on passport  — not punish the applicant.

This isn’t the customer’s fault. It’s bad system design and complacency. Instead of blaming people who are literally trying to give you money, maybe build a system that reflects how documents actually work in the real world.

God, I can’t stand people making excuses for garbage design and incompetence. I bet you clean toilets for a living.
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@John ******
Oh snap — so they buried the clarifying statements on a different website than the one you’re supposed to be using? 😅

Stop apologizing for bad design and BS and grow a backbone. Garbage is garbage.

This kind of fragmentation is unacceptable. People like me are why technology improves — because we refuse to normalize BS broken systems. The whole point of technology is integration, not scavenger hunts.

Your mindset is basically: “Just buy 25 different devices.”

Mine is: “Why would you, when one smartphone can be a calculator, a camera, a word processor, a photo gallery, and more?”

Defending clunky, outdated systems isn’t realism — it’s complacency. I guess that’s why you fit into Thailand. Zero progress zero innovation.
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