it was actually my husband and he had to supply a letter of invitation to sponsor me 🤪 - made no sense to me but they asked for one 🤷♀️ I needed the visa so I jumped through the hoops
When applying for this in South Africa I needed to show that I had 800k in a Thai bank which I’ve had for decades plus a letter of invitation by a sponsor and three months of their Thai bank statements 🤷♀️ Never been asked for that before . Each embassy seems to have their own requirements.
When I came in via Suvarnabhumi with excess baggage I prepaid arrival assistance where I was met at the exit of the plane taken through immigration and they wheeled my baggage straight past customs - done twice - maybe the luck of the draw
I’ve opened a bank account at SCB with my passport and yellow book attached to the pink ID as proof of residence rather than going to immigration for a letter of residence.