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RE: Thailand Visa Problems continue
What an odd concept - the volunteer visa. How on earth do they expect you to survive? lol And you must pay THEM for the privilege of doing a good deed and getting absolutely nothing in return? lol... sounds legit. haha!!! Is nothing sacred anymore? We have ridiculous amounts of corruption in government here in SA too as you no doubt know. but this concept is simply ludicrous!
And as for pissing off the people that have been adding value to their economy... that is just plain stupid, although again - EXACTLY the same thing happens here.
We have been planning a holiday to Thailand - hopefully soon! Would be nice to meet... assuming you are still there haha!
speaking of SA. A South African friend of mine is desperately trying to maintain a Thai visa because of his Thai fiance. He is having even more trouble than most people because of the fact that he is from Africa.
recently on a visa trip to Vietnam (for a Thai visa) he was told that all people from Africa have to apply at Thai embassies in their home countries and are not eligible for visas to Thailand in Vietnam. This is not at all true but has simply been adapted by the consulates / embassies in Vietnam on their own decision. Crazy.
Oh man how utterly FRUSTRATING!!! And to add to that, we probably have the most inefficient home affairs department on the planet!!! lol! I wish I had some knowledge which would be able to steer him in the right direction, but sadly I don't as I have never traveled anywhere that required a visa. Hope he manages to get it right soon! It really can get to a point where you want to tear your hair out with those people and their procedures!