I will never use VFS having used them in both Abu Dhabi and Bahrain to get my wife a UK visa. Horrible service and treated us very badly. If you need a UK passport renewed do it on the UK. The Peterborough office was very good. Trying the post office this year.

The service was so much better when the embassy handled this.

If you fly in get an e-visa. The queue at visa on arrival was biblical at Vientiane..

@Christopher *******

Take a tour. I am sure the guys on here will find a work around.

I was asked and explained my Thai wife was making arrangements to visit Loas which he accepted. The next 60 day exempt, he did and I had a reservation.

@Todd ********

my history is very good. Never over stayed, never abused my visa terms in over 40 years. Right not the first visit. Although when they requested my flight booking they, two of them, seemed concened it was within four days of visa expiry. They caculated it out. Life is a little complicated at the moment and visa exempt is the easy path.

@Todd ********

I am a frequant travellor and know exactly how to dress and act. So no issure there. Yes the IO at DMK did raise an eyebrow.

@Todd ********

if you read a number of responses on this page it would appears IOs are raising some eyebrows even at 60+30, 60.

@Max *********

no, have yet to see it on Facebook which actually suprises me.

Based on expat news reels on Facebook that the 60 day visa could be dropped although I beleive the tourist authority does not want to drop it. It was never meant to be used in this.way

@Martyn **********

I did but the the rules I have read require proof of earnings. My understanding was copies of statements but now I am bring told letters and stamps. May be this here applies to BB but surely they will require that for all statements.

But what I find is that people sometimes do not understand, a lot of the replies are confusing, and they ask questions but come up against people like you who give stupid answers and it puts them off.

There are no stupid questions as it shows a desire to learn. But there are stupid answers.