Avoiding a trip to Chaeng Wattana government Immigration and other departments.
Guys. If you are here on a 30 day Visa Waiver, and wish to extend another 30 days before it expires, you can do it at Chaeng Wattana Immigration, however if you are visiting some other provinces, some have an Immigration office, where can probably be achieved much quicker. There are Maps of immigration offices on the internet. My last visit to Chaeng W was on a Tuesday, to avoid big queues, and took only 1 hour (slightly less) to get my extension stamp, after getting a queue ticket, however then had to wait a while to get a taxi to leave there. Time wasted to get there and back, is too much and traffic jams is common. Don't go to Chaeng Wattana on a Mon or Friday or either side of public holidays, if you want have less queueing time. Don't go early first thing, as queues are long at 8.30. 10.30 am to 11 is not a bad time. Always prepare in advance and check what days they might be closed.
Same applies for getting 30 day extension on a Visa.
For those with a Visa that requires 90 day reporting, it can now be done by mail, instead of physically going there.
For those with documents requiring legalisation stamp (verifying translations) there is a legalisation office in Khlong Toey MRT (underground station). Its separate from the Passport office also there. It is quick with short queues. No need for a trip to Chaeng Wattana main office for this purpose. I had document translated to Thai by a Translation shop near to the legalisation office but they made mistakes, showing lack of expertise. E. g. Memorandum was translated as "khwaam Jam" (which actual mean Memory, and not related to a memorandum at all). So best to get a highly recommended professional service (I don't know who they are unfortunately).
I did a by land border crossing. I don't really recommend land border Visa Runs, if you have no Visa. There is a limit to how many Visa Exemptions they are willing to give per year and is not very well defined. Also one may need to have 20 K Baht on person, evidence of ticket to leave Thailand, Hotel booking etc. My next border crossing, if I need one, may well be Mukdahan to Sawanakhet (Laos) since the two towns are each quite close to the border crossing for convenience. Yet to do a Visa run trip that went totally smoothly and was enjoyable. Had one night in Phnom Penh, but did not like it much, maybe due to lack of experience there. Was hard to find good food and good girls to my liking.
If applying for a Thai single entry Visa from a country just outside Thailand, it is very important to find out which country is best for speed to process your request, and not requiring lots of evidence. Flying back to Thailand on a 30 day Visa waiver is much easier, if have not used too many for the year already. Embassies tell us we get two freebie entries to Thailand per year (official line), but in practice more than that is possible. Just don't push it too far, and expect every official to be very nice. If you have loads of money, should not be a big problem. If they don't think you can support yourself adequately, then problems. I used to have 7 free entries per year, but questions were asked and they hinted that allowing that was being phased out, so now I do free entries per year maximum and try to apply for proper Visas to cover the rest.
Pharmacies in BKK which sell without prescription
I'm always on the lookout for pharmacies, chemist stores, drug stores or call 'them what you will, which readily sell prescription-only products over the counter without a prescription. I've found a good one in Hong Kong for the likes of Valium, stilnox, modafinil etc but would appreciate any leads on similar places in Bangkok, especially if they also sell selected steroids. PMs welcome if you'd rather not post details for everyone to see. And don't worry that I'm LE, click my profile for solid evidence of my punting over the years and contributions to ISG.
Viagra or equivalent buyable in Bangkok
This has probably been asked before but I cannot find a relevant section. I'm starting to get up there in age and "performance " hasn't been as strong as in the past so I'm getting curious as to whether V is something I should consider taking for the 3 hour marathons I engage in at massage parlors. I'll do the research into side-effects and whatnot but, in the meantime, barring a medical prescription, anyone know a pharmacy to get legit / safe Viagra in Bangkok? Thanks in advance.