It's obvious they want to extort money from you. By law, you're not required to pay! But you should pay because they're the ones who decide whether to grant you a visa! There's a rule of life that says when you're the hammer, strike; when you're the anvil, stay put. In this case, you're the anvil and they're the hammer.

@Stuart ********

now I am in Thailand with a tourist visa! Tomorrow I will get married with my girlfriend! I live in udon Thani and I want to apply for marriage visa in vientaine but I can't book an appointment on line! What can i do?

@Peter ******

my favorite months in udon are October and November!

SANOOK

@Nan *********

you don't have to support them!

You must understand that Thais are taught from a young age in schools that they have a duty/obligation to take care of their parents! they do a kind of brainwashing to them! It is a cunning and sneaky move by the Thai government to offload elderly people to their children so that the government does not have to take care of them with social pensions or other types of benefits

@Mohit *********************

i have said isaan is a great place for living not for business

@Mohit *********************

What the fuck are you laughing at?

@Phil *****

yes isaan is great I live here! But if you want open a restaurant you have a open it in a tourist place!

@Manfred *********

yes! I am happy to pay 100 bath! No picture no application form no fotocopy! Just only signature