@Greg *******

I know quite a few cases, where embassy helpeld people in those cases. Some friend even evaded punishment at all, when he crashed his motorbike drunk into a car in front of a police station. Just by threatening that he will not accept any fine or leagal punishment without talking to his embassy first. The reason is that embassys can make gouverment agencies public, which will hurts tourism.

Here is an example of their integrety 2

@Greg *******

well, if you're sure. I would always be carefull when dealing with corrupted agencys in Thailand like the police or immigration. Embassys are the only thing they scare, especially the US one.

@Greg *******

how can you be so sure? Due to the missing facts and the fact that they stop you from leaving not entering the country.

I personally know an immigration officer and his BMW - M version is not paid rom his salary 😉

@Greg *******

but they can prevent you from beeing scammed. Lot of criminal energy within the Immigration department. Not sure if they or the police earn more bribes.

The German one will probably dont do anything (except using my tax money for their stupid social media activivity. For those cases my second US passport is a good thing to have. They are quite helpfull.

And DONT pay "taxes" to Immigration. Many are highly corrupted.

That is a matter to discuss with your embassy, not a Facebook group. Have you called them yet?

In my oppinion the conditions will change a lot in the future for new applicants, as it is another pretty ill-thought out visa again. But this time in our favor.

Yet for people that allready habe the visa nothing should change and everybody should be happy who got it 😌

@Greg *******

that's not enough, thousends for sure

He most important question is, have you lived in Thailand for a few months before and are you sure, you want to live there longterm?