Non Immigrant Visa Thailand

Finally it all worked out. 3 days before the planned take off to Bangkok I finally got my visa. All I had to do was to travel all the way to Munich to see the Thai Consulate, prepare everything, pay 130 bucks and being nice to the wonderful lady who is in charge of the Thai Consulate in Munich. And there we go: The Non Immigrant Visa valid for one year is there.

So what did we learn from this?

1.) Even though if the guys in Thailand say they will take care of everything: do it yourself!

2.) If you are German, go to Munich. They might not have a website in the internet, but are way faster than Frankfurt or Berlin. Thx again to the fastest consulate lady I have ever seen!

Since I only had to 2 hours of sleep last night, I’m not able to tell any better stories righ...

First trouble in little Thailand – even before I enter the country…

My soon to be employer told me to take care of all visa related stuff. Now, 2 weeks prior to the schedulded departure they told me that i have to take care of those visa stuff myself. Great!

Since I am on Tenerife right now, I can not go to the Thai consulate in Frankfurt or the embassy in Berlin. So I tried to settle things with the consulate over here on Tenerife (which is IN the loro parque…). But they (funny thing: operated by Germans) told me that they can not help me in any way…perfect.

So what to do now? Is it possible to enter Thailand via tourist visa and apply for a working visa while being there? Or will the embassy / consulate in Germany allow me to apply via internet/fax?

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